Joseph Holden

Water Resources

An Integrated Approach

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This second edition provides students with a comprehensive overview of natural processes associated with water and the modifications of these processes by humans through climate change and land management, water-related health issues, engineering approaches to water and socio-economic processes of huge importance to water resources.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 468
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 190mm x 245mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 1176g
• ISBN-13: 9781138329225
• ISBN-10: 1138329223
• Artikelnr.: 58342498

Autorenporträt

Joseph Holden holds the Chair of Physical Geography at the University of Leeds and is research dean in the Faculty of Environment. He is Director of water@leeds, one of the world's largest university-based interdisciplinary water research centres, and director of the UK Natural Environment Research Council's Integrated Catchment Solutions Programme.

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors Preface Acknowledgements 1. Water basics 2. The
changing water cycle 3. Surface water hydrology 4. Surface water quality 5.
Groundwater 6. Aquatic ecosystems 7. Water and health 8. Potable water and
wastewater treatment 9. Water demand planning and management 10. Water
economics 11. Water conflict, law and governance 12. Virtual water 13. The
future of water Glossary Index