New IHP Publications

• Subsurface Flow and Transport: A Stochastic Approach. Edited by Gedeon Dagan and Shlomo P. Neuman. © UNESCO, 1997. 241 pp. English. ISBN 0 521 57257 6 hardback. Price: £70 (or US$110). Please add £2.50 for postage and packing (£2.50 extra for airmail). Available from: Cambridge University Press, Customer Services Department, The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK. For 24-hour ordering, ring +0223 325970 or fax +0223 325959. Website: http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk.

This book deals with issues of fluid flow and solute transport in complex geologic environments under uncertainty. The resolution of such issues is important for the rational management of water resources, the preservation of subsurface water quality, the optimization of irrigation and drainage efficiency, the safe and economic extraction of subsurface mineral and energy resources, and the subsurface storage of energy and wastes. Over the last two decades, it has become common to describe the spatial variability of geologic medium flow and transport properties using methods of spatial (or geo-) statistics. According to geostatistical philosophy, these properties constitute spatially correlated random fields. As medium properties are random, the equations that govern subsurface flow and transport are stochastic.

This volume describes the most recent advances in stochastic modelling. It takes stock of mathematical and computational solutions obtained for stochastic subsurface flow and transport equations, and their application to experimental field data, over the last two decades. The book also attempts to identify corresponding future research needs. This volume is based on the second Kovacs Colloquium organized by the International Hydrological Programme (IHP) of UNESCO and the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS).

The book is a reference work for graduate students, research workers and professionals in government and public institutions, interested in hydrology, environmental issues, soil physics, petroleum engineering, geological engineering and applied mathematics.

Keywords: groundwater, hydrogeology, stochastic modelling, solute transport, field-scale application of stochastic subsurface hydrology

• N°54. Limnology and hydrology of Lakes Tanganyika and Malawi. By Ruud C.M. Crul. 111 pp. ©UNESCO, 1997. English. ISBN 92-3-103400-6. Price: FF95.00. Direct orders must be sent to: UNESCO Publishing, Promotions and Sales Division, 7 place de Fontenoy, 75732 Paris 07 SP, France. Fax: +33 (0)1 45 68 43 00. E-mail: c.laje@unesco.org.

This document is an amalgamation of information collected over the past twenty years on the limnology and hydrology of Lakes Tanganyika and Malawi. Information on geology, climatology, water balance, hydro-dynamics, nutrient dynamics and biotic environment are provided for each lake in an accessible form, with several figures and diagrams. Extensive bibliographies as well as overviews of the history of limnological research activities are also included.This monograph is a companion volume to a previous one on Lake Victoria published in 1995. Both have been prepared in the framework of the International Hydrological Programme (IHP) as a contribution to the improvement of scientific knowledge of the hydrology and limnology of the Great Lakes of Africa.

Keywords : limnology, hydrology, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Malawi, water balance, hydrodynamics, nutrient dynamics, biotic environment, sediments

• N°8. Developments in hydrology of mountainous areas. Proceedings / FRIEND AMHY Annual Report No. 4. Edited by L. Molnár, I. Mészároš and P. Miklánek. 293 pp. UNESCO, 1997. English. Single copies available free-of-charge from UNESCO Headquarters (for Europe and North America) and the UNESCO Regional Offices (for Africa - Nairobi Office; for the Arab States - Cairo Office; for Latin America & the Caribbean - Montevideo Office; for South and Central Asia - New Delhi Office; for Southeast Asia and the Pacific - Jakarta Office).

The Proceedings of the Stará Lesná Conference, held 12-16 September 1994, present the state of knowledge on the hydrology of mountainous areas, gathered through the efforts of two projects of the International Hydrological Programme (IHP) - the Mountain Hydrology and the FRIEND/AMHY projects.

These proceedings are divided into three main sections: one devoted to basic research in hydrology of mountainous areas, while the other two, more regional in scope, to mountain hydrology in the Alpine and Carpathian regions. The selected papers reproduced in this volume address runoff generation in small catchments as well as regional synthesis of hydrological regimes and the modelling and forecasting of runoff in mountainous catchments.

Keywords :hydrological regimes, mountainous areas, Alpine region, Carpathian region, regionalization, runoff generation, runoff modelling, extreme floods, precipitation, rainfall-runoff models, small catchments

• N°11. Helping children in the humid tropics : water education. By Claudine Brelet-Rueff. 64 pp. UNESCO, 1997. English. Single copies available free-of-charge from UNESCO Headquarters (for Europe and North America) and the UNESCO Regional Offices (for Africa - Nairobi Office; for the Arab States - Cairo Office; for Latin America & the Caribbean - Montevideo Office; for South and Central Asia - New Delhi Office; for Southeast Asia and the Pacific - Jakarta Office).

This monograph is a follow-on from the previous booklet n°3 in the same series entitled Water and Health. As decision-makers usually belong to the modern and wealthy segments of society and are more sensitive to the needs of their own social category, this booklet may be considered a two-way communication tool: (1) helping people at risk to help themselves, and (2) informing decision-makers of real and felt needs. Chapter 1 may be considered a guide to the planning of training programmes attuned to local cultures. Children in poor communities are, after all, involved in many daily tasks to sustain their household. In Chapter 2, children's specific needs and activities are reviewed: these constitute the entry points through which water education can be developed with the most rapid and positive effects both on the children's health and on the health of their entire community. Bearing in mind that water education is a basic part of health education and that motherhood often occurs at a very early age in poor regions, Chapter 3 highlights the specific needs of the most vulnerable segment of the community, namely infants and mothers. The benefits of education usually reverberate first on the family. For this reason, Chapter 4 focuses on some appropriate techniques for children to use in their homes that may draw in their parents and improve the family's well-being. Chapter 5 introduces ways of helping children to improve their community's comprehensive protection. New habits and knowledge are not enough if they are not put into practice through social organizations and with their support. Chapter 6 suggests ways of educating children to take responsibility and actively participate in the collective changes that can promote health and environmental security - for example, through the establishment of a water committee at school or a children's water committee in the village.

Keywords : children's health, water education, community participation, humid tropics

Publications UNESCO Cairo Office

• Proceedings of the UNESCO/NWRC/ACSAD workshops on Wadi Hydrology and Groundwater Protection, Cairo, Egypt, 3-6 June 1996, edited by Lineke J.M. Mourits, Abdin M.A. Salih and Mohsen Morad Sherif, IHP, UNESCO Cairo Office, March 1997, English.

Keywords: Water Resources Management, Arid Zones, Wadi Hydrology, Groundwater Protection, Arab Region

• Proceedings of the Sixth Regional Meeting of Arab IHP Committees, Amman, Jordan, 3-6 December 1995, edited by ALECSO and IHP UNESCO Cairo Office, Arabic and English

Keywords: Water Resources Management in Arid Zones, Arab Region

 

IHP-RELATED PUBLICATIONS

Recently Published World Atlas of Snow and Ice Resources

Vladimir M. Kotlyakov and Natalya M. Zverkova ⁵

Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences,

Staromonetny St., 29, Moscow, 109017, Moscow

The compilation of the World Atlas of Snow and Ice Resources has been in progress in the former Soviet Union for more than 20 years. The effort ranks as one of the most important glaciological projects ever undertaken because of its comprehensiveness and global scope. Several hundred of the most prominent scientists in the former USSR, including 300 specialists from 40 research institutions, participated in the work. UNESCO and researchers from many other nations provided broad scientific assistance to the compilers of the Atlas by compiling various data sets, analysing maps, and giving advice. The Atlas is a major contribution of the USSR/Russia to the International Hydrological Programme (IHP) as well as an important part of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), as many parameters associated with change in the cryosphere are included. The Atlas presents, in a systematic way, comprehensive data and information about the global distribution of snow and ice, climate and runoff of all snowy and glaciated regions of the globe, compiled since the early 1950s. The Atlas includes about one thousand maps, ranging in scale from 1:25,000 (local or individual glaciers) to 1:90,000,000. The maps in the Atlas are distributed throughout the 17 subject sections.

The objective of the World Atlas of Snow and Ice Resources is to show the global occurrence of snow and ice, including all types of glacio-nival phenomena, the variability of these phenomena in the past, their present-day regime, and a means for predicting their future development. The majority of regions included in the Atlas are located at either high altitudes or in polar regions, where the distribution of stations is inadequate and field studies are limited. Comprehensive research was conducted throughout the process of compilation, and several new computational methods were developed to determine snow and ice parameters, especially in the characterisation of the nature of inadequately studied regions of mountain glaciers.

First cartographic volume - 392 pages (format 33x50 cm)
Second text volume - 372 pages
Legends and explanations in English - 144 pages
The Atlas will be issued at the beginning of 1998
Price: US$500 including postage (total weight around 10 kilogrammes).
Address for payment (one of two possibilities)
1) Bank "Menatep", account no. 070.008.001/2057 to the Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences (via Bank-correspondents).
2) By cheque to Prof. Vladimir M. Kotlyakov ( name should be mentioned), Institute of Geography RAS, Staromonetny St. 29, Moscow, 109017 , Russia

Water, the World's Common Heritage, Proceedings of the First World Water Forum, Marrakesh, Morocco, 21-22 March 1997, edited by M. Aït-Kadi, A. Shady and A. Szöllösi-Nagy, Elsevier Science Ltd., ISBN 008 0420311, 1997

The First World Water Forum, hosted by King Hassan II of Morocco and organised by the World Water Council, brought together water professionals, academics, diplomats, economists and engineers to review the problems of water supply and scarcity from a global viewpoint. The Forum acted as a starting point for further thinking about water policy.

The Proceedings can be purchased from:

UK:Elsevier Science Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane,
Kidlington, Oxford, OX5 1GB, UK.

U.S.A.Elsevier Science, P.O. Box 945, New York,
NY 10159-0945, USA.

JAPAN Elsevier Science, 9-15 Higashi-Azabu, 1-chome,
Minato-Ku, Tokyo 106, Japan.