Integrated Watershed Management

Author : Isobel W. Heathcote
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-02-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780470376256

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Integrated Watershed Management by Isobel W. Heathcote Pdf

An integrated framework for water resources management It has been said that "water is the next oil." A strong global consensus has begun to develop that effective water management must start at the watershed level, and that water management actions must be taken in the context of watersheds, and the human communities in them. Integrated Watershed Management: Principles and Practice, Second Edition presents a flexible, integrated framework for watershed management that addresses the biophysical, social, and economic issues affecting water resources and their use. Comprehensive in scope and multidisciplinary in approach, it equips readers with the necessary tools and techniques to develop sound watershed management policy and practice—from problem definition and goal setting to selecting management strategies and procedures for monitoring implementation. Ten years of practice have demonstrated that the core concepts presented in the first edition of this book remain true and important. This Second Edition is fully updated to reflect current practice and recent experience in watershed management, including: New coverage of strategies for the selection and evaluation of public engagement processes Sampling, data management, and computer simulation technologies Recent legislative changes International watershed issues Many new case studies Water resources planning and management is not just a technical challenge; it is also a social challenge, and an opportunity. It is, ultimately, a framework for human societies to shape, protect, and improve the environment in which they live. Providing a rational framework for the development of water resources management strategies, Integrated Watershed Management, Second Edition is a one-stop resource for upper-level students and professionals in environmental science, natural resource management, and environmental engineering.

Author : E. Beheim,G.S. Rajwar,M. Haigh,J. Krecek
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789048137695

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Integrated Watershed Management by E. Beheim,G.S. Rajwar,M. Haigh,J. Krecek Pdf

Headwaters are fragile environments threatened by anthropogenic actions. The regeneration of headwaters calls for a practical approach through integrated environmental management. This book discusses various issues concerning headwater regions of the world under wide-ranging themes: climate change impacts, vegetal cover, sub-surface hydrology, catchment and streamflow hydrology, pollution, water quality and limnology, remote sensing and GIS, environmental impact assessment and mitigation, socio-economic impacts, public participation, education and management, and integrated watershed management. This book aims to bring about an awareness in sustainable regeneration of headwater regions and particularly highlighting the problems of environmental management in highlands and headwaters. These regions consist of great reserves of natural resources which need to be exploited and managed sustainably.

Author : Dan Shrubsole,Dan Walters,Barbara Veale,Bruce Mitchell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780429996146

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Integrated Water Management in Canada by Dan Shrubsole,Dan Walters,Barbara Veale,Bruce Mitchell Pdf

This volume provides readers with an opportunity to learn from front line water managers of watershed-based agencies across Canada about integrated water management (or integrated water resource management). In common with practice in much of the world, the responsibility for implementing integrated watershed management in Canada is fragmented. Each province and territory in Canada has developed unique approaches or governance models to guide decision making in that regard. Thus, this edited volume enables readers from around the world to gain insight on the best practices in Canada for achieving success and addressing barriers to implement IWM. Although there remains non consensus about how to "best" approach river basin management, some of the main observations include: There is a need to balance a focus on "the big picture", with scoping the scale and scope of planning activities in order that feasible and effective solutions can be implemented Three types of integration are popular among the agencies included in the book: (i) among environment, economy and society, (ii) interactions between people and the environment and (iii) integration (or coordination) of administrative activities. Much more attention is required to achieving effective engagement from Indigenous communities The chapters were originally published in a special issue of the International Journal of Water Resources Development.

Author : H. M. Gregersen,Peter F. Ffolliott,Kenneth N. Brooks
Publisher : CABI
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781845932817

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Integrated Watershed Management by H. M. Gregersen,Peter F. Ffolliott,Kenneth N. Brooks Pdf

Land and water management is especially critical as the use of upstream watersheds can drastically affect large numbers of people living in downstream watersheds. This work examines the institutional and technical context for managing watersheds and river basins, including the involvement of both the public and private sectors.

