Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique

Titre(s) : Floods in an arid continent [Texte électronique] / edited by Aldo Poiani

Publication : Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, 2006

Description matérielle : 1 ressource dématérialisée

Collection : Advances in ecological research ; v. 39

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Nowhere are floods more paradoxical than in the generally arid Australian continent. This book brings together experts in meteorology, hydrology, limnology, ornithology, landscape ecology, veterinary and medical sciences, economics, anthropology and sociology to synthesize current knowledge on floods, their occurrence, and their consequences for the environment and societies in the Australian context. Floods can have either beneficial or detrimental effects on the landscape and human societies. This book fills this important gap in our study and offers a multidisciplinary approach in understanding the effects of global climate change. The editors provide complete coverage on dynamics, patterns and consequences of floods, studied from several perspectives. Although the geographic focus of the book is Australia, the synthesis that is detailed in this book will undoubtedly be useful for the understanding of floods in all other regions of the planet." -- Publisher's description

Autre(s) auteur(s) : Poiani, Aldo. Éditeur scientifique  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Sujet(s) : Inondations  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Inondations -- Australie  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Écologie des plaines inondables  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Écologie des plaines inondables -- Australie  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780123736307

Identifiant de la notice  : ark:/12148/cb446336331

Notice n° :  FRBNF44633633 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)

Table des matières : IntroductionAldo Poiani ; Climatic background to past and future floods in Australia /Barrie Pittock, Debbie Abbs, Ramasamy Suppiah and Roger Jones ; Floods down rivers: from damaging to replenishing forces /Sam Lake, Nick Bond and Paul Reich ; Effects of floods on distribution and reproduction of aquatic birds /Aldo Poiani ; The landscape context of flooding in the Murray-Darling Basin /Andrea Ballinger and Ralph MacNally ; Effect of flooding on the occurrence of infectious disease /Colin R. Wilks, Andrew J. Turner and Joseph Azuolas ; Some economics of floods /John Freebairn ; Tiddalik's travels: the making and remaking of an aboriginal flood myth /John Morton ; Understanding the social impacts of floods in Southeastern Australia /Catherine Allan, Allan Curtis and Nicki Mazur