dc.contributor.author |
Alameddine, Ibrahim Mohammed Adnan |
dc.date.accessioned |
2012-06-13T07:05:18Z |
dc.date.available |
2012-06-13T07:05:18Z |
dc.date.issued |
2002 |
dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10938/6190 |
dc.description |
Thesis (M.S.)--Interfaculty Graduate Environmental Sciences Program (Environmental Technology), AUB, 2002.;"Advisor: Dr. Mutasem El-Fadel, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering--Member of Committee: Dr. Haitham Lababidi, Associate Profe |
dc.description |
Bibliography : leaves 192-205. |
dc.description.abstract |
Water, the essence of life can no longer be considered a natural, self-renewable, low-cost resource in most arid and semi-arid regions. Today more than fourty percent of the world population suffers from water shortage and are in need of new conventional |
dc.format.extent |
xxii, 205 leaves : ill., tables. |
dc.language.iso |
eng |
dc.relation.ispartof |
Theses, Dissertations, and Projects |
dc.subject.classification |
ET:004299 AUBNO |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Saline water conversion -- Arab countries |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Saline water conversion plants -- Kuwait |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Water -- Purification -- Costs |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Environmental management |
dc.title |
Environmental and economic considerations of desalination in water-stressed regions - by Ibrahim Mohammed Adnan Alameddine |
dc.type |
Thesis |
dc.contributor.department |
American University of Beirut. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture. Interfaculty Graduate Environmental Sciences Program (Environmental Technology) |