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Contemporary Hydrology (Hardcover, New)
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Contemporary Hydrology (Hardcover, New)
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Price R574
Discovery Miles 5 740
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Traditional approaches to hydrology have favoured a reductionist
perspective. This text argues that hydrologists of the 21st century
must increasingly look beyond the traditional boundaries of river
channel or river catchment areas to consider new questions:
firstly, how water resources should be managed in an integrated and
sustainable way with a growing appreciation of the global dimension
to water resource problems; secondly, how the search for solutions
to water pollution, flooding, drought and environmental degradation
requires a broader understanding of transboundary connections
between components of the hydrosphere across a range of spatial and
temporal scales. In an emerging age of water shortage, increasing
dependence will also be placed upon existing monitoring and water
distribution networks. Advances in data gathering systems and
hydrological modelling have created new opportunities for assessing
and managing these water resources. Similarly ecohydrology and
palaeohydrological techniques are generating new types of data for
model development and testing. This text will provide an excellent
overview for post-graduates and researchers studying hydrology,
meterology, environmental science and related topics. It will also
be useful as supplementary reading for 2nd/3rd year undergraduates
in these areas. The ruins of the flooded Derwent village emerged
from Ladybower Reservoir, Derbyshire UK in autumn 1995. This image
highlights a number of issues pertinent to contemporary hydrology
such as: winter droughts severely restrict the replenishment on
upland communities; the uneasy relationship between forestry and
water resources in water supply catchments; water quality
problemsassociated with acidification, turbidity and sedimentation;
the aesthetic and ammenity value of impounded waters
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