Author: Publisher: UNEP/Earthprint
ISBN: 9789280718102
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
Planning & Management of Lakes & Reservoirs: Abridged Version - A Students Guide
Author: Publisher: UNEP/Earthprint
ISBN: 9789280718102
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
Africa's Lakes
Author: Publisher: UNEP/Earthprint
ISBN: 9789280726947
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Prepared as part of UNEP's contribution to the 11th World Lakes Conference (held in Nairobi, Kenya in November 2005), this publication examines the environmental changes taking place to Africa's lakes by analysing ground photographs, current and historical satellite images and scientific evidence. Changes highlighted include the rapid shrinking of Lake Songor in Ghana, partly as a result of intensive salt production, and the extraordinary changes in the Zambezi river system as a result of the building of the Cabora Basa dam site. Other impacts, some natural and some human-made and which can only be truly appreciated from space, include the extensive deforestation around Lake Nakuru in Kenya, and the falling water levels of Lake Victoria which is now about a metre lower than it was in the early 1990s. The analysis recognises the importance of Africa's lakes as a source of livelihoods for many local communities, their contribution to the socio-economic development of the continent and the need for the sustainable management of these resources in order to help overcome poverty and meet internationally agreed development goals by 2015.
Technical Publication Series
Author: Managing Lakes and Reservoirs
Author: North American Lake Management SocietyPublisher: University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Written for the lake user, this third edition testifies to the success and the leadership of EPA's Clean Lakes Program.
Environment in Print
Author: United Nations Environment ProgrammePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental policy
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The Lakes Handbook
Author: Patrick O'SullivanPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1405141107
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Continuing concern about water supply and quality, ecosystem sustainability and restoration demands that the modern approach to the management of lakes and reservoirs should be based on a sound understanding of the application of the scientific and ecological principles that underlie freshwater processes. The Lakes Handbook provides an up-to-date overview of the application of ecologically sound approaches, methods and tools using experience gained around the world for an understanding of lakes and their management. Volume one of the Handbook addresses the physical and biological aspects of lakes pertinent to lake management, emphasising those aspects particularly relevant to large, still bodies of water. Volume two then considers lake management, with particular emphasis on sustainability, restoration and rehabilitation. This handbook will be invaluable to ecologists, environmental scientists, physical geographers and hydrologists involved in limnological research, as well as advanced undergraduate and graduate students looking for authoritative reviews of the key areas of limnological study.
Lake management planning guide
Author: J.H. KuehnThe Pond Book
Author: John Stephen HicksPublisher:
ISBN: 9781554551606
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Written for the serious layperson, The Pond Manual explores the wide variety of pond ecosystems available, and their function; topographic and soil requirements, design and construction techniques, wildlife management, fish species and their cultivation, algae and plant control, parasite problems, chemical and physical parameters of water sources and water control/erosion devices." -- Publisher's description.
Lake and Reservoir Management
Author: North American Lake Management Society. ConferencePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lake restoration
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Author: