2nd Edition
Blue Revolution Integrated Land and Water Resources Management
By Ian R. Calder
Copyright 2005
376 Pages
by
Routledge
376 Pages
by
Routledge
374 Pages
by
Routledge
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'Blue Revolution upturns some environmental applecarts - not for the hell of it, but so we can manage our environment better.'
Fred Pearce, New Scientist
This updated and revised edition of The Blue Revolution provides further evidence of the need to integrate land management decision-making into the process of integrated water resources management. It presents the key issues involved in finding... Read more
Introduction: The Revolution * New Understanding: Land Use and Water Interactions * Forests and Water: Myths and Mother Statements * Water Resources and the Limits Concept: A Systems Approach to Estimating Evaporation * The New Ideals * Policies, Power and Perversity * Water Resource Conflicts * Integrated Land and Water Resource Management * Appendices * References * Index
Biography
Ian R Calder is Professor of Land Use and Water Resources Research at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He has served as Chief Water Resources Officer in Malawi and as the Hydrology Adviser to the British Overseas Development Administration, now DFID.
