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Hydrology of the UKby Mike Acreman; Frank Law
Routledge 1999; US$ 71.95Assesses the changing hydrology of the UK by focusing on key issues that affect fundamental hydrological processes and which have important implications for water resource management, flood risk and environmental quality. more...
Fundamentals Of The Physical Environmentby David Briggs
Taylor & Francis 2002; US$ 70.00The third edition of this popular textbook has been extensively revised to incorporate current thinking and knowledge in the area of physical geography and the environment whilst retaining its basic structure. more...
Water, Leisure and Cultureby Susan C. Anderson; Bruce Tabb
Berg Publishers 2002; US$ 109.95Dancing on the beach after a swim in the Mediterranean, taking the waters in fashionable Baden-Baden, boating on the Black Sea ? the myriad uses of water imply that the term itself possesses multiple meanings. Focusing on Europe, this book addresses how u sing water for relaxation intersects with ideas about class, gender, nationality, and consumption. It also explores the ways Europeans have turned to water for pleasure, relaxation, and profit over the last two hundred years as the enjoyment of free time developed from a privilege into a right. Contributors capture key moments of social and cultural transition in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries moments during which new social distinctions emerged, debates about nationalism and cosmopolitanism... more...
Catchment Dynamics and River processesby C. Garcia; R.J. Batalla
Elsevier 2005; US$ 215.00Maria Sala introduced experimental and field-based studies on soil and fluvial processes in Spain during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Research on this broad topic has grown remarkably worldwide since then. This title shows some of these advances and documents the latest research, although with a particularity: it gives special treatment to research on Mediterranean climate regions, an ever-present issue in Maria Sala's research career. It contains the latest research on slope and river processes with a special emphasis on rivers and catchments with a Mediterranean climate. Papers cover a gamut of topics describing research and applied studies, mainly in Spain, but also in Israel, the USA, Canada, the UK and New Zealand. The book examines... more...
Karst Hydrogeology and Geomorphologyby Derek C. Ford; Paul Williams
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2007; US$ 199.95Originally published in 1989, Karst Geomorphology and Hydrology became the leading textbook on karst studies. This new textbook has been substantially revised and updated. The first half of the book is a systematic presentation of the dissolution kinetics, chemical equilibria and physical flow laws relating to karst environments. It includes details of the many environmental factors that complicate their chemical evolution, with a critique of measurement of karst erosion rates. The second half of the book looks at the classification system for cave systems and the influence of climate and climatic change on karst development. The book ends with chapters on karst water resource management and a look at the important issues... more...
Water Balances in the Eastern Mediterraneanby David B. Brooks; Ozay Mehmet
International Development Research Centre 2000; US$ 25.00The roots of destabilization, migration, and local conflict around the world can often be traced to a lack of fresh water. As a result, the importance of fresh water to economic development, quality of life, ecosystem sustainability, and political stability is gaining renewed global recognition. In the Middle East and the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean region, the situation is approaching crisis proportions. People living in this part of the world have only one-sixth as much fresh water available per capita as the global average. Although predictions of a Middle Eastern ''water war'' are dissipating, the need for regional cooperation in the effective management of water resources is no less urgent. This book presents an overview of... more...
Water Resources and Hydrometerology of the Arab Regionby Mamdouh M.A. Shahin
Springer 2007; US$ 239.00Deals with climate and hydrology of the Arab Region. This book comprises an historical introduction, physiographic features and geological settings of the region, climate, analysis of precipitation, evaporation and evapotranspiration, river basins and flow, wadi basins and flow, erosion and sedimentation, groundwater resources, and more. more...
Sinkholes and Subsidenceby Fred Bell; Martin Culshaw; Tony Waltham
Springer 2005; US$ 239.00"Sinkholes and Subsidence" provides a twenty-first century account of how the various subsidence features in carbonate and evaporite rocks cause problems in development and construction in our living environment. The authors explain the processes by which different types of sinkholes develop and mature in karst terrains. They consider the various methods used in site investigations, both direct and indirect, to locate the features associated with these hazards and risks, highlighting the value of hazard mapping. Various ground improvement techniques and the special types of foundation structures which deal with these problems are covered in the second half of the text. This book is supplemented with a wealth of actual case studies... more...
Fundamentals of Fluvial Geomorphologyby Ro Charlton
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 59.95Fundamentals of Fluvial Geomorphology will be an indispensable introductory text for first and second year undergraduates, providing a clear understanding of how the fluvial system operates at different spatial and temporal scales. more...
Wadi Hydrologyby Zekai Sen
Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 129.95Presents methodologies required for sustainable management of wadis and their water resources. Through physical approaches, field cases, sample interpretations, and various applications to different models, this book provides an understanding of these systems that illustrates the efficiency of harnessing water from wadis. more...