Water for the Recovery of the Climate - A New Water Paradigm by M. Kravčík

a free e-book about 100 pages

How water and land use affects climate, globally, regionally, locally, and micro
an easy to read scientific approach (fear not, very little math or science jargon)

http://www.waterparadigm.org/download/Water_for_the_Recovery_of_the_Climate_A_New_Water_Paradigm.pdf
Water for the Recovery of the Climate - A New Water Paradigm


and if one is patient, permaculture principles do show up

finally,
it looks like someone has read it.....

http://permaculturenews.org/2015/04/13/rehydrating-the-earth-a-new-paradigm-for-water-management/
Rehydrating the Earth: A New Paradigm For Water Management