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.
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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 ma...

Table of Contents:

• Challenges and Opportunities
• Land Use, Watershed Management and Cumulative Effects
• Institutional Context
• Planning and Policy Making
• Hydrologic Processes and Technical Aspects
• Monitoring and Evaluation to Improve Performance
• Research, Training, Information and Technology Transfer
• Adaptive, Integrated Management of Watersheds : Concluding Thoughts.