Flooding and Management of Large Fluvial Lowlands: A Global Environmental Perspective (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521768603)

Pressure on large fluvial lowlands has increased tremendously during the past twenty years because of flood control, urbanization, and increased dependence upon floodplains and deltas for food production. This book examines human impacts on lowland rivers, and discusses how these changes affect different types of riverine environments and flood processes. Surveying a global range of large rivers, it provides a primary focus on the lower Rhine River in the Netherlands and the Lower Mississippi River in Louisiana. A particular focus of the book is on geo-engineering, which is described in a straight-forward writing style that is accessible to a broad audience of advanced students, researchers, and practitioners in global environmental change, fluvial geomorphology and sedimentology, and flood and water management.

Author: Paul F. Hudson
ISBN-10: 0521768608
ISBN-13: 9780521768603
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/25/2021
Pages: 348
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.50lbs
Size: 11.50h x 8.50w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2022