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Asian river basins are undergoing rapid transformation. This volume considers the implications of the environmental change-development nexus for water management, river health and hazard awareness. As Biswas and Tortajada (2011) have recently commented, water management in Asia will likely change more in the next twenty years than in the last 2000 years. Critical environmental trends include decreasing flows of water and sediment due to dam construction and increased water extraction, land use change (especially forest removal), encroachment and degradation of floodplain and wetland...

The expert contributors to this cutting edge volume provide an overview of geomorphological process activity and landscape change in Britain over the past 1000 years. The range of the book is unusually broad, encompassing hillslope, valley floor and floodplain, fluvial, estuarine and coastal processes.

• Provides an overview of geomorphological process activity and landscape change in Britain over the past 1000 years.
  
• The range of the book is unusually broad, encompassing hillslope, valley floor and floodplain, fluvial, estuarine and coastal...

What role can education play in securing a sustainable future? This book looks at this key issue in a global context with case studies from across the developing world.