TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cooper,Malcolm
AU  - Chakraborty,Abhik
AU  - Chakraborty,Abhik
AU  - Chakraborty,Shamik
AU  - Chakraborty,Shamik
AU  - Cooper,Malcolm
TI  - Rivers and Society: Landscapes, Governance and Livelihoods
T2  - Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management
SN  - 9781315680088
PY  - 2018///
PB  - Taylor & Francis
KW  - Human geography
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Abhik Chakraborty
KW  - Alesia Maltz
KW  - Andrea Farminer
KW  - darling
KW  - Dean P. Good Eagle Fox
KW  - environmental
KW  - environments
KW  - Eveline R. de Smalen
KW  - flow
KW  - Graeme Evans
KW  - heritage
KW  - Jeremy S. Eades
KW  - Kazem Vafadari Mehrizi
KW  - Lucigleide Nery Nascimento
KW  - murray
KW  - resources
KW  - riverine
KW  - Ronnie Mckenzie
KW  - Shamik Chakraborty
KW  - Sharanya Sethuram
KW  - system
KW  - T.S. McMillin
KW  - Valerie Behiery
KW  - water
N1  - Free-to-read
N2  - Rivers and their watersheds constitute some of the most dynamic and complex landscapes. Rivers have sustained human communities, and human societies have utilized and altered river flows in a number of ways for millennia. However, the level of human impact on rivers, and on watershed environments, has become acute during the last hundred years or so. This book brings together empirical research and theoretical perspectives on the changing conditions of a range of river basin environments in the contemporary world, including the history and culture of local societies living in these river basins. It provides theoretical insights on the patterns and nature of the interaction between rivers and their use by human communities. The chapters are written from a variety of positions, including environmental science, hydrology, human ecology, urban studies, water management, historical geography, cultural anthropology and tourism studies. The case studies span different geographical regions, providing valuable insight on the multifaceted interactions between rivers and our societies, and on the changing riverscapes in different parts of the world. Specific detailed examples are included from Australia, Brazil, France, India, Iran, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, UK and USA
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/46414
ER  -