Title Forests, water, and people in the humid Tropics : past, present, and future hydrological research for integrated land and water management / edited by M. Bonell, L.A. Bruijnzeel

Published Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 925 pages) : illustrations, maps Series International hydrology series International hydrology series. Contents Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Symposium and Workshop; Introduction; Part I: Current trends and perspectives on people-land use-water issues; 1 Trends and patterns of tropical land use change; 2 The myth of efficiency through market economics: a biophysical analysis of tropical economies, especially with respect to energy, forests and water; 3 Impacts of land cover change in the Brazilian Amazon from a resource manager's perspective; 4 Forest people and changing tropical forestland use in tropical Asia Summary This volume is the most comprehensive review available of the hydrological and physiological functioning of tropical rain forests, the environmental impacts of their disturbance and conversion to other land uses, and optimum strategies for managing them. It will be invaluable for specialists, managers and practitioners, scientists and advanced students Analysis Hydrological research Forest Water Humid tropics Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject Forest hydrology -- Tropics Natural resources -- Tropics -- Management Human ecology -- Tropics Rain forests. rainforests. NATURE -- Natural Resources. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business. Forest hydrology Human ecology Natural resources -- Management Rain forests Tropics Form Electronic book Author Bonell, Michael. Bruijnzeel, Leendert Adriaan. Unesco. ISBN 0511109725 9780511109720 0511109415 9780511109416 0511108796 9780511108792 9780511535666 051153566X 1280415509 9781280415500 9780521829533 0521829534

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