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It provides an interdisciplinary overview of the place, value and significance of wetlands, presenting perspectives from both environmental and social sciences. It is an essential resource for students and scholars of wetland management, environmental science, water resource management, conservation ecology, and sustainable development.
List of contents
PART 1: INTRODUCTION 1. Introduction
PART 2: WETLANDS AND THE ENVIRONMENT 2.
Wetlands, ecology and landscapes 3. Wetlands: hydrological processes and impacts 4. Wetland ecohydrology 5. Flooding in riverine landscapes and wetlands 6. Wetlands and climate change 7. Wetland soils 8. Biogeochemistry and nutrient cycling of wetlands 9. Biodiversity of wetlands and invertebrate communities 10. Carbon cycling in wetlands 11. Paleoecology as a means of understanding wetland change 12. Wetland plant zonation and succession 13. Wetlands and mammals 14. Wetlands and birds
PART 3: WETLANDS, PEOPLE AND SOCIETY 15. Wetland change in the Anthropocene: drivers and solutions 16. Wetlands, water and ecosystem services 17. Wetlands and culture 18. Wetland Archaeology: past, present and future 19. Wetlands and gastronomy 20. Wetlands and gender: unpacking a complex relationship 21. Wetlands and education 22. Wetlands: a blessing and a curse for human health 23. Wetlands and agriculture 24. Wetlands, property rights, and land tenure 25. Wetlands and fisheries 26. Wetlands and Palaeontology: a tool to promote rural development through education
PART 4: WETLAND ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT 27. Remote sensing of wetlands 28. Wetlands, geographical information systems (GIS) and spatial modelling 29. Wetland ecosystem services assessment 30. Economic and financial tools for identifying, assessing and capturing wetland ecosystem values 31. Assessing the contribution of wetlands to the contemporary carbon budget and carbon markets 32. Wetlands and wastewater treatment 33. Wetlands in contemporary international policy discourses 34. Wetlands, policy and the state 35. Wetlands and landscape approaches 36. Wetland restoration and rewilding 37. Wetlands and social-ecological resilience
About the author
Alan Dixon is Professor of Sustainable Development in the School of Science and the Environment at the University of Worcester, UK. He is the co-editor of
Wetland Management and Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa (Routledge, 2013) and co-author of
Africa: Diversity and Development (Routledge, 2023).
Ian Maddock is Professor of River Science in the School of Science and the Environment at the University of Worcester, UK. He is the co-author of
Ecohydraulics: An Integrated Approach (2013).
