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The lower Damodar River, India : understanding the human role in changing fluvial environment /
Interweaving the human aspects of river control with analysis of hydro-physical data, including historical data over the last few centuries, this monograph is a comprehensive evaluation of the Damodar's lower reaches. While the Damodar River isn't an exceptional tropical river, nor does it...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Dordrecht ; New York :
Springer,
©2011.
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| Colección: | Advances in Asian human-environmental research.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Interweaving the human aspects of river control with analysis of hydro-physical data, including historical data over the last few centuries, this monograph is a comprehensive evaluation of the Damodar's lower reaches. While the Damodar River isn't an exceptional tropical river, nor does it feature classic examples of river control structures, it is unusual and worthy of study due to the fact that nowhere else in the tropical world have riverine sandbars been used as a resource base as well as for permanent settlements. Based on their knowledge of river stages, the inhabitants have fine-tuned t. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxix, 308 pages) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789400704671 9400704674 9400704666 9789400704664 |
| Acceso: | University staff and students only. Requires University Computer Account login off-campus. |