Simulation models are increasingly used to investigate processes and solve practical problems in a wide variety of disciplines eg. climatology, ecology, hydrology, geomorphology, engineering. Environmental Modelling: A Practical Approach addresses the development, testing and application of such models, which apply across traditional boundaries, and demonstrate how interactions across these boundaries can be beneficial.

• Provides a general overview of methods and approaches as well as focusing on key subject areas written by leading practitioners in the field
• Assesses the advantages and disadvantages of different models used and provides case studies supported with data, output, tutorial exercises and links to the model and/or model applications via the book's website
• Covers major developments in the field, eg. the use of GIS and remote sensing techniques, and scaling issues
• As associated website contains colour images, as well as links to www resources

Contents

• Introduction (John Wainwright and Mark Mulligan)
• Section A: Modelling and Model Building
  • Modelling and Model Building (John Wainwright and Mark Mulligan)
• Section B: The State of the Art in Environmental Modelling
  • Climate and Climate System Modelling (L D Danny Harvey)
  • Soil and Hillslope Hydrology (Andrew Baird)
  • Catchment Hydrology (Mark Mulligan)
  • Modelling Fluvial Processes and Interactions (Katerina Michaelides and John Wainwright)
  • Modelling the Ecology of Plants (Colin P Osbourne)
  • Spatial Population Models for Animals (George L W Perry and Nick R Bond)
  • Ecosystem Modelling: Vegetation and Disturbance (Stefano Mazzoleni, Francisco Rego, Francesco Giannino and Colin Legg)
  • Erosion and Sediment Transport (John N Quinton)
  • Modelling Slope Instability (Andrew Collison and James Griffiths)
  • Finding simplicity in complexity in biogeochemical modelling (Harald Sverdrup and Hördur Haraldsson)
  • Modelling human decision making (John Wainwright and Mark Mulligan)
  • Modelling land-use change (Eric F Lambin)
• Section C: Models for Management
  • Models in Policy Formulation and Assessment: The WADBOS decision support system (Guy Engelen)
  • Decision Support Systems for Managing Water Resources (Sophia Burke)
  • Soil Erosion and Conservation (Mark A Nearing)
  • Modelling in Forest Management (Mark J Twery)
  • Stability and Instability in the Management of Mediterranean Desertification (John B Thornes)
• Section D: Current and Future Developments
  • Scaling Issues in Environmental Modelling (Xiaoyang Zhang, Nick A Drake and John Wainwright)
  • Environmental Applications of Computational Fluid Dynamics (Nigel G Wright and Chris J Baker)
  • Self-Organization and Cellular Automata Models (David Favis-Mortlock)
  • Data-Based Mechanistic Modelling and the Simplification of Environmental Systems (Peter C Young, Arun Chotai and Keith J Beven)
  • Pointers for the Future (John Wainwright and Mark Mulligan)