Climate, Water, and Agriculture in the Tropics
By Ian J. Jackson.
Description
Climate and water are key elements in the tropical environment. Rainfall characteristics and high evaporative demand exert great influence on human activities - not only the agriculture, but also on water supply for domestic and industrial uses. An appreciation of these characteristics, and their wider implications, is vital to a full understanding of the tropical countries and of their development. Now rewritten and expanded for this new edition, the text sysnthesises a mass of related but fragmented material from a wide variety of sources and disciplines. It examines the important feature...
ISBN(s)
0582021596, 9780582021594
