Environmental modelling : finding simplicity in complexity

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Environmental modelling : finding simplicity in complexity / editors, John Wainwright and Mark Mulligan.

Wainwright, John, 1967- (Added Author). Mulligan, Mark, Dr. (Added Author).

Summary:

"This book is suitable for 2nd/3rd year undergraduates taking courses in Environmental Modelling in Departments of Geography, Environmental Science, Civil Engineering and Biology. It is also designed to appeal to professionals interested in the environmental sciences, including environmental consultants, government employees, civil engineers, geographers, ecologists, meteorologists, geochemists, soil scientists, environmental managers, social scientists, archaeologists, agronomists, engineers and applied mathematicians, as well as those with interests in spatial modelling and GIS."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 0471496189 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780471496182 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xxii, 408 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Edition: [Reprint with corr.]
Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex, England ; Wiley, [2005], c2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Introduction / John Wainwright, Mark Mulligan -- PART I. MODELLING AND MODEL BUILDING -- Modelling and model building / Mark Mulligan, John Wainwright -- PART II. THE STATE OF THE ART IN ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING -- Climate and climate-system modelling / L.D. Danny Harvey -- Soil and hillslope hydrology / Andrew Baird -- Modelling catchment hydrology / Mark Mulligan -- Modelling fluvial processes and interactions / Katerina Michaelides, John Wainwright -- Modelling the ecology of plants / Colin P. Osborne -- Spatial population models for animals / George L.W. Perry, Nick R. Bond -- Ecosystem modelling: vegetation and disturbance / Stefano Mazzoleni ... [et al.] -- Erosion and sediment transport / John N. Quinton -- Modelling slope instability / Andrew Collison, James Griffiths -- Finding simplicity in complexity in biogeochemical modelling / Hördur V. Haraldsson, Harald U. Sverdrup -- Modelling human decision-making / John Wainwright, Mark Mulligan -- Modelling land-use change / Eric F. Lambin -- PART III. MODELS FOR MANAGEMENT -- Models in policy formulation and assessment: the WadBOS decision-support system / Guy Engelen -- Decision-support systems for managing water resources / Sophia Burke -- Soil erosion and conservation / Mark A. Nearing -- Modelling in forest management / Mark J. Twery -- Stability and instability in the management of Mediterranean desertifcation / John B. Thornes -- PART IV. CURRENT AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS -- Scaling issues in environmental modelling / Xiaoyang Zhang ... [et al.] -- Environmental applications of computational fluid dynamics / Nigel G. Wright, Christopher J. Baker -- Self-organization and cellular automata models / David Favis-Mortlock -- Data-based mechanistic modelling and the simplification of environmental systems / Peter C. Young ... [et al.] -- Pointers for the future / John Wainwright, Mark Mulligan.