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Harper - The Sustainable Management of Tropical Catchments - 9780471969143 - V9780471969143
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The Sustainable Management of Tropical Catchments

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Description for The Sustainable Management of Tropical Catchments Hardcover. Provides syntheses of studies in three continents on the problem of achieving and understanding tropical rural development without compromising longer--term sustainability of the soil and water systems that underpin it. Editor(s): Harper, David; Brown, Tony. Num Pages: 396 pages, maps. BIC Classification: RGM; RNF; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 28. Weight in Grams: 874.
Provides syntheses of studies in three continents on the problem ofachieving and understanding tropical rural development withoutcompromising longer-term sustainability of the soil and watersystems that underpin it.

The studies were carried out in Central/South America, Africa andAsia during the 1990s, mostly through the support of the EU Scienceand Technology for Development Programme. The studies encompassexamples of erosion measurement:; of erosion control andconservation techniques at soil and ecosystem levels; of the limitsto uses of fragile tropical soils; of the effects of runoffcombined with regulation on rivers and reservoirs; of theimportance of indigenous people in the development processes and ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
Number of Pages
396
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780471969143
SKU
V9780471969143
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Harper
David Harper is Reader in Clinical Psychology at the University of East London. He is co-author of Deconstructing Psychopathology and Psychology & Mental Health: From Disorder to Experience - 2011 . His research focuses on critical psychology and social constructionist approaches in mental health.

Reviews for The Sustainable Management of Tropical Catchments
"... the authors and editors do a good job in presenting a state of the art review." (Progress in Environmental Science)

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