Forthcoming Hydrology Books

Forthcoming Books

1. Water Management, Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in Developing Economies

   Edited by M. Dinesh Kumar, M.V.K. Sivamohan, Nitin Bassi

   Series: Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management

   This book addresses strategies for food security and sustainable agriculture in developing economies. The book focuses primarily on India, a fast developing economy, whose natural resource base comprising land and water supporting agricultural production is not only under enormous stress, but also...

   To Be Published October 2nd 2012 by Routledge
2. Soil and Water Contamination, 2nd Edition

   By Marcel van der Perk

   This textbook provides an overview of transport and fate processes of environmental contamination, in such a way that the reader can both understand and predict contaminant patterns in soil, groundwater, and surface water. In contract to most existing texts, soil and water pollution are treated as...

   To Be Published November 14th 2012 by Taylor & Francis
3. Governing International Watercourses

   River Basin Organizations and the Sustainable Governance of Internationally Shared Rivers and Lakes

   By Susanne Schmeier

   Series: Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management

   This book focuses on River Basin Organizations as the key institutions for managing internationally shared water resources. This includes a comparative analysis of all 119 River Basin Organizations worldwide and three in-depth case studies from three different continents. The detailed case studies...

   To Be Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge
4. Water Trading and Global Water Scarcity

   International Perspectives

   Edited by Josefina Maestu

   Series: RFF Press Water Policy Series

   Water scarcity is an increasing problem in many parts of the world, yet conventional supply-side economics and management are insufficient to deal with it. One of the key water management options for water demand is water trading. Water trading can contribute to improve efficiency of water use...

   To Be Published November 22nd 2012 by Routledge
5. Water Harvesting in Sub-Saharan Africa

   Edited by William Critchley, John Gowing

   Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is constrained by highly variable rainfall, frequent drought and low water productivity. There is an urgent need, heightened by climate change, for appropriate technologies to address this problem through managing and increasing the quantity of water on...

   To Be Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
6. Water Security

   Principles, Perspectives and Practices

   Edited by Bruce Lankford, Bakker Karen, Mark Zeitoun, Declan Conway

   Series: Earthscan Water Text Series

   To Be Published January 14th 2013 by Routledge
7. Transferable Groundwater Rights

   Integrating Hydrology, Law and Economics

   By Andreas Charalambous

   The principle of Transferable Water Rights (TWR) is that by making water rights capable of being traded in the market, water resources can be used more sustainably and efficiently. Water would achieve its economic value, by switching from the high volume-low value irrigation, which is prevalent...

   To Be Published January 30th 2013 by Routledge
8. Water Resources

   An Integrated Approach

   Edited by Joseph Holden

   To Be Published March 14th 2013 by Routledge
9. Water Governance, Policy and Knowledge Transfer

   International Studies on Contextual Water Management

   Edited by Cheryl De Boer, Joanne Vinke-de Kruijf, Gul Ozerol, Johannes Th. A. Bressers

   Series: Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management

   To Be Published March 29th 2013 by Routledge