BRICS Countries: Sustainable Water Resource Management and Pollution Control

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.

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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.