Outlining a new four-step process that supports adaptive management, The Watershed Project Management Guide explores an innovative approach for addressing complex water and related management issues. Integrating science, policy, and public opinion, this four-phased approach will…
A key question for individuals involved in managing watersheds is, ""What is an effective process that will integrate science, policy, and public participation in order to help manage water resources effectively?"" The Watershed Project Management Guide presents a four-phase app…
"The Watershed Project Management Guide focuses on the complexities of the watershed management process, the watershed partnership's role in the processes, and what needs to be done next. The author has kept the technical jargon to a minimum to help you easily grasp the importan…
The common practices for planning and management of Water Resources Systems (WSSs) are challenged in the last decades by global climate change processes which are observed around the world in increasing frequencies. Climate change is manifested by climate variability, temperatur…
After 32 years of centralized rule under President Soeharto (1966-1998), Indonesia joined the ranks of decentralized nations in 1999 in what is popularly known as the "big bang" approach to decentralization. A broad range of powers were devolved to district and city governments …
To address the problem of water scarcity and to achieve food self-sufficiency, huge efforts and massive irrigation developments have been made in the last twenty-five years by the Ethiopian Government. However, the performance of many small-scale irrigation (SSI) schemes is stil…
Numerous dams have been built across the globe. However, sedimentation and pollutants from upstream have caused some dams to provide reduced economic benefits. Furthermore, the downstream externalities generated by a dam itself, though critical, have not received adequate attent…
Watershed hydrology, management and modeling
Watershed hydrology, management and modeling
"The book will provide the comprehensive insight of the watersheds and modeling of the hydrological processes in the watersheds. This book will cover the detailed concepts of watershed hydrology and watershed management. The basic concepts of soil erosion and its types, measurem…
Watershed hydrology, management and modeling
The book provides a comprehensive insight into watersheds and modeling of the hydrological processes in the watersheds. It covers the concepts of watershed hydrology and watershed management in depth. The basic types, of soil erosion and its measurement and estimation of runoff …
"This book is an innovative source of scholarly research on the latest technologies and techniques in optimizing current processes in managing water resources. Highlighting a range of pertinent topics such as climate change, sustainability, and water treatment"--
"This book is an innovative source of scholarly research on the latest technologies and techniques in optimizing current processes in managing water resources. Highlighting a range of pertinent topics such as climate change, sustainability, and water treatment"--.
This book is an innovative source of scholarly research on the latest technologies and techniques in optimizing current processes in managing water resources. Highlighting a range of pertinent topics such as climate change, sustainability, and water treatment.
"This book is an innovative source of scholarly research on the latest technologies and techniques in optimizing current processes in managing water resources. Highlighting a range of pertinent topics such as climate change, sustainability, and water treatment"--