TY - BOOK AU - Bonell,Michael AU - Hufschmidt,Maynard M. AU - Gladwell,John S. TI - Hydrology and water management in the humid tropics: hydrological research issues and strategies for water management T2 - International hydrology series SN - 9780511564468 (ebook) AV - GB840 .H93 1993 U1 - 333.91/15/0913 20 PY - 1993/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Hydrology KW - Tropics KW - Water-supply KW - Management N1 - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) N2 - Environmental problems in the humid tropical regions, where the focus is on the fate and management of the surviving rainforest and climate change, are attracting increasing attention internationally. The distribution of tropical rainfall is highly variable, and in many regions the supply of potable water is inadequate. By the end of the century one-third of the world's population will be living in the humid tropics. This book considers all aspects of hydrology in the humid tropics. The first four parts of the book cover the physical basis of hydrology in the humid tropics: climatology, meteorology, process hydrology, sedimentation, water quality and freshwater ecology. This is followed by extensive treatment of the human and societal issues: land-use changes, water resource management, and rural and urban water supply in the tropical regions. The book is a uniquely integrated summary of hydrology in the tropics UR - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511564468 ER -