Author : Suhas P. Wani,Johan Rockstrom,Kanwar Lal Sahrawat
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781466512825

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Integrated Watershed Management in Rainfed Agriculture by Suhas P. Wani,Johan Rockstrom,Kanwar Lal Sahrawat Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive presentation of the realization of improved rainfed agriculture yield in semi-arid and dry land areas. The incentive of watershed programs is to increase the return on investment with over 20% for 65% of the projects that are currently underperforming. Besides techniques to improve the livelihood of the many small

Author : Rattan Lal
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1999-08-23
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781420074420

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Integrated Watershed Management in the Global Ecosystem by Rattan Lal Pdf

Focusing on the technical, social, and economic issues involved in watershed management, this interdisciplinary author team focuses on bettering land use practices and the condition of soil water resources. Integrated Watershed Management in the Global Ecosystem is a volume composed from an international symposium of the world's leading experts

Author : Claudia Pahl-Wostl,Pavel Kabat,Jörn Möltgen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540759416

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Adaptive and Integrated Water Management by Claudia Pahl-Wostl,Pavel Kabat,Jörn Möltgen Pdf

Sustainable water management is a key environmental challenge of the 21st century. This book presents the very latest studies, methods and innovations for managing our water resources from the first International Conference on Adaptive and Integrated Water Management, held in November 2007 in Basel, Switzerland. The book addresses a wide interdisciplinary audience of scientists and professionals from academia, industry, and those involved in policy making.

Author : H. M. Gregersen,Peter F. Ffolliott,Kenneth N. Brooks
Publisher : CABI
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781845934217

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Integrated Watershed Management by H. M. Gregersen,Peter F. Ffolliott,Kenneth N. Brooks Pdf

As human populations expand and demands upon natural resources increase, the need to manage the environments in which people live becomes more important but also more difficult. Land and water management is especially critical as the use of upstream watersheds can drastically affect large numbers of people living in downstream watersheds. An integrated approach that stresses both the importance of participatory planning and the institutional and technical constraints and opportunities is therefore necessary. The institutional and technical context for managing watersheds and river basins, including the involvement of both the public and private sectors, is also examined.

Author : Rajesh Rajora
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Watershed management
ISBN : 8170334365

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Integrated Watershed Management by Rajesh Rajora Pdf

Author : Feras Ziadat
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781317624134

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Mitigating Land Degradation and Improving Livelihoods by Feras Ziadat Pdf

The research presented in this book demonstrates how an integrated ‘systems’ approach to farming in the watershed context increases the effectiveness of a production system and improves people’s livelihoods. It takes an integrated approach, using one watershed in Ethiopia as a ‘laboratory’ or model case study to focus on the interaction and interdependence between land, water, crops, soil, water harvesting, supplemental irrigation, forestry, socio-economic aspects, livestock and farm tools. A range of linked studies was conducted with active participation of the farming community and other relevant stakeholders, such as the local offices of agriculture and extension services. The starting point for the work was the premise that previous efforts to solve farming system constraints using a piecemeal approach or discipline-specific focus have not been successful. Thus, addressing agricultural and environmental constraints through a holistic approach enables the generation of comprehensive technologies to sustainably improve the natural resource base and livelihoods of communities. The authors discuss trade-offs and resource allocation, demonstrating how the environment can be protected while also improving productivity. A unique feature is the methodology developed for the selection of suitable fields and farmers to implement new approaches or improved technologies, to achieve production increases while reducing degradation of sensitive agro-ecosystems. It is also shown how the watershed scale is a valuable basis for assessing the protection of fragile lands.

Author : Kenneth N. Brooks,Peter F. Ffolliott,Joseph A. Magner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781118459744

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Hydrology and the Management of Watersheds by Kenneth N. Brooks,Peter F. Ffolliott,Joseph A. Magner Pdf

This new edition is a major revision of the popular introductory reference on hydrology and watershed management principles, methods, and applications. The book's content and scope have been improved and condensed, with updated chapters on the management of forest, woodland, rangeland, agricultural urban, and mixed land use watersheds. Case studies and examples throughout the book show practical ways to use web sites and the Internet to acquire data, update methods and models, and apply the latest technologies to issues of land and water use and climate variability and change.

