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Hydrology and water management in the humid tropics : hydrological research issues and strategies for water management

eBook, English, 1993
Unesco ; Cambridge University Press, Paris, France, Cambridge, 1993
xviii, 590 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm.
9789231028540, 9780521452687, 9231028545, 0521452686
1057978294
Machine derived contents note: Foreword
Introduction
Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction
Part II. Humid Tropics Setting: 2. Climate and rainfall variability in the humid tropics
3. Operational hydrology problems in the humid tropics
4. The problems of the humid tropics
opp0rtunities for reassessment of hydrological methodology
Part III. Regional Hydrology: 5. Hydrology in humid tropical Asia
6. Hydrology and water resources of humid Northern Australia and Papua New Guinea
7. Hydrology and water resources of tropical Latin America and the Caribbean
8. Amazonian rainfall and its variability
9. Regional hydrology and water resources in the African humid tropics
10. Review of hydrology and water resources of humid tropical islands
Part IV. Physical Processes: 11. Recent scientific developments and research needs in the hydrological processes of the humid tropics
12. Groundwater systems with reference to the humid tropics
13. Perspective on the hydrology and water resource management of natural freshwater wetlands and lakes in the humid tropics
14. Erosion and sedimentation
15. Water quality issues in the humid tropics
16. Ecological characteristics of tropical fresh waters: an outline
Part V. Physical Processes
Human Uses: The Interface: 17. Challenges in agriculture and forest hydrology in the humid tropics
18. The impact of land-use change on water resources in the humid tropics: an Australian view of the scientific issues
19. Urban water management problems in the humid tropics: some technical and non-technical considerations
20. The management of water resources, development and human health in the humid tropics
21. Water supply and health in the humid tropics with particular reference to rural areas
Part VI. Management Issues: 22. Water resource management
23. Water management issues: population, agriculture and forests
a focus on watershed management
24. Urban water resources in the humid tropics: an overview of the ASEAN region
25. An ecological and environmental approach to urban water problems in the humid tropics
26. Rethinking urban water supply and sanitation strategy in developing countries in the humid tropics: lessons from the International Water Decade
27. Water resource management issues in the humid tropics
Part VII. Appendices
Index
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