"Facing droughts, floods, and water security challenges, society is increasingly forced to develop new policies and practices to cope with the impacts of climate change. From taken-for-granted values and perceptions to embodied, existential modes of engaging our world, human per…
"As water availability, management and conservation become global challenges, there is now wide consensus that historical knowledge can provide crucial information to address present water crises. Moreover, water takes in different forms from rainfall to groundwater and soil moi…
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Fundamental Concepts -- Simple Food Chain Theory -- Ecological Pyramids -- Recycling and the Microbial Loop -- Food Chain Magnification -- Food Webs -- Food Webs and Ecosystem Stability -- Questions -- Referenc…
"It is with much pleasure that we introduce you to the new edition of the Handbook of Catchment Management, a decade after the first. The hydrological cycle has always the most important earth system process on the planet but how has our relationship with water changed in the sp…
Water is one of the most benign, and destructive, powers in the lives of all people, in particular in arid areas such as the Near East. This book provides an alternative way of thinking about the Roman Near East by exploring how its inhabitants managed and lived with their water…
