Sustainable management of headwater resources : research from Africa and India / edited by Libor Jansky, Martin J. Haigh and Haushila Prasad.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Jansky, Libor.

Haigh, Martin J., 1950-

Prasad, Haushila.

Conference Name:

International Conference on Sustainable Management of Headwater Resources (2002 : Nairobi, Kenya)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Watershed management--Africa--Congresses.

Watershed management.

Mountain watersheds--Africa--Management--Congresses.

Mountain watersheds.

Water resources development--Africa--Congresses.

Water resources development.

Sustainable development--Africa--Congresses.

Sustainable development.

Watershed management--India--Congresses.

Mountain watersheds--India--Management--Congresses.

Water resources development--India--Congresses.

Sustainable development--India--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tokyo, Japan ; New York : United Nations University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Head waters are the source of freshwater resources, the margins of drainage basins, and the first and zero order basins that surround every catchment. The challenge is to define appropriate, self-sustainable, management strategies and structures for these lands which meet the needs of the head water habitat, including its human inhabitants, and the needs of habitats downstream.The contributors to this book strive to anticipate emerging and future problems; to discover integrated solutions to the problems already caused by land degradation, natural hazards and development processes; and to help

Contents:

CONTENTS; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction: Sustainable management of head water resources: Head water control and the contexts of the Nairobi Head water Declaration for the International Year of Freshwater 2003; Part I: Studies on sustainable management of head water resources in India and Africa; 1 Issues and strategies for sustainable range land management in the headwaters of the Garhwal Himalaya; 2 The role of sustainable wetland use in maintaining river flow:Some experiences from the headwaters of the Nile in Ethiopia and Rwanda

3 Sustainable management of head water wetlands: The role of indigenous knowledge in south-west Ethiopia 4 Sustainable management of head water resources: Interface-drainage analysis of a water divide; Part II: Environmental impact assessment in the head water regions of India and Africa; 5 Environmental changes and status of water resources in the Kumaon Himalayas; 6 Factors regulating fresh water quality in the Himalayan river system; 7 Modern lake-level rise and accelerated fluvio-lacustrinesedimentation of Lake Abaya, south Ethiopia - A case studyfrom the Bilate River delta, northern lake area

8 Land use changes and hydrological responses in the Lake Nakuru basin 9 Hazard risk assessment in Mount Kenya headwaters; 10 An analysis of accessibility to rural domestic water supply: A case study of Kakamega district, Kenya; Part III: Climate change and catchment modelling: Studies from the head water regions of Kenya; 11 Methodology for evaluating the regional impact of climate change on water resources; 12 Analysis of surface runoff from head water catchments in upper Ewaso Ng'iro North drainage basin in Kenya

13 Digital image analysis and GIS database design of Lake Bogoria area, Kenya: Three-dimensional modelling for slope evaluation 14 A catchment model of runoff and sediment yield for semi-arid areas; Conclusion: Sustainable development and headwaters in India and Africa: A summing up; Appendix; Acronyms; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