Geoscience Reference
In-Depth Information
Downs, P. W. and Gregory, K. J. (2004) River Channel Management: towards sustainable catchment hydrosystems, London:
Arnold. An excellent introduction to the issues of sustainable channel/catchment management in the light of river channel
sensitivity and responsiveness to change.
Robert, A. (2003) River Processes: an introduction to fluvial dynamics, London: Arnold. A short but useful text, concentrating
on river channel processes and channel morphology rather than rivers and flood plains in any wider sense.
WEB RESOURCES
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk T
he Environment Agency is the United Kingdom's principal environment protection
organization, with a wider brief than just rivers, river and coastal management and flooding. Nevertheless, it is an
excellent source of contemporary issues and events and provides direct access to a wide range of data and information
sources, government consultancy and policy documents covering catchment and coastal management.
http://www.epa.gov/OWOW T
he US Environment Protection Agency's Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds
website, replicating for the United States many of the services and sources of information on its field of responsibility
of the UK Environment Agency. The website provides a good balance of regional, national and international contemporary
interest in contemporary catchment management, conservation and protection issues.
http://www.iahs.info T
he International Association of Hydrological Sciences (its English name) promotes the study of all
aspects of hydrology through the initiation of international collaborative research and publication of results. As high-
level research organization, its principal value is to provide access to newsletters and reports of its various associated
international commissions dealing with a wide range of hydrological fields, including groundwater, snow and ice, water
quality and water resources.
