Mike Acreman (ed.)

The Hydrology of the UK

A Study of Change
Herausgeber: Acreman, Mike

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This text assesses the changing hydrology of the UK, focusing on key issues that affect fundamental hydrological processes and have important implications for water resource management, flood risk and environmental quality. Topics include the causes of change to the hydrology of the UK.

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Change will continue to be a major feature of UK hydrology in the future. This book provides an understanding of the changing hydrology of the UK and the international scene today and looks to the needs of the future.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9780415187619
• ISBN-10: 0415187613
• Artikelnr.: 22467021

Autorenporträt

Mike Acreman is Head of Low Flows, Ecology and Wetlands at the Institute of Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1
Climate Change and UK Hydrology
Land Use Change
River Channel Modification in the UK
Causes of Catchment Scale Hydrological Changes
Section 2
River Flows
River water quality
Groundwater
Lakes and ponds
Wetlands
Section 3
Responsibilities and strategies of UK organisations
Planning and managing for the future
Role of the British Hydrological Society
Future UK Hydrological Research