Human Senescence: Evolutionary and Biocultural Perspectives

by Douglas E. Crews

Overview

Predicting water runoff in ungauged water catchment areas is vital to practical applications such as the design of drainage infrastructure and flooding defences, runoff forecasting, and for catchment management tasks such as water allocation and climate impact analysis. This full colour book offers an impressive synthesis of decades of international research, forming a holistic approach to catchment hydrology and providing a one-stop resource for hydrologists in both developed and developing countries. Topics include data for runoff regionalisation, the prediction of runoff hydrographs, flow duration curves, flow paths and residence times, annual and seasonal runoff, and floods. Illustrated with many case studies and including a final chapter on recommendations for researchers and practitioners, this book is written by expert authors involved in the prestigious IAHS PUB initiative. It is a key resource for academic researchers and professionals in the fields of hydrology, hydrogeology, ecology, geography, soil science, and environmental and civil engineering.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521571739
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	12/11/2003
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology , #36
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	302
Product dimensions:	6.22(w) x 9.29(h) x 0.79(d)

About the Author

Douglas E. Crews is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and School of Public Health at the Ohio State University.

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Introduction and background; 2. Evolutionary and biological theories of senescence; 3. Human variation: growth, development, life history and senescence; 4. Human variation: chronic diseases, risk factors and senescence; 5. Human life span and life extension; 6. Discussion and perspectives; References.