Water resources and development in Southeast Asia
By: edited by Kim Irvine ... [et al.]
Publisher: Learning Solutions
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780558583507
Subjects: Water; Environmental aspects; Water-supply; Water resources development; Pollution
Description: A collection of papers addressing water and development issues identified under the United Nations Decade for action, with a specific focus on Southeast Asia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Land of a million elephants? A review of environment and development issues on Laos; title: Arsenic in groundwaters of Cambodia; title: Arsenic bioaccumulation in an arsenic rich area of Cambodia; title: A review of Cambodian climate hazards, vulnerabilities and responses; title: Integrated water resources management - opportunities and challenges for Cambodia; title: Water environment in Vietnam; title: Constructed wetlands for effective wastewater treatment; title: People's participation in wastewater management: a case study of Phi Phi Island, Thailand; title: Epidemiology of liver fluke parasites in Southeast Asia; title: Participatory urban water supply in Jakarta slum area; title: Drinking water quality and health impacts of flooding in Dhaka, Bangladesh; title: Brackish water aquaculture in Malaysia - an overview.