Research Catalog

Title

Watershed management : issues and approaches / Timothy O. Randhir.

Author

Randhir, Timothy O.

Publication

London : IWA Pub., 2007.

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Details

Description

xi, 155 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Subject

• Watershed management
• Watershed management
• Ressourcenökonomie
• Wasser
• Wasserherkunftsgebiet
• Wassernutzung

Note

• "Suggested reading" at the end of every chapter.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Preface -- 1. Introduction : Watershed basics -- 1.1 Watershed : definition and delineation -- 1.2. Watershed approach -- 1.3. Hydrologic cycle -- 1.4. Watershed components -- 1.5. Water budget -- 1.6. Watershed assessment -- 1.7. Watershed planning -- 1.8. Watershed as a management unit -- 1.9. Watershed restoration -- 1.10. Organizational issues -- a specific case -- 1.11. The U.S. Clean Water Act -- 1.12. Total maximum daily load -- 1.13. Pathway analysis for watershed institutional design -- 2. Land use and water quality issues -- 2.1. Land use impacts on watersheds -- 2.1.1. residential activities -- 2.1.2. Municipal sources -- 2.1.3. Construction -- 2.1.4. Mining operations -- 2.1.5. Agriculture -- 2.1.6. Forestry practices -- 2.1.7. Recreation.
• 3. Inland water bodies -- 3.1. Rivers and streams -- 3.1.1. Riparian systems -- 3.1.2. Large woody debris and large organic debris -- 3.1.3. Invasive species -- 3.2. Lakes and ponds -- 3.3. Wetlands and vernal pools -- 4. Coastal watersheds -- 4.1. Habitat alteration -- 4.2. Coastal sediment transport and shoreline stability -- 4.3. Shallow embayments -- 4.4. Development and sprawl -- 4.5. Sediment loading -- 4.6. Negative impacts on marine life -- 4.7. Beach closures -- 4.8. Marinas and boating -- 4.9. Oil pollution -- 5. Biodiversity and ecosystem health -- 5.1. Landscape effects -- 5.1.1. Landscape transformation -- 5.1.2. Natural disturbances -- 5.2. Landscape planning -- 5.2.1. Planning landscape components -- 5.2.2. Stream corridor management -- 5.2.3. Open space protection -- 6. Water assessment : quality and quantity -- 6.1. Water quality monitoring -- 6.1.1. Temperature -- 6.1.2. pH -- 6.1.3. Dissolved oxygen and biological oxygen demand -- 6.1.4. Nutrients -- 6.1.5. Pathogens -- 6.1.6. Turbidity -- 6.2. Biological monitoring methods -- 6.2.1. Species indicators -- 6.2.2. Biological integrity -- 6.2.3 Habitat index -- 6.2.4. Land use index -- 6.3. Water quantity -- 6.3.1. Water resource assessment -- 6.3.2. Hydrograph -- 6.3.3. Habit curve -- 6.3.4. Water yield -- References -- Glossary -- Subject index.

ISBN

• 1843391090
• 9781843391098

OCLC

• ocn137237822
• 137237822
• SCSB-9210231

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library