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1011973
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b766343
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Forests, water, and people in the humid Tropics : : past, present, and future hydrological research for integrated land and water management /\ edited by M. Bonell, L.A. Bruijnzeel.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, U.K. ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2004.
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| Series Statement
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International hydrology series
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1 online resource (xvii, 925 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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0511108796
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: 0511109415
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: 0511109725
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: 051153566X
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: 0521829534
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: 1280415509
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: 9780511108792
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: 9780511109416
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: 9780511109720
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: 9780511535666
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: 9780521829533
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: 9781280415500
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0521829534
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Symposium and Workshop; Introduction; Part I: Current trends and perspectives on people-land use-water issues; 1 Trends and patterns of tropical land use change; 2 The myth of efficiency through market economics: a biophysical analysis of tropical economies, especially with respect to energy, forests and water; 3 Impacts of land cover change in the Brazilian Amazon from a resource manager's perspective; 4 Forest people and changing tropical forestland use in tropical Asia.
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| Abstract
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This volume is the most comprehensive review available of the hydrological and physiological functioning of tropical rain forests, the environmental impacts of their disturbance and conversion to other land uses, and optimum strategies for managing them. It will be invaluable for specialists, managers and practitioners, scientists and advanced students.
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Forest hydrology-- Tropics.
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Human ecology-- Tropics.
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Natural resources-- Tropics-- Management.
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Rain forests.
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Forêts pluviales.
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Hydrologie forestière-- Régions tropicales.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Environmental Economics.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Green Business.
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Forest hydrology.
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Human ecology.
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Natural resources-- Management.
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NATURE-- Natural Resources.
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Rain forests.
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Tropics.
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| Dewey Classification
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333.75
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| LC Classification
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GB840.F68 2004eb
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Bonell, Michael.
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Bruijnzeel, Leendert Adriaan.
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Unesco.
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