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Sustainable Management of Tropical Catchments

David Harper (Editor), Tony Brown (Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-471-96914-3
Hardcover
396 pages
March 1999
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INTRODUCTION

Sustainability in the Context of Tropical Catchments

SOILS, EROSION AND LAND USE

Introduction

From Plot to Basins: The Scale Problem in Studies of Soil Erosionand Sediment Yield

Remote Sensing and GIS Studies of Erosion Potential for CatchmentManagement: A Densely Populated Agricultural Catchment inKenya

Socio-economic Aspects of Subsistence Farming and Soil Erosion inTropical Catchment Management: The Upper Tana, Kenya

Agroecological Practices as Tools for the Sustainable Management ofCatchments Susceptible to Erosion: Reunion Island

The Importance of Geopedology in Sustainable Use of TropicalCatchments: Sodic Soils and Land Use Scenarios in NorthernAmazonia

Soil Restoration and Conservation: The "Tepetates" -
Indurated Volcanic Soils - in Mexico

Environmental Management for Sustainable Selective Logging inTropical Rainforests

Environmental Limits to Sustainable Coffee Cultivation on TropicalSoils: The Sungai, Pemadang Catchment, Brunei

CATCHMENT CONSERVATION AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF SUSTAINABLEMANAGEMENT

Introduction

Conservation of Tropical Peat Swamp Forests: A Peatland Catchmentin Central Kalimantan

Catchment Sustainability and River Biodiversity in Asia: A CaseStudy from Nepal

Conservation of Inland Deltas: A Case Study of the Gash Delta,Sudan

The Importance of People in the Management of TropicalCatchments

Hydrological and Ecological Considerations in the Management of aCatchment Controlled by a Reservoir Cascade: The Tana River,Kenya

Information for the Sustainable Management of Shallow Lakes: LakeNaivasha, Kenya

MODELLING: AN ESSENTIAL TOOL FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT

Introduction

The Importance of Soil Infiltration Dynamics and Data Uncertainty:Field Studies on Soils in Zimbabwe

Distributed Numerical Modelling of Surface Runoff and Soil Erosionin Arid Catchments

Hydrological Modelling in Humid Tropical Catchments

Modelling Lake Level Changes: Examples from the Easter Rift Valley,Kenya

The Influence of Tropical Catchments upon the Coastal Zone:Modelling the Links between Groundwater and Mangrove Losses inKeyna, India/Bangladesh and Florida

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