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Summary
Summary
Water is a precious natural resource, which is crucial to our survival. It needs to be used judiciously in the context of an increasing population not only to sustain essential requirements such as those for drinking and domestic usage, but also for increased food production, industrial usage, power generation, navigational requirements, pisciculture, recreation, landscaping etc. There are many books dealing with hydrology, hydraulics and hydraulic structures, which generally deal with larger problems of development, analysis, design and implementation of water resources. However, there are few books, which deal with small-scale development of water resources consistent with the environmental concerns as well as application of relevant eco-friendly technologies. This book provides both the perspectives.
Author Notes
Ghosh, S N ; Desai, V.R.
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Civil engineering professors Ghosh and Desai (both, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) provide an undergraduate book on basic hydrology and hydraulics. It consists of five main chapters treating (1) the hydrologic cycle; (2) human uses of water; (3) basic hydraulics; (4) hydrologic hazards, and (5) sustainable practices of water use. It includes a brief appendix with seven common hydraulic problems and their solutions. These are all topics that have been well treated in many other texts, usually based on Western experience. The value of this contribution lies not in the material it presents but in its provenance in the developing world and its perspective reflecting that source. It emphasizes small-scale development projects, the efficient use of water, and practices that are consistent with environmental concerns in the developing world. For that, it should be welcomed by professionals worldwide. The volume contains the usual supporting materials: an extended table of contents, reference lists in every chapter, and an index. The text is clearly written and reproduced, though its photographic illustrations are too often at low resolution and not clear. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates; professionals. N. Caine University of Colorado at Boulder
