Chinese Water Systems: Volume 1: Liaohe and Songhuajiang River Basins

Yonghui Song (Curatore)

Beidou Xi (Curatore)

Springer International Publishing AG, 2018

This book describes the huge efforts by the Chinese Government concerning the restoration and future sustainable management of Chinese water systems. It presents the results of a Sino-European joint project concerning the Songhuajiang-Liaohe River Basin (SLRB) in Northeast China conducted by the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES), the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany, and the Natural Environment Research Council as represented by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), UK. The book explains in great detail the development of risk assessment and corresponding management methods for (i) controlling water pollution, (ii) assessing river health and ecological restoration options, (iii) characterizing persistent organic pollutants (POPs), and (iv) protecting fragile groundwater resources. It also describes the implemented demonstration sites of SLRB during the project course as well as lessons learnt on efficient project managementand the dissemination of knowledge and technologies.

• Curatore: Yonghui Song, Beidou Xi
• Editore: Springer International Publishing AG
• Collana: Terrestrial Environmental Sciences
• Anno: 2018
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 398 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 155 mm
• EAN: 9783319764689

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