Author: Bonell, M.; & Bruijnzeel, L.A. [Bonell, Michael & Bruijnzeel, Leendert Adriaan; editors:
Title: Forests, Water, and People in the Humid Tropics: Past, Present, and Future Hydrological Research...
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, (2005). orig.boards. 29x21cm, xvii,925 pp. Textual photos,maps & tables. Minor rubbing. Some light page-edge soil. VG. ¶ Full title reads: "Forests, Water, and People in the Humid Tropics: Past, Present, and Future Hydrological Research for Intergrated Land and Water Management. Based on papers from a sympsium and workshop organized jointly by the International Hydrological Programme of UNESCO and the International Union of Forestry Research Organizations, held in Kula Lumpar, Maylasia, July 30-Aug. 4,2000. Contents: Current Trends and Perspectives on People/Land-use/Water Issues; Hydrological Processes in Undisturbed Forest; Forest Disturbance, Conversion and Recovery; New Methods for Evaluating Effects of Land-Use Change; Critical Appraisals of Best Management Practices. ["This comprehensive review of the hydrological and physiological functioning of tropical rain forests covers the environmental impacts of their disturbance and conversion to other land uses, as well as optimum strategies for managing them. Specialists will find authenticated detail in chapters written by experts on a complete range of people-water-land use issues." - publisher's description]

Keywords: Tropical Forest Hydrology, Rain Forests, Environment, Ecology, Land Use, Management, Humid Tropics, ,