Integrated Watershed Management Perspectives and Problems /

• Main Authors: Beheim, Einar. (Author), Rajwar, Govind S. (Author), Haigh, Martin J. (Author), Kre ek, Josef. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Subjects: Environmental sciences.; Hydraulic engineering.; Geology.; Geography.; Sustainable development.; Environmental pollution.; Environment.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Hydrogeology.; Natural Hazards.; Sustainable Development.; Geography (general).
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3769-5

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 i...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• About the Editors
• Section A - Sustainable Watershed Management
• 1. Sustainable Management of Headwater Resources
• 2. Social Science Contributions to Multiple Objective Decision Making within Watersheds
• 3. Managing Headwater Regions in Australia: Assessing Socioeconomic and Resource Sustainability
• 4. Building Co-operations, Coalitions and Governance on Mountain Catchments Sustainability
• 5. Developing Sustainability Priorities with a Participatory Process: Lake Victoria Basin, East Africa
• 6. Management of Headwaters in Acidified Areas along the West Coast of Norway
• Section B - Catchment and Streamflow Hydrology
• 7. Monitoring for Modelling Reality and Sound Economics
• 8. The Nile Headwaters: Wetlands and Catchments in Highland Ethiopia
• 9. Changing Flow in the Okavango Basin: Upstream Developments and Downstream Effects
• 10. Bedrock Groundwater as a Major Control on Streamflow Generation in Upland Wales, UK
• 11. CRENODAT (Biodiversity Assessment and Integrity Evaluation of Springs of Trentino (Italian Alps) and Long-term Ecological Research): Project Design and Preliminary Results
• Section C - Quality, Pollution and Management of Water Resources
• 12. Water as a Symbol of National Identity in Norway
• 13. Assessing Renewable Water Resources and Water Use in Angola
• 14. Water Management Issues in Middle Mountain Catchments of the Nepal Himalayas: The Downstream Perspective
• 15. Inventorisation of Environmental Risk Associated with Hazardous Waste Generated in Small Scale Industrial Area of Delhi, India
• 16. The Impact of Land Use on Nutrient Concentration in Upper Streams of Waters in Slovenia
• 17. Recovery of Headwater Catchments and Lakes Affected by the Acid Atmospheric Deposition
• Section D - Monitoring and Mitigation of Disasters
• 18. Disasters in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region: A Case Study of Tsatichhu Lake in Bhutan
• 19. Perception and Communication of Flood Risk: Preliminary Results from the FLOWS Project
• 20. Decreasing the Risk of Floods in Small and Medium Sized Catchments through Natural Storage in Headwater and Riparian Zones
• 21. Estimating Sediment Mobilisation from Torrent and Gully Deposits: Field Studies
• 22. Socio-Economic and Environmental Impacts of Erosion and Sedimentation in Sudan
• Index.