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9781853836343

The Blue Revolution: Land Use & Integrated Water Resources Management

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    9781853836343

  • ISBN10:

    1853836346

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-06-01
  • Publisher: Stylus Pub Llc
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Summary

"The Blue Revolution" discusses the revolution that is underway in the development of new plans, strategies and designs for land use and all water related developments. Calder provides fresh information on land'water interactions that dispel much of the mythology that has hindered rational land use and water resource decision making in the past. This essential guide to recent breakthroughs in water resource management will prove indispensable to policymakers, researchers and students of hydrology, geography, biology and environmental sciences.

Author Biography

Ian R. Calder is Professor of Land Use and Water Resources Management and Director of the Centre for Land Use and Water Resources Research at the University of Newcastle.

Table of Contents

Figures, Tables and Plates
vi
Acronyms and Abbreviations x
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xv
Introduction: The Revolution 1(2)
New Understanding: Land Use and Water Interactions
3(18)
Forests and Water: Myths and Mother Statements
21(18)
Water Resources and the Limits Concept: A Systems Approach to Estimating Evaporation
39(12)
The New Ideals
51(35)
Water Resource Conflicts
86(65)
Integrated Water Resources Management
151(16)
Appendix 1 IWRM Contact and Linking Organizations 167(7)
Appendix 2 Glossary of Participatory Tools 174(4)
References 178(11)
Index 189

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