ABSTRACT

Originally published in this form in 1971, the content of this book was originally part of a larger composite volume ‘Water, Earth and Man’ (1969) which provided a synthesis of hydrology, geomorphology and socio-economic geography. This volume brings together the systematic theme of spatial aspects of the interactions between water occurrence and human activity.

chapter |7 pages

Introduction

chapter 1.II|12 pages

World Water Inventory and Control 1

chapter 4|12 pages

III(i) Water and Crops

chapter 4|4 pages

III(ii) Primitive Irrigation

chapter 5.III|17 pages

Overland Flow and Man

chapter 6.III|10 pages

Human Use of Ground Water 1

chapter 9.III|21 pages

Human Response to Floods

chapter 10.III|23 pages

Human Responses to River Regimes

chapter 11.III|10 pages

Long-term Trends in Water Use

chapter 12.I|28 pages

Choice in Water Use