Integrated Watershed Management: Principles and Practice

Effective watershed planning and management

This book presents a flexible, integrated framework for watershedmanagement that addresses the biophysical, social, and economicissues affecting water resources and their use. Comprehensive inscope and multidisciplinary in approach, it equips you with thenecessary tools and techniques to develop sound watershedmanagement policy and practice-from problem definition and goalsetting to electing management strategies and procedures formonitoring implementation.

Topics include:
* Watershed components and processes
* Establishing management plan parameters and objectives
* Stakeholder identification and consultation
* Development of practical management options
* Both simple and detailed methods for the assessment of managementalternatives
* Techniques for determining the legal implications and theenvironmental, economic, and social impact of a managementplan
* Choosing the best plan and putting it into action

Supplemented with case studies and examples, Integrated WatershedManagement is an ideal resource for upper-level students andprofessionals in environmental science, natural resourcemanagement, and environmental engineering.