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'Bonell and Bruijnzeel completed a challenging and commendable achievement in organizing these well-researched reviews on forests, water, and people of the humid tropics. The book will serve for many policy makers, managers, and scientists as a desk reference, and fit in alongside other classic publications of the Cambridge University Press International Hydrology Series. ... the book is a great resource, providing a collection of up-to-date reviews on watershed management in tropical forests.' Hydrological Processes
'... an up-to-date, rich compendium of papers: 9 on hydrological process in undisturbed forests; 8 dealing with forest disturbance, conversion and recovery; and 8 describing methods for detecting and evaluating effects of land use change.' European Tropical Forest Research Network News
'... it draws its contents from worldwide experiences and is organized by both broad and open-minded editors who are honestly putting together the best existing knowledge ...'. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
Book Description
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.
Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics : Past, Present and Future Hydrological Research for Integrated Land and Water Management (International Hydrology Series)
Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics: Past, Present and Future Hydrological Research for Integrated Land and Water Management (International Hydrology Series),M. Bonell,L. A. Bruijnzeel,Cambridge University Press,0521829534,Earth Sciences - Geology,Hydrology, Forest,Natural Resources,Rain forests,Science,Science/Mathematics,Tropics,Management of land & natural resources,Science / Geology
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