Hydrology and the Management of Watersheds

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 574 pages
• Published by: Wiley-Blackwell
• Edition: 3rd Edition January 15, 1991
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0813829852
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0813829852
• Book Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.2 x 1.7 inches
• Weighs: 3.1 pounds

Product Description
This new third edition is a major revision of the earlier two editions and is based largely on the feedback the authors received from past users of the book in the classroom.





Changes in this expanded and completely updated new edition include:

• Expanded discussion of stream channel processes, morphology, and classification;
  
• A new Part Three contains a chapter on basic water quality and a new chapter on water quality management;
  
• The topics of riparian and wetland hydrology and management have been expanded into two new chapters;
  
• A new section on Special Topics includes topics that will be of interest to managers and are intended to complement the earlier parts of the book;
  
• Chapter One Hydrologic Methods remains as a highly technical chapter that can be used to quantify some of the hydrologic relationships discussed in earlier chapters;
  
• Chapter Eighteen presents tools for analysis and research in watershed management;
  
• A new Part Six is comprised on a single, comprehensive chapter that condenses and updates material from three chapters in the previous edition that focused on socioeconomic considerations.

Back Cover Copy
Hydrology and the Management of Watersheds, Third Edition is an great basic textbook on hydrology and watershed management for students of natural resources. Improvements throughout this edition reflect the requirements of students and instructors.

Introduction and basic hydrology chapters cover updates and other changes in the field.

Erosion and sediment yield chapters include an expanded discussion of stream channel processes, morphology, and classification.

New chapters contain information on water quality management, riparian management, and wetland hydrology and management.

Special topics chapters – or example, Snow Hydrology, Hydrologic Methods, and a chapter that presents tools for analysis and research in watershed management – provide information beyond the basics, complementing other sections of the book.

A new comprehensive chapter condenses and updates the previous edition’s material on socioeconomic considerations.


As in previous editions, reference listings allow for further exploration of a particular topic, and examples illustrate the subject material.


Beyond the university classroom, Hydrology and the Management of Watersheds provides a valuable overview of hydrology and watershed management for administrators, planners, managers, and technicians dealing with the management and utilization of natural resources. The textbook may also serve in the development of short courses and continuing education programs for national and international agencies.