LEADER 05424oam 2200733I 450 001 9910783894803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-73230-9 010 $a1-134-73231-7 010 $a1-280-31831-7 010 $a0-203-44352-7 010 $a9786610318315 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203443521 035 $a(CKB)1000000000251341 035 $a(EBL)170118 035 $a(OCoLC)560390049 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000188648 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11154260 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000188648 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10153484 035 $a(PQKB)10257976 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC170118 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL170118 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10057179 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL31831 035 $a(OCoLC)51023522 035 $a(PPN)245052879 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000251341 100 $a20180331d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLand, water and development $esustainable management of river basin systems /$fMalcolm Newson 205 $a2nd ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d1997. 215 $a1 online resource (460 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-15507-X 311 $a0-415-15506-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Title; Copyright Page; Contents; List of plates; List of figures; List of tables; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1 History of river basin management; 1.1 Hydraulic cultures and religious codes: management in advance of science; 1.2 The rise of hydraulics and hydrology; 1.3 Monks, mills and mines: origins of river coordination in England; 1.4 The rise of environment; 1.5 The lessons of history and the challenges of the future; 2 Natural river basins: transfer systems; 2.1 Flow of water and transport of sediment 327 $a2.2 Channel morphology2.3 Floodplains; 2.4 Basin sediment systems; 2.5 Summary: key elements of the natural system, a sensitivity assessment; 3 Land and water: interactions; 3.1 Vegetation, soils and hydrology; 3.2 Groundwater exploitation and protection; 3.3 Runoff modifications in developed river basins; 3.4 Vegetation, soils and water quality; 3.5 Conclusions; 4 Managing land and water in the developed world: an international survey; 4.1 Development and the river basin; 4.2 River basin management in the USA; 4.3 Canadian river basin management; 4.4 Australia: a lesson learned late 327 $a4.5 New Zealand: wise management determined by hazard4.6 Conclusions: national priorities in the developed world; 5 River basins and development; 5.1 General characteristics and new philosophies; 5.2 Problems of food, power and trade in drylands; 5.3 River basin management in Iran: the Zayandeh Rud example; 5.4 The Nile: a definitive case of hydropolitics; 5.5 River basin development authorities: experience elsewhere in Africa; 5.6 The land-use dimension: Himalayan headwaters and the Indian subcontinent; 5.7 Dams, alternatives and the need for a new international order 327 $a5.8 Development and rivers: broad trends6 Technical issues in river basin management; 6.1 Soil erosion; 6.2 Dams: problems of sedimentation and river regulation; 6.3 Irrigation: land, water and people; 6.4 Conservation and restoration of river channels and wetlands; 6.5 Climatic change and river basin management; 6.6 Conclusions; 7 Institutional issues in river basin management; 7.1 Basin authorities: the influence of the TVA; 7.2 Does an ideal river basin management institution exist?; 7.3 Case study: sustainable basin management and UK water institutions 327 $a7.4 River basin units: land drainage leads the way7.5 Issues of resources and pollution; 7.6 Private or public? Economics and environment as institutional forces; 7.7 River basin institutions and developing nations; 7.8 Environmental assessment and management of water projects: worldwide panacea?; 7.9 International river basin management; 7.10 Conclusions: sustainability and subsidiarity-institutions which can plan basin development; 8 Sustainable river basin management: issues of the knowledge base; 8.1 Science in the 'New Environmental Age'; 8.2 The environmental sciences 327 $a8.3 'Science speaks to power' 330 $aThis is a fully revised and expanded second edition of Malcolm Newson's acclaimed book. Exploring in greater depth the meaning of sustainability in river basin development this new edition:* highlights the rapid evolution of practical concepts since the Rio Earth Summit* features new illustrations and case studies from Australia, South Africa and Israel* makes the ecosystem model more explicit throughout* strengthens coverage of the linkages between land and water management. 606 $aWatershed management 606 $aWater resources development 606 $aSustainable development 615 0$aWatershed management. 615 0$aWater resources development. 615 0$aSustainable development. 676 $a333.91/15 700 $aNewson$b Malcolm David.$0275985 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783894803321 996 $aLand, water and development$93816595 997 $aUNINA