past, present, and future hydrological research for integrated land and water management /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by M. Bonell, L.A. Bruijnzeel.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xvii, 925 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, maps
SERIES
Series Title
International hydrology series
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Symposium and Workshop; Introduction; Part I: Current trends and perspectives on people-land use-water issues; 1 Trends and patterns of tropical land use change; 2 The myth of efficiency through market economics: a biophysical analysis of tropical economies, especially with respect to energy, forests and water; 3 Impacts of land cover change in the Brazilian Amazon from a resource manager's perspective; 4 Forest people and changing tropical forestland use in tropical Asia.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This volume is the most comprehensive review available 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. It will be invaluable for specialists, managers and practitioners, scientists and advanced students.