Product Description

Hydrology and Global Environmental Change presents the hydrological contribution to, and consequences of, global environmental change. Assuming little or no prior knowledge on the part of the reader, the book looks at the main processes of global environmental change - global scale processes, large regional processes, repetitive processes - and how the hydrological cycle, processes and regimes impact on GEC and vice-versa.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #383666 in Books
• Published on: 2002-01-16
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 364 pages

From the Back Cover
Hydrology and Global Environmental Change presents the hydrological contribution to, and consequences of, global environmental change. The book looks at hydrological processes and regimes, how these are affected by global environmental change processes - operating at global, regional and local scales - and how hydrological processes and regimes in turn affect patterns of global environmental change.
* provides a comprehensive introduction to hydrological processes, and their effect on global change issues
* provides an introduction to the effects of global change on hydrology
* introduces the consequences for society and the water environment of hydrological aspects of global change
* introduces the data sources and information sources used in understanding fast-moving global change issues
The author uses data sources, boxed examples and exercises throughout the text.
Nigel Arnell is Professor of Geography, University of Southampton.

Hydrology and Global Environmental Change is the fourth book to be published within the Understanding Global Environmental Change series, designed to meet the need for concise, sharply focused books suitable for undergraduate course use.