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Category : Soil conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Historical Changes in Soil Erosion, 1930-1992
Author: RCA III, a Historical Study of Soil Conservation in the Driftless Area
Author: Large Rivers
Author: Avijit GuptaPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9780470723715
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Large Rivers: Geomorphology and Management explores an important topic in geomorphology and sedimentology: the form and function of major rivers. Our knowledge of the big rivers of the world is limited. It is currently difficult to recognise large rivers of the past from relict sedimentary deposits or to structure management policies for long international rivers. This exciting book brings together a set of papers on large rivers of the world, as a unique introduction to a demanding subject. The book includes thirty chapters and is organised into three sections. The first part is on the environmental requirements for creating and maintaining a major river system. The second is a collection of case studies on 14 large rivers from different continents, covering a range of physical environments. The third section includes chapters on the measurement and management of large rivers. First book to offer in a single volume state-of-the-art knowledge on management and geomorphology of large rivers of the world A pioneering study, pushing the boundaries of our knowledge related to big rivers Includes comprehensive case studies covering the major large rivers of the world including Amazon, Mississippi, Nile, Congo, Indus, and Mekong Written by a leading team of distinguished, international contributors Large Rivers: Geomorphology and Management is essential reading for postgraduate students and researchers in fluvial geomorphology, hydrology, sedimentary geology, and river management. It is also of relevance to engineers and environmental consultants in the private and public sectors working on major rivers of the world.
Ecosystems and Land Use Change
Author: Ruth DeFriesPublisher: American Geophysical Union
ISBN: 9780875904184
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 153. Land use is at the center of one of the most vexing challenges for the coming decades: to provide enough food, fiber and shelter for the world's population; raise the standard of living for the billion people currently below the poverty line; and simultaneously sustain the world's ecosystems for use by humans and other species. The intended consequence of cropland expansion, urban growth, and other land use changes is to satisfy demands from the increasing appetite of the world's population. Unintended consequences, however, can alter ecological processes and have far-reaching and long-term effects that potentially compromise the basic functioning of ecosystems. Recently, the scientific community has begun to confront such issues. Several national and international programs have been at the forefront of scientific enquiry on the causes and consequences of land use change, including: the Land Use and Land Cover Change Program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Land Use program element in the interagency U.S. Climate Change Science Program, and the International Geosphere-Biosphere's Land Use and Cover Change (LUCC) core project. The result has been significant advances in understanding the complex socioeconomic, technological, and biophysical factors that drive land use change worldwide.
U.S. Geological Survey Circular
Author: Environmental Characteristics and Water Quality of Hydrologic Benchmark Network Stations in the West-central United States, 1963-95
Author: M. Alisa MastPublisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Environmental Characteristics and Water Quality of Hydrologic Benchmark Network Stations in the Midwestern United States, 1963-95
Author: M. Alisa MastPublisher:
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Category : Hydrology
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
A Thousand Pieces of Paradise
Author: Lynne HeasleyHistorical Agriculture and Soil Erosion in the Upper Mississippi Valley Hill Country
Author: Stanley W. TrimblePublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1466555750
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
"This thought-provoking book demonstrates how processes of landscape transformation, usually illustrated only in simplified or idealized form, play out over time in real, complex landscapes. Trimble illustrates how a simple landscape disturbance, generated in this case by agriculture, can spread an astonishing variety of altered hydrologic and sedi
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 844
Book Description