- Luna Leopold
Luna Bergere Leopold (born
October 8 ,1915 inAlbuquerque, New Mexico , diedFebruary 23 ,2006 inBerkeley, California ) was a leading U.S. geomorphologist, and son ofAldo Leopold .A famous U.S. hydrologist, he suggested that a new philosophy of
water management is needed, one based on geologic, geographic, and climatic factors as well as traditional economic, social, and political factors. He argued that the management of water resources cannot be successful as long as it is naïvely perceived from an economic and political standpoint, as it is in thestatus quo .He was the 1973 recipient of the
G. K. Warren Prize from the National Academy of Sciences. [cite web| title =G.K. Warren Prize| work =Awards| publisher =National Academy of Sciences| url =http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AWARDS_warren| accessdate = 2007-06-04] In 1991 he was awarded theNational Medal of Science . He was also awarded The Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth Science in 2006. [cite web| title =Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth Science|publisher = TheFranklin Institute |url=http://www.fi.edu/winners/2006/leopold_luna.faw?winner_id=4383| accessdate = 2008-09-09]Books by Luna Leopold
* Leopold, Luna B. (1997). "Water, Rivers and Creeks". University Science Books. ISBN 0-935702-98-9.
* Leopold, Luna B. (1981). "Water". Time Life Education. ISBN 0-8094-4075-X.
* Leopold, Luna B. (2006, reprint). "A View of the River". Harvard University Press; New Ed edition. ISBN 0-674-01845-1.
* Leopold, Luna B.; Wolman, M. Gordon; and Miller, John P. (1995). "Fluvial Processes in Geomorphology". Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-68588-8.
* Leopold, Aldo and Leopold, Luna B. (editor) (1972, reprint). "Round River". Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 0-19-501563-0.
* Leopold, Luna B. (1966). "Water" (Series:LIFE Science Library ), Time Incorp, ISBN B000GQO9SM.
* Leopold, Luna B. (1974). "Water: A Primer". W H Freeman & Co. ISBN 0-7167-0263-0.References
* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/03/03/BAGFQHHRSN1.DTL The San Francisco Chronicle, 3/3/2006]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/20/national/20leopold.html?_r=1&oref=slogin New York Times, 3/20/2006]
* [http://eps.berkeley.edu/people/lunaleopold/ The Virtual Luna Leopold Project]
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