BRICS Countries: Sustainable Water Resource Management and Pollution Control (eBook)

This book provides a detailed study and assessment of water resources management and

pollution control in different BRICS countries. The regions involved are

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. This book gives important

insight into how future sustainability depends on the development of effective

water governance mechanisms at the level of countries. According to the

regional characteristics from different aspects it cuts into the water

environment problems and studies in different ways, which is multifaceted and

targeted. Using case studies that include environmentally integrated basin

experiments (eibex) of Brazil, groundwater overflow zone of India, semi-arid

river basin of South Africa and so on, this volume provides critical

information for researchers and policymakers.

Dr. Yiping Li, former vice dean of College of Environment, Hohai University, is a

director of International Cooperation Division and director of Hong Kong, Macao

and Taiwan Office. He is currently responsible for managing research in

comprehensive water environment management, integration of plant network and

mathematical model of water environment. Dr. Yiping Li is also a guest

professor at North Carolina University at Chapel Hill (UNC), a visiting

professor at Alabama University and Windsor University, a key project host of

the National Natural Science Foundation. He has published more than 80 papers

in many peer-reviewed journals as the main author or co-author, covering

environmental field. He has also authored a number of books and book chapters.

He has won four National or Provincial Science and Technology Award.

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This book provides a detailed study and assessment of water resources management andpollution control in different BRICS countries. The regions involved areBrazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. This book gives importantinsight into how future sustainability depends on the development of effectivewater governance mechanisms at the level of countries. According to theregional characteristics from different aspects it cuts into the waterenvironment problems and studies in different ways, which is multifaceted andtargeted. Using case studies that include environmentally integrated basinexperiments (eibex) of Brazil, groundwater overflow zone of India, semi-aridriver basin of South Africa and so on, this volume provides criticalinformation for researchers and policymakers.