Land, Water and Development: Sustainable Management of River Basin Systems

✍ Scribed by Malcolm Newson

Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Leaves: 460
Edition: 2
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This is a fully revised and expanded second edition of Malcolm Newson's acclaimed book. Exploring in greater depth the meaning of sustainability in river basin development this new edition: highlights the rapid evolution of practical concepts since the Rio Earth Summit features new illustrations and case studies from Australia, South Africa and Israel makes the ecosystem model more explicit throughout strengthens coverage of the linkages between land and water management.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of plates......Page 10
List of figures......Page 11
List of tables......Page 16
Preface to the first edition......Page 20
Preface to the second edition......Page 23
Acknowledgements......Page 27
Prologue......Page 29
History of river basin management......Page 38
Natural river basins: transfer systems......Page 60
Land and water: interactions......Page 94
Managing land and water in the developed world: an international survey......Page 136
River basins and development......Page 188
Technical issues in river basin management......Page 251
Institutional issues in river basin management......Page 318
Sustainable river basin management: issues of the knowledge base......Page 358
Land and water: towards systems of management in a period of change......Page 388
Bibliography......Page 411
Name index......Page 445
Subject index......Page 448

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