Hydrology and Water Management in the Humid Tropics: Hydrological Research Issues and Strategies for Water Management (International Hydrology) (International Hydrology Series)

Cambridge University Press
Edition: Revised ed., 12/15/2005
EAN 9780521020022, ISBN10: 0521020026

Paperback, 612 pages, 29.7 x 21.1 x 2.9 cm
Language: English

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.

Foreword
Part I. Introduction
Part II. Humid Tropics Setting
2. Climate and rainfall variability in the humid tropics
3. Operational hydrology problems in the humid tropics
4. The problems of the humid tropics - opportunities for reassessment of hydrological methodology
Part III. Regional Hydrology
5. Hydrology in humid tropical Asia
6. Hydrology and water resources of humid Northern Australia and Papua New Guinea
7. Hydrology and water resources of tropical Latin America and the Caribbean
8. Amazonian rainfall and its variability
9. Regional hydrology and water resources in the African humid tropics
10. Review of hydrology and water resources of humid tropical islands
Part IV. Physical Processes
11. Recent scientific developments and research needs in the hydrological processes of the humid tropics
12. Groundwater systems with reference to the humid tropics
13. Perspective on the hydrology and water resource management of natural freshwater wetlands and lakes in the humid tropics
14. Erosion and sedimentation
15. Water quality issues in the humid tropics
16. Ecological characteristics of tropical fresh waters
an outline
Part V. Physical Processes - Human Uses
The Interface
17. Challenges in agriculture and forest hydrology in the humid tropics
18. The impact of land-use change on water resources in the humid tropics
an Australian view of the scientific issues
19. Urban water management problems in the humid tropics
some technical and non-technical considerations
20. The management of water resources, development and human health in the humid tropics
21. Water supply and health in the humid tropics with particular reference to rural areas
Part VI. Management Issues
22. Water resource management
23. Water management issues
population, agriculture and forests - a focus on watershed management
24. Urban water resources in the humid tropics
an overview of the ASEAN region
25. An ecological and environmental approach to urban water problems in the humid tropics
26. Rethinking urban water supply and sanitation strategy in developing countries in the humid tropics
lessons from the International Water Decade
27. Water resource management issues in the humid tropics
Part VII. Appendices
Index.