An improved understanding of sediment transfer, storage and redistribution has many important practical applications, including soil conservation, catchment management, control of diffuse-source pollution, predicting and managing reservoir sedimentation, and the maintenance of irrigation systems and navigation channels, which link closely to the sustainable management of land, water and other natural resources.
Problems of understanding sediment redistribution and storage in different components of the fluvial system within many different regions of the world are addressed (see Contents).
The symposium, co-sponsored by IAHS and UNESCO, was a contribution to the International Sedimentation Initiative (ISI) of the UNESCO International Hydrological Programme (IHP VI).
