Hydrology in the Humid Tropic Environment

Edited by A. Ivan Johnson & Carlos A. Fernández-Jáuregui


Publ. no. 253, (1998) ISBN 1-901502-70-8, 458 + xiv pages, price £62.00

he 47 papers in this proceedings publication comprise selected oral and poster papers submitted and presented at the International Symposium on Hydrology in the Humid Tropic Environment which took place from 17 to 23 November 1996 in Kingston, Jamaica. This symposium followed other IAHS symposia on the humid tropics—the first was convened in 1983 in Hamburg, Germany*, and the second in 1993 in Yokohama, Japan†. The papers are divided among the following eight hydrological and environmental subjects especially related to problems in the humid tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean, with a few papers covering humid tropics in other parts of the world:

All papers have titles and abstracts in Spanish as well as English.

* Hydrology of Humid Tropical Regions (edited by R. Keller) was published as IAHS Publ. no. 140 (price £15.00) in the same series as this proceedings volume.
† Hydrology of Warm Humid Regions (edited by John Stuart Gladwell) was published as IAHS Publ. no. 216 (price £15.00) in the same series as this proceedings volume.

This book is essential reading for professionals from a broad range of sciences—hydrology, geology, groundwater, petroleum development, mining, contamination and related environmental disciplines

The publication of the proceedings was financially sponsored by UNESCO


 

Contents


     
  1. Environmental contamination and impacts
    Contaminación y impacto ambiental

     
     
  2. Hydrologic methods and analysis
    Metodos y análisis hidrológico

     
     
  3. Modelling and statistical analysis
    Modelación y análisis estadístico

     
     
  4. Information and data systems
    Sistemas de información y de datos

     
     
  5. Legal and societal impacts
    Impactos legales y sociales

     
     
  6. Urban drainage
    Drenaje urbano

     
     
  7. Karst and the environment
    El karst y el medio ambiente

     
     
  8. Coastal and island hydrology
    Hidrología de costas e islas