Land, water, and development : sustainable management of river basin systems
Tracing the evolution of river basin management and the history of applied hydrology, Newson provides a systematic review of policy and practice, and argues for a sustainable approach to the changing environment of the world's rivers
xxxv, 423 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
9780415155069, 9780415155076, 0415155061, 041515507X
36379823
1. History of river basin management
2. Natural river basins: transfer systems
3. Land and water: interactions
4. Managing land and water in the developed world: an international survey
5. River basins and development
6. Technical issues in river basin management
7. Institutional issues in river basin management
8. Sustainable river basin management: issues of the knowledge base
9. Land and water: towards systems of management in a period of change