Integrated Watershed Management: Principles and Practice - Hardcover

Heathcote, Isobel W.

 
9780471183389: Integrated Watershed Management: Principles and Practice
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0471183385 ISBN 13: 9780471183389
Publisher: Wiley, 1998

Synopsis

Effective watershed planning and management

This book presents a flexible, integrated framework for watershed management that addresses the biophysical, social, and economic issues affecting water resources and their use. Comprehensive in scope and multidisciplinary in approach, it equips you with the necessary tools and techniques to develop sound watershed management policy and practice-from problem definition and goal setting to electing management strategies and procedures for monitoring 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 management alternatives
* Techniques for determining the legal implications and the environmental, economic, and social impact of a management plan
* Choosing the best plan and putting it into action

Supplemented with case studies and examples, Integrated Watershed Management is an ideal resource for upper-level students and professionals in environmental science, natural resource management, and environmental engineering.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

ISOBEL W. HEATHCOTE, PhD, is Professor of Environmental Engineering and Environmental Sciences and Director, Institute for Environmental Policy, at the University of Guelph in Canada. She is the author of Environmental Problem Solving: A Case Study Approach.

From the Back Cover

Effective watershed planning and management

This book presents a flexible, integrated framework for watershed management that addresses the biophysical, social, and economic issues affecting water resources and their use. Comprehensive in scope and multidisciplinary in approach, it equips you with the necessary tools and techniques to develop sound watershed management policy and practice-from problem definition and goal setting to electing management strategies and procedures for monitoring 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 management alternatives
* Techniques for determining the legal implications and the environmental, economic, and social impact of a management plan
* Choosing the best plan and putting it into action

Supplemented with case studies and examples, Integrated Watershed Management is an ideal resource for upper-level students and professionals in environmental science, natural resource management, and environmental engineering.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Wiley
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0471183385
ISBN 13 
9780471183389
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
424