The Sustainable Management of Tropical Catchments - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0471969141 ISBN 13 : 9780471969143

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1999

Synopsis

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 ofthe value and limitations of modelling at scales from soils tocatchment. There is no single message from the book because thereis no single solution to the problems of achieving sustainabletropical development.

This book presents ideas, techniques and case studies, knowledge ofwhich will help researchers in many scientific and socialdisciplines to understand the complexities better, and politiciansand bureaucrats to understand the consequences of developmentdecisions and learn from the failure of many earlier ones.

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À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0471969141
• ISBN 13: 9780471969143
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Éditeur: Harper David, Brown Tony
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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