| Description |
395 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Rationale for Watershed as a Basis for Sustainable Management of Soil and Water Resources / Rattan Lal -- Ch. 2. Challenges in Ecosystem Management in Watershed Context in Asia / Jagir S. Samra and Hari Eswaran -- Ch. 3. Operative Processes for Sediment-Based Watershed Degradation in Small, Tropical Volcanic Island Ecosystems / Samir A. El-Swaify -- Ch. 4. Soil Degradation in Relation to Land Use and Its Countermeasures in the Red and Yellow Soil Region of Southern China / T. L. Zhang, X. X. Wang and B. Zhang / [et al.] -- Ch. 5. Watershed Management for Erosion Control in Sloping Lands in Asia / Eric T. Craswell and Chalinee Niamskul -- Ch. 6. Watershed Management for Erosion Control in Steeplands of Tropical Asia and Australia / Cyril A. A. Ciesiolka and Ghulam Mohd Hashim -- Ch. 7. Watershed Characteristics and Management Effects on Dissolved Load in Water Runoff: Case Studies from Western Nigeria / Rattan Lal -- Ch. 8. Sustaining a Rice - Wheat System in the Indo-Gangetic Plains: The Ecoregional Context / Inder P. Abrol, Surinder M. Virmani and Roy K. Gupta -- Ch. 9. A Landscape That Unites: Community-Led Management of Andean Watershed Resources / E. Bronson Knapp, Jacqueline A. Ashby and Helle M. Ravnborg / [et al.] -- Ch. 10. Agroecological Impacts of 5 Years of a Practical Program for Restoration of a Degraded Sahelian Watershed / Andrew Manu, Thomas Thurow and Anthony S. R. Juo / [et al.] -- Ch. 11. Natural Resource Management in a Watershed Scale: What Can Agroforestry Contribute? / Dennis P. Garrity and Fahmuddin Agus -- Ch. 12. Crop Yield Variability Due to Erosion on a Complex Landscape in West Central Ohio / Edie Salchow and Rattan Lal -- Ch. 13. A Landscape/Lifescape Approach to Sustainability in the Tropics: The Experiences of the SANREM CRSP at Three Sites / William L. Hargrove, Dennis P. Garrity and Robert E. Rhoades / [et al.] -- Ch. 14. Model-Based Evaluation of Land Use and Management Strategies in a Nitrate-Polluted Drinking Water Catchment in North Germany / Kurt Christian Kersebaum -- Ch. 15. Quantification of Leached Pollutants into the Groundwater Caused by Agricultural Land Use - Model-Based Scenario Studies as a Method for Quantitative Risk Assessment of Groundwater Pollution / Angelika Wurbs, Kurt Christian Kersebaum and Christoph Merz -- Ch. 16. The Economies of Land Restoration and Conservation in an Environmentally Sound Agriculture / Luther Tweeten and Jeff Hopkins -- Ch. 17. Economic Analysis of Sedimentation Impacts for Watershed Management / Fred Hitzhusen -- Ch. 18. Land Degradation and Food Security: Economic Impacts of Watershed Degradation / Pierre Crosson and Jock R. Anderson -- Ch. 19. People, Property, and Profit in Catchment Management: Examples from Kenya and Elsewhere / Mary Tiffen and Francis Gichuki -- Ch. 20. The Participatory Multipurpose Watershed Project: Nature's Salvation or Schumacher's Nightmare / Robert E. Rhoades -- Ch. 21. People's Involvement in Watershed Management: Lessons from Working among Resource-Poor Farmers / T. Francis Shaxon -- Ch. 22. Watershed Management for Mitigating the Greenhouse Effect / John M. Kimble and Rattan Lal -- Ch. 23. Managing Watershed for Food Security and Environmental Quality: Challenges for the 21st Century / Rattan Lal |
| Analysis |
Integrated watershed management |
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Water conservation |
| Notes |
Based on the proceedings of the international conference held at Toronto, Canada in July 1997, sponsored by the International Affairs Committee of the Soil and Water Conservation Society |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Ecosystem management -- Congresses.
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Watershed management -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Lal, R.
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Soil and Water Conservation Society (U.S.). International Affairs Committee.
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| LC no. |
99021035 |
| ISBN |
0849307023 (alk. paper) |
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