{"product_id":"water-quality-management-asit-biswas-9781138798076","title":"Water Quality Management: Present Situations, Challenges and Future Perspectives","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe global attention in recent years has focused primarily on water quantity and allocation issues. Water quality has received significantly less attention than water quantity. Commendable progress has been made by the developed world to control point sources of pollution, but commensurate progress in reducing non-point sources has not been made. In the third world countries both point and non-point sources of pollution are becoming increasingly a serious concern. Already, nearly all water bodies in such countries near and around urban centres have been severely polluted, with very high health and environmental costs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book assesses the current status of water quality management in both developed and developing worlds, as well as analysing the effectiveness of economic instruments and legal and institutional frameworks to control water contamination. It outlines the importance of building up social and political awareness to reverse the trend of continuing water quality deterioration, which is likely to be a most challenging task in the coming years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book was published as a special issue of \u003cem\u003eInternational Journal of Water Resources Development\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Asit Biswas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 113879807X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138798076\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Asit Biswas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48438156198143,"sku":"9781138798076","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f65e231a-d703-4c73-826f-d35db33a5e68.jpg?v=1777169194","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/water-quality-management-asit-biswas-9781138798076","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}