Integrated watershed management : connecting people to their land and water /

• Main Authors: Gregersen, H. M., (Author), Brooks, Kenneth N., (Author), Ffolliott, Peter F., (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
• Subjects: Water quality management.; Conservation of natural resources.; Land use.; Watershed management.; Education and Training.; Extension and Advisory Work.; Policy and Planning.; Water Resources.; Land Resources.; Evaluation.; Hydrology.; Institutions.; Monitoring.; Policy.; Research.; Technology transfer.; Training.; Watersheds.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 201 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-196) and index.
• ISBN: 9781845932824 (ebook)
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This book provides background information and presents factors to be considered and procedures that facilitate organizing and guiding land and water use in concert with one another; it further serves as a reference for planning, monitoring and implementing development efforts and natural resource management through the lens of integrated watershed management (IWM). The eight chapters of this book are under the following headings: (1) Challenges and opportunities; (2) Land use, watershed management and cumulative effects; (3) Institutional context; (4) Planning and policy making; (5) Hydrologic processes and technical aspects; (6) Monitoring and evaluation to improve performance; (7) Research, training, information and technology transfer; and (8) Adaptive, Integrated Management of watersheds: Concluding thoughts.