Integrated watershed management: connecting people to their land and water

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. 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.

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Main Authors: 175019 CAB International, Wallingford (United Kingdom) eng, Gregersen, H.M. (ed.), Ffolliott, P.F. (ed.), Brooks, K.N. (ed.)
Format: Texto biblioteca
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Published: Wallingford (United Kingdom) CABI 2007
Subjects:WATERSHED MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCES, WATER MANAGEMENT, SOIL MANAGEMENT, LAND USE, WATER USE, PLANNING, DECISION MAKING, PERFORMANCE TESTING, SCIENTISTS, MANAGERS, TRAINING PROGRAMMES, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, PLANIFICATION, PRISE DE DECISION, CONTROLE DE PERFORMANCE, SCIENTIFIQUE, CHEF D'ENTREPRISE, PROGRAMME DE FORMATION, TRANSFERT DE TECHNOLOGIE, AMENAGEMENT DE BASSIN VERSANT, RESSOURCE EN EAU, GESTION DES EAUX, GESTION DU SOL, UTILISATION DES TERRES, UTILISATION DE L'EAU, PLANIFICACION, TOMA DE DECISIONES, PRUEBAS DE RENDIMIENTO, CIENTIFICOS, GERENTES, PROGRAMAS DE CAPACITACION, TRANSFERENCIA DE TECNOLOGIA, ORDENACION DE CUENCAS, RECURSOS HIDRICOS, ORDENACION DE AGUAS, MANEJO DEL SUELO, UTILIZACION DE LA TIERRA, USO DEL AGUA,
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781845932817.0000
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