Scales in Hydrology and Water Management
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Author(s): I. Tchiguirinskaia, M. Bonell and P. Hubert (Eds)
Publisher: IAHS
ISBN: 1901502627
Format: softback
170pp
Price: £36.95
Review Date: 28 October 2004
Review: Since 1992, UNESCO/IHP and IAHS have jointly organised a series of colloquia, held bi-annually, and named after George Kovacs, an internationally acclaimed hydrologist. The 2002 colloquium was devoted to Space and Time Scale Variability and Interdependence in Various Hydrological Processes. It looked at how different scales interact and how results can be transported from one scale to another. Space scales in hydrology start with a length a scale of about 107 m, with a scale of about 10-5 m corresponding to the limits of the continuum hypothesis that forms the basis of classical fluid mechanics. The knowledge of this variability and interdependence is important for the storage of water, its allocation and transfer of users, and the treatment and handling of wastewater discharge. The two dominant questions in the field are: how much of the resources will remain for future use; and what is the response of the environment to current management stresses. This volume comprises nine papers (with abstracts in both English and French) given at the colloquium.