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River Basin Management VII
WIT Press 2013; US$ 374.00Containing papers presented seventh international conference on the topic, this book Reviews the advances have been made in the development and application of software tools for predicting the flow, water quality, sediment transport and ecological processes in river systems. Organised by the Wessex Institute of Technology, the biennial conference was... more...
Subsurface Hydrology
Wiley 2013; US$ 123.00Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series . Groundwater is a critical resource and the PrinciPal source of drinking water for over 1.5 billion people. In 2001, the National Research Council cited as a "grand challenge" our need to understand the processes that control water movement in the subsurface.... more...
Environmental Hydraulics
Wiley 2013; US$ 215.00This series of five volumes proposes an integrated description of physical processes modeling used by scientific disciplines from meteorology to coastal morphodynamics. Volume 1 describes the physical processes and identifies the main measurement devices used to measure the main parameters that are indispensable to implement all these simulation tools. Volume... more...
Runoff Prediction in Ungauged Basins
Cambridge University Press 2013; US$ 112.00A synthesis of international catchment hydrology research, for researchers and professionals in hydrology, soil science, and environmental and civil engineering. more...
Eco-Hydrology
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 70.95^iEco-Hydrology is the first book to offer an overview of the complex relationships between plants and water across a wide range of terrestrial and aquatic environments. Leading ecologists and hydrologists present reviews of the eco-hydrology of drylands, wetlands, temperate and tropical rain forests, streams, and rivers and lakes. Contents include:... more...
Traveling the 38th Parallel
University of California Press 2013; US$ 29.95Between extremes of climate farther north and south, the 38th North parallel line marks a temperate, middle latitude where human societies have thrived since the beginning of civilization. It divides North and South Korea, passes through Athens and San Francisco, and bisects Mono Lake in the eastern Sierra Nevada, where authors David and Janet Carle... more...
Environmental Hydraulics
Wiley 2013; US$ 165.00This series of five volumes proposes an integrated description of physical processes modeling used by scientific disciplines from meteorology to coastal morphodynamics. Volume 1 describes the physical processes and identifies the main measurement devices used to measure the main parameters that are indispensable to implement all these simulation tools. Volume... more...
Waterfall
Reaktion Books 2013; US$ 19.95From Niagara Falls in the United States to Angel Falls in Venezuela, Victoria Falls in Africa, and Hannoki Falls in Japan, waterfalls provide some of the world’s loveliest panoramas. With their glistening spray and deafening roar, these astonishing natural wonders attract hordes of people each year who seek out, with cameras in hand, these terrifying... more...
Hillslope Hydrology and Stability
Cambridge University Press 2013; US$ 72.00A cutting-edge quantitative approach to understanding hydro-mechanical processes behind rainfall-induced landslides, for graduate students, researchers and professionals. more...
Water Harvesting in Sub-Saharan Africa
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is constrained by highly variable rainfall, frequent drought and low water productivity. There is an urgent need, heightened by climate change, for appropriate technologies to address this problem through managing and increasing the quantity of water on farmers? fields ? water harvesting. This book defines water harvesting... more...









