Download or read book Mountains: Sources of Water, Sources of Knowledge written by Ellen Wiegandt and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-12-20 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the major challenges in assuring globally sustainable water use. It examines critical contemporary and global issues through the lens of global change processes and with a focus on mountain regions. In doing so, it aims to bring state-of-the-art science from numerous disciplines to bear on important environmental and policy questions related to water resources. The volume will be a boon to a range of readers, from environmental scientists to hydrologists.