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BOOK REVIEWS

[53 Reviews]

  • 1. Singh, V.P., Review of "BASCAD:  A Mathematical Model for Level Basin Irrigation," by J. Boonstra and M. Jurriens, ILRI Publication 43, International Institute for Land Reclamation and Improvement, Wageningen, The Nether­lands, 1988, in Irrigation Science, Vol. 11, pp. 129- 130, 1990.

  • 2.  Singh, V.P., Review  of "Health  and  Irrigation," Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, by J. M. V.   Oomen, J. deWolf and W. R. Jobin, ILRI Publication 45, International Institute for Land Reclamation and  Improvement, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1990, in Irrigation Science, Irrigation Science, Vol. 12, pp. 101-103, 1991.      

  • 3. Singh,V.P., Review of " Statistical Analysis in Water Resources Engineering," by M. Shahin, H. J. L.  Van  Oorshot, and S.J. De Lange,  A.A.  Balkema,  Rotterdam, The Netherlands,1993,  Water Resources Bulletin, Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 331-332,  1995.

  • 4. Singh, V.P., Review of “Engineering Uncertainty and Risk Analysis,” by Sergio E. Serrano, Hydro Science, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky, 456 pp, Stochastic Environmental Risk Analysis (SERA), Vol. 17, No. 1-2, pp. 141-142, 2003.

  • 5. Singh, V.P., Review of “Social Work Revisited,” by Brij Mohan, Philadelphia, PA: Xlibris/Random House, 280 pp, Ethical Human Sciences and Services, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 260-261, 2004. 

  • 6. Singh, V.P., Review of “Water Flow in Soils,” by T. Miyazaki, Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton, Florida, 418 pp, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 11, No. 3,  pp. 291, 2006.

  • 7. Singh, V.P., Review of “Solute Transport Modeling: An Introduction to Models and Solution Strategies,” by R. Rausch, W. Schafer, R. Therrien and C. Wagner, Gebruder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin, Germany, 205 pp., Journal of Hydrologic Engineering,  ASCE, Vol. 11, No. 5,  pp. 512 , 2006.

  • 8. Singh, V.P., Review of “Hydroinformatics: Data Integrative Approaches in Computation,  Analysis, and modeling,” by P. Kumar, J. C. Alameda, P. Bajcsy, M. Folk and M. Markus, Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton, Florida, 534 pp, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 11, No. 4,  pp. 385-386 , 2006.

  • 9. Singh, V.P., Review of “Sustainability and Human Settlements: Fundamental Issues, Modeling and Simulations,” by M. Monto, L.S. Ganesh and K. Varghese, 211 pp., Sage Publications,  London, Journal of Comparative Social Welfare, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 165-172, 2006.

  • 10. Singh, V.P., Review of “Hydrology: An Introduction,” by W. Brutsaert, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., 605 pp, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 12, No.1, pp.137-138, 2007.

  • 11. Singh, V.P., Review of “Global Change: Enough Water for All?,” edited by, Jose L. Lozan, Hartmut Grasl, Peter Hupfer, Lucas Menzel, and Christian-D., Schonwiese, 384 p., Wissenschaftliche Auswertungen, Germany, 2007, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE,  Vol. 13, No. 3, pp 11-113, 2008.

  • 12. Singh, V.P., Review of “Wadi Hydrology,” by Z. Sen, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida,  347p., Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 14, No. 2,  pp. 213-214, 2009.

  • 13. Singh, V.P., Review of “Treatment System Hydraulics,” by J. Bergendahl, ASCE Press, Reston, Virginia, USA, 217p., Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 14, No. 6,  pp. 653-654, 2009.

  • 14. Singh, V.P., Review of “Hydrodynamics and Water Quality: Modeling Rivers, Lakes, and Estuary,” by Zhen-Gang Ji, 676 p., Wiley Interscience, 2008, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 14, No. 8,  pp. 892-893, 2009.

  • 15. Khedun, C.P. and Singh, V.P., Review of “Fuzzy Logic and Hydrologic Modeling,” by Z. Sen, 340 pp., CRC Press, 2010, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 15, No. 10,  pp. 867, 2010.

  • 16. Khedun, C.P. and Singh, V.P., Review of “River Basin Trajectories: Societies, Environments and Development,” by F. Molle and P. Wester, 311 pp., CABI, Oxfordshire, 2009, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 16, No. 1,  pp. 89-90, 2011.

  • 17. Singh, V.P., Review of “Hydrology for Engineers, Geologists, and Environmental Professionals, by Sergio E. Serrano, HydroScience Inc., 575 p., 2010. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 16, No. 10, pp. 846, 2011.

  • 18. Singh, V.P., Review of “Advances in Data-Based Approaches for Hydrologic Modeling and Forecasting,” by B. Sivakumar and R. Berndtsson, World Scientific Publishing Company, 519 p., 2010. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 16, No. 11, pp. 966-967, 2011.

  • 19. Khedun, C. P. and Singh, V. P., Review of “Sustainable Water Resources in the Built Environment,”  by Marilyn Waite, IWA Publishing, Alliance House, 12 Caxton Street, London, UK, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 17, No. 8, pp. 952, 2012.

  • 20. Khedun, C. P. and Singh, V. P., Review of “Soft Computing in Water Resources Engineering-Artificial Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, and Genetic Algorithms,” by Gokmen Tayfur, WIT Press, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton, SO40 7AA, UK, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 18, No. 12, pp. 1796, 2013.

  • 21. Singh, V. P. and Khedun, C. P., Review of “The Lower Damodar River, India: Understanding the human Role in Changing Fluvial Environment,” by K. Bhattacharya, Springer, Heidelberg, Germany, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 664-665, 2014.

  • 22. Khedun, C. P. and Singh, V. P., Review of “Floods in Changing Climate: Hydrologic Modeling,” by P.P. Mujumdar and D. Nagesh Kumar, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, the U.K., Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 664-665, 2014.

  • 23. Singh, V.P., Review of “Stormwater Design for Sustainable Development,” by R. N. Rossmiller, McGraw Hill Book Company, 401 p., 2013. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 19, No. 8, pp. 07514001-1 to 07514001-2, 2014.

  • 24. Singh, V.P., Review of “The Fourth Phase of Water: Beyond Solid, Liquid, and Water Vapor,” by Gerald H. Pollack, Ebner & Sons Publishers, Seattle, 2013, 357p. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 19, No. 11, pp. 07514003-1 to 07514003-2, 2014.

  • 25. Singh, V.P., Review of “Hydrologic Analyses Using Atmospheric Water Vapor Transport Data,” by Ashok N. Shahane, Father & Son, Tallahassee, Florida, 2014, 125 p. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 19, No. 12, pp. 07514004-1, 2015.

  • 26. Singh, V.P., Review of “Environmental and Hydrological Systems Modeling,” by A.W. Jayawardena, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Florida, 2014, 516 p. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 20, No. 4, doi: 07514005-1, 2015.

  • 27. Singh, V.P., Review of “Introduction to Water Resources,” by Sam Laki, Krishna Kumar Nedunuri and Ramanitharan Kandiah, Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, Iowa, 2014, 189 p. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 07515001-1, 2015.

  • 28. Singh, V.P., Review of “Land Surface Observation, Modeling and Assimilation,” edited by Shulin Liang, Xin Li and Xianhong Xie, World Scientific Publishing Company, Singapore, 2013, 466 p. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 20, No. 8, pp. 07515002-1 to 07515002-2, 2015.

  • 29. Singh, V.P., Review of Greywater Reuse, by Amit Gross, Adi Maimon, Yuval Alfiya and Eran Friedler, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida, 2015, 283 p., Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 20, No. 10, pp. 07515003-1, 2015.

  • 30. Singh, V.P., Review of Handbook of Engineering Hydrology: Fundamentals and Applications, edited by S. Eslamian, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida, 2014, 619 p., Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 21, No. 6, pp. 07516002-1 to 07516002-2, 2016.

  • 31. Singh, V.P., Review of Fundamentals of Open Channel Flow, by G.E. Moglen, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida, 2015, 256 pp., Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 07516001-1, 2016.

  • 32. Singh, V.P., Review of Preferential Flow: Stokes Appraoch and Drainage, by Peter Germann, Institute of Geography, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland, 2014, 199 pp., Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 21, No. 9, pp. 07516005-1 to 07516005-2, 2016.

  • 33. Singh, V.P., Review of Handbook of Engineering Hydrology: Environmental Hydrology and water Management, edited by S. Eslamian, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida, 2014, 590 pp., Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 21, No. 8, pp. 07516004-1 to 07516004-2, 2016.

  • 34. Singh, V.P., Review of Handbook of Engineering Hydrology: Modeling, Climate Change, and Variability, edited by S. Eslamian, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida, 2014, 630 pp., Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 21, No. 7, pp. 07516003-1 to 07516003-2, 2016.

  • 35. Singh, V.P., Review of Fluoride in Drinking Water: Status, Issues and Solutions, by A.K. Gupta and S. Ayoob, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida, 194 p.,  Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 22, No.2: 07517004-1 to 2, 2017.

  • 36. Singh, V.P., Review of Hydrologic Remote Sensing, by Y. Hong, Y. Zhang and S.I. Khan, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida, 2017, 395 pp., Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 22, No. 11: 07517002-1 to 2, 2017.

  • 37. Singh, V.P., Review of Hydrology and Water Resources Systems Analysis, by M. Mimikou, E.A. Baltas and V.A. Tsihrintzis, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida, 2014, 630 pp., Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 22, No. 9: 07517001-1 to 2, 2017.

  • 38. Singh, V.P., Review of Halphen Distribution Family with Application in Hydrological Frequency Analysis, by Salahedddine El Adlouni and Bernard Bobee, Water Resources Publications, Highlands Ranch, Colorado, 2017, 136 pp., Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 23, No.2: 07517005-1, 2018.

  • 39. Singh, V.P., Review of Boldly Sustainable: Hope and Opportunity for Higher Education in the Age of Climate Change, by Peter Bardaglio and Andrea Putman, NACUBO (National Association of College and University Business officers), Washington, D.C., 214 pp., Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 24, No.1, pp. 07518005-1 to 2, 2019.

  • 40. Singh, V.P., Review of Chaos in Hydrology: Bridging Determinism and Stochasticity, by B. Sivakumar, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 394 pp., Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 07518002-1, 2019.

  • 41. Singh, V.P., Review of Green Technologies for Sustainable Water Management, edited by H.H. Ngo, W. Guo, R.Y. Surampalli and T.C. Zhang, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1802 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, Virginia, USA, 1083 pp., Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 24, pp. 07518007-1, 2019.

  • 42. Singh, V.P., Review of Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources with Modeling Techniques and Case studies, by K. Srinivas Raju and D. Nagesh Kumar, Springer Nature Singapore, 2018, 266 p., Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 07518006-1, 2019.

  • 43. Singh, V.P., Review of Underground Aqueducts Handbook, edited by Andreas N. Angelakis, Eustathios Chiotos, Saeid Eslamian and Herbert Weingartner, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 2017, 522 pp., Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 07518003-1, 2019.

  • 44. Singh, V.P., Review of Urban Flood Mitigation and Stormwater Management, by J.C.Y. Guo

  • CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton,  Florida, 2017, 589 pp., Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 07518002-1, 2019.

  • 45. Singh, V.P., Review of Water Science and Technology: An Introduction, Fourth edition, by Nick F. Gray, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 2017, 680 pp., Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 07518004-1, 2019.

  • 46. Singh, V.P., Review of Risk Assessment: Procedures and Protocols, by Edward A. McBean, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ; 2019, 336 pp., Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 07518008-1, doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001753, 2019.

  • 47. Singh, V.P., Review of Urban Drainage, by D. Butler, C. Digman, C. Makropulos, and J.W. Davies, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 545 pp., 2018, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 24 No. 9: 07519004, 2019.

  • 48. Singh, V.P., Review of Urban Water Reuse Handbook, edited by Saeid Eslamian, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 1141 pp., 2017, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 25, No. 1: 07519006, 2020.

  • 49. Singh, V.P., Review of Statistical Intervals: A Guide for Practitioners and Researchers, by W.Q. Meeker, G.J. Han and L.A. Escobar, Wiley, New York, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 25, No. 4: 07520001, 2020.

  • 50. Singh, V.P., Review of The Future of Social Work: Seven Pillars of Practice, 159 pp., by B. Mohan, 2018; SAGE Publications Inc., 2455 Teller Road, Thousand oaks, California, Poverty & Public Policy,  pp. 344-345, https://doi.org/10.1002/pop4.263, 2020.

  • 51. Khedun, C.P., and Singh, V.P, Review of Water Resources: Science and Society, by George M Hornberger & Debra Perrone, George M Hornberger & Debra Perrone. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 25, No. 11, pp. 07520002-1 to 2, 2020.

  • 53. Singh, V.P., Review of Integrated Flood Risk Management: Basic Concepts and Japanese Experience, by K. Takeuchi, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London, England, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol., in press, 2022.

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