Author : K. William Easter,John A. Dixon,Maynard M. Hufschmidt
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Integrated water development
ISBN : 9789813035744

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Watershed Resources Management by K. William Easter,John A. Dixon,Maynard M. Hufschmidt Pdf

Today, a systemwide approach to watershed resource management is essential. As recent history has shown, the usual mixture of biophysical management measures are often constrained by institutional factors, frequently producing limited results. This book offers important management alternatives, examining this resource problem within an economic framework, using an interdisciplinary approach. Part I introduces the basic economic, biophysical, social, institutional, and policy aspects of watershed management. Part II illustrates specific watershed approaches through selected case studies from Asia and the Pacific.

Author : Roberto Lenton,Mike Muller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781136562877

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Integrated Water Resources Management in Practice by Roberto Lenton,Mike Muller Pdf

Better water management will be crucial if we are to meet many of the key challenges of this century - feeding the worlds growing population and reducing poverty, meeting water and sanitation needs, protecting vital ecosystems, all while adapting to climate change. The approach known as Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is widely recognized as the best way forward, but is poorly understood, even within the water sector. Since a core IWRM principle is that good water management must involve the water users, the understanding and involvement of other sectors is critical for success. There is thus an urgent need for practical guidance, for both water and development professionals, based on real world examples, rather than theoretical constructs. That is what this book provides. Using case studies, the book illustrates how better water management, guided by the IWRM approach, has helped to meet a wide range of sustainable development goals. It does this by considering practical examples, looking at how IWRM has contributed, at different scales, from very local, village-level experiences to reforms at national level and beyond to cases involving trans-boundary river basins. Using these on-the-ground experiences, from both developed and developing countries in five continents, the book provides candid and practical lessons for policy-makers, donors, and water and development practitioners worldwide, looking at how IWRM principles were applied, what worked, and, equally important, what didn‘t work, and why. Published with the Global Water Partnership

Author : Robert J. Naiman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781461243823

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Watershed Management by Robert J. Naiman Pdf

Conceptual separation of humans and natural ecosystems is reflected in the thinking of most natural resource management professions, including for estry, wildlife management, fisheries, range management, and watershed management (Burch 1971). Such thinking can deny the reality of the human element in local, regional, and global ecosystems (Bonnicksen and Lee 1982, Klausner 1971, Vayda 1977). As complex organisms with highly developed cultural abilities to modify their environment, humans directly or indirectly affect almost all terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems (Bennett 1976). Conse quently, information for managing watershed ecosystems is incomplete without consideration of human institutions and activities. Sociologists have studied the relationships between human societies and the land base or ecosystems on which they depend for over 60 years (Field and Burch 1990). These studies are distinguished by (1) a holistic perspec tive that sees people and their environments as interacting systems, (2) flex ible approaches that permit either the environment or human society to be treated as the independent variable in analyzing of society-environment re lations, and (3) accumulation of a substantial body of knowledge about how the future welfare of a society is influenced by its uses (or misuses) of land and water (Firey 1990).

Author : Quincy Garey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1645340600

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Integrated Watershed Management by Quincy Garey Pdf

Traditionally, watersheds have been viewed as hydrological units to conserve soil and water, and a compartmental approach has been adopted. However, through the integrated watershed management approach, all-natural resources in the watershed are managed efficiently and effectively so that the rural livelihoods can be improved substantially through the convergence of various activities.This book is intended to cover technologies, information, and knowledge that would help to address critical physical, biological, and socioeconomic problems of natural resources and provides a mechanism for their sustainable management and utilization. Both internal and external factors of the physical environment, policy, economic, socio-cultural, and technological dimensions are also elaborated.This book provides readers with an opportunity to learn a flexible, integrated framework for watershed management that addresses the biophysical, social, and economic issues affecting water resources and their use. Thus, this book is intended to assess watershed characteristics that will help to explore the possibilities of reducing sedimentation and its related effects.