Chinese Water Systems: Volume 3: Poyang Lake Basin (Terrestrial Environmental Sciences) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3319977245 ISBN 13: 9783319977249

Publisher: Springer, 2018

Synopsis

This volume of the Chinese Water Systems subseries offers up-to-date and comprehensive information on various aspects of the Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China. Following a detailed introduction of the lake basin, the respective chapters present the findings of studies examining surface and subsurface hydrology, relationships between plant ecology and pollution of the wetlands, changes of land cover as well as the development of modern computational approaches to create Environmental Information Systems for water management. Moreover, the results are supplemented by a wealth of numerical calculations, tables, figures and photographs to make the research results more tangible. Closing with concise information on the “Research Centre for Environmental Information Science” (RCEIS), the book offers a valuable guide for researchers, teachers and professionals working in the areas of water environment, water security and ecological restoration. The projects have been supportedby the Sino-German Centre for Science Promotion, the Helmholtz Association and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319977245
• ISBN 13: 9783319977249
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 348
• Editor: Yue TianXiang, Nixdorf Erik, Zhou Chengzi, Xu Bing, Zhao Na, Fan Zhewen, Huang Xiaolan, Chen Cui, Kolditz Olaf