Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics 2 Volume Paperback Set : Past, Present and Future Hydrological Research for Integrated Land and Water Management Paperback / softback
Edited by M. Bonell, L. A. (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam) Bruijnzeel
Part of the International Hydrology Series series
Paperback / softback
Description
Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics is a comprehensive review of the hydrological and physiological functioning of tropical rain forests, the environmental impacts of their disturbance and conversion to other land uses, and optimum strategies for managing them.
The book brings together leading specialists in such diverse fields as tropical anthropology and human geography, environmental economics, climatology and meteorology, hydrology, geomorphology, plant and aquatic ecology, forestry and conservation agronomy.
The editors have supplemented the individual contributions with invaluable overviews of the main sections and provide key pointers for future research.
Specialists will find authenticated detail in chapters written by experts on a whole range of people-water-land use issues, managers and practitioners will learn more about the implications of ongoing and planned forest conversion, while scientists and students will appreciate a unique review of the literature.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:943 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:17/12/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521123983
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:943 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:17/12/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521123983
