Watershed Management

Timothy Randhir

• Publisher: IWA Publishing
• Year: 2006
• Print ISBN: 9781843391098
• eBook ISBN: 9781780402338
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Environmental Science
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Watershed management is an integrated approach that evaluates system-wide implications of natural resource problems. It has received considerable attention among communities and resource managers as an appropriate approach to deal with complex problems.  Problem-solving is an important aspect of watersheds that involves diagnosis, assessment, solution, and implementation issues that often mean processing an enormous amount of information. A typical problem requires compilation of information from a variety of sources and is time consuming. This book will use a problem-based approach to present information on each problem facing watersheds.  The subject area derives from a variety of disciplines and experiences and is presented clear and systematically throughout for easy reading and understanding. The problems covered in the book are major ones facing watersheds through the globe. The first chapter introduces principles of watershed management and is followed by chapters that are problem specific. Each problem is dealt with systematically with introduction, analysis, strategies, and further references. Watershed Management provides a valuable reference to professionals, students, scientists, and common citizens who are interested in learning about the variety of problems and approaches in watershed management.

Table of contents

• 1.0 Introduction: Watershed Basics
• 2.0 Land Use and Water Quality Issues
• 3.0 Inland Water Bodies
• 4.0 Coastal Watersheds
• 5.0 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health
• 6.0 Water Assessment: Quality and Quantity
• References
• Glossary
• Index