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Hydrology and the Management of Watersheds
Hydrology and the Management of Watersheds Author:Peter F. Ffolliott, Hans M. Gregersen, Leonard F. Debano This new third edition is a major revision of the earlier two editions and is based largely on the feedback the authors received from past users of the book in the classroom. — Changes in this expanded and completely updated new edition include: —
Expanded discussion of stream channel processes, morphology, and classification; —
A new P... more »art Three contains a chapter on basic water quality and a new chapter on water quality management;
The topics of riparian and wetland hydrology and management have been expanded into two new chapters;
A new section on Special Topics includes topics that will be of interest to managers and are intended to complement the earlier parts of the book;
Chapter One Hydrologic Methods remains as a highly technical chapter that can be used to quantify some of the hydrologic relationships discussed in earlier chapters;
Chapter Eighteen presents tools for analysis and research in watershed management;
A new Part Six is comprised on a single, comprehensive chapter that condenses and updates material from three chapters in the previous edition that focused on socioeconomic considerations.