From Catchment Management to Managing River Basins

Science, Technology Choices, Institutions and Policy

368 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

From Catchment Management to Managing River Basins: Science, Technology Choices, Institutions and Policy synthesizes key scientific facts crucial for catchment assessment, planning and river basin water accounting. The book presents extensive reviews of international literature on catchment hydrology, forest hydrology and other hydrological processes, such as groundwater-surface water interactions. It discusses not only the science of catchment assessment and planning, but also the catchment planning process. It documents several of the positive international experiences with integrated catchment management and integrated basin management, distilling key learnings. Case studies from India and other parts of South Asia are also included, along with new pilot studies. Finally, the book discusses the theoretical and operational aspects of integrated catchment management and integrated water management in river basins using international best practices and case studies.

• Reihe: Elsevier Science
• ISBN: 9780128148518
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.06.2019
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Elsevier Inc
• Herausgegeben von: M. Dinesh Kumar, A. J. James, Ratna Reddy V