A major 2 volume reference work providing a comprehensive and functional account of wetlands in the wider global environment. It brings together an international team of experts from the fields of hydrology, ecology, engineering ecosystem restoration, catchments management, wetland and conservation policy, andsocio-economics. It features numerous case studies illustrating how ecosystems work and arebest utilized, how to measure wetlands effectiveness and address its failures, and methods for wetlands restoration. It adopts a functional approach with afocus on freshwater wetlands, and is aimed at placing the care and understanding of wetlands more firmly at the heart of environmental management.
- ISBN: 978-0-632-05255-4
- Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 1058
- Fecha Publicación: 01/03/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 0
- Idioma: Inglés