Water in Environmental Planning

By Luna B. Leopold and Thomas Dunne

Book Overview

A classic?advanced undergraduate/graduate level text showing how knowledge of hydrology, fluvial geomorphology, and river quality are used in environmental planning. The focus is on maintenance or... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0716700794
• ISBN13: 9780716700791
• Release Date: August 1978
• Publisher: W. H. Freeman
• Length: 818 Pages
• Weight: 3.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.9" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

Water in Environmental Planning

This is a great text for water resource consultants and managers. It is well organized and comprehensive. It bridges the diciplines of hydrology, forest hydrology and resource management.

Cornell Instructor's Opinion

Despite its age and somewhat outdated nomenclatures, this book is still the best comprehensive introductory hydrology book in existence. There are better quantitative hydrology texts (e.g., Dingman), better engineering texts (e.g., Chow and prodigies), more cogent overviews of hydrology (e.g., Hornberger et al.), and more appropriate "handbooks" (e.g., Chow or Maidment). But, Dunne and Leopold is the only text I know of that provides a good balance among applied context, quantitative tools, and conceptual descriptions of basic and integrated processes while retaining its comprehensive character without copious mistakes and errors. I sincerely hope that a new, similarly good text emerges soon.

great guide for planners and environmental studies

first chapter is dry but the rest of the book is a thorough compilation of techniques, history, design, purpose and review.

A good handbook for any planner

Dunne & Leopold's "Water In Environmental Planning" is a great tool of reference for the planner of any type. It addresses key issues in the role of water during the planning process and also includes important formulas for solving water problems. If you can get past a boring first chapter, this book is well worth the money and makes a great reference for the urban, rural or environmental planner. 4 stars.