Water Resources
Process and Management
Collins Educational (Publisher)
Published on 14. July 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-00-326684-9 (ISBN)
Description
"Water Resources" adopts a systems approach, with the emphasis on the relationship between people and hydrological and fluvial processes. It's coverage includes the following: water supply and demand issues; drainage basin processes; fluvial processes; and river regimes and water budgets.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Target group
College/higher education
Interest Age: From 16 years
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
colour illustrations, maps, charts
Weight
586 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-326684-9 (9780003266849)
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Book
06/2001
2nd Edition
Collins Educational
€57.13
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Content
Water - a global resource: systems approach. Drainage basin processes: potential evapotranspiration. Streamflow and human influences: River Soar, Leicestershire; Brook Basin, Harlow; hydrograph - shape of drainage basin; defining and measuring stream characteristics. Water balance and river regimes: Ghana; Catalonia; Nile Basin; water balance equation; water budget; flow duration curves. Drainage basins and sediment yield: Baltic Sea. Managing channels: Ashby Folville, Leicestershire; River Witham, Lincolnshire; River Rhine, Western Europe; River Roding, Essex; River Murray, Australia; Manning's equation. Flooding and human responses: River Tay, Scotland; Northampton; Maidenhead/Windsor; Mississippi, USA; flood recurrence interval graph. Water supply and the role of groundwater: California; Beijing; London Basin; Japan. Water resource issues in the UK: 1988/92 drought; NRA development strategy; Severn/Thames water transfer; z-scores. Water quality and pollution: former USSR; Herefordshire. Bangladesh - water resource management: 1988 flood disaster; Khuha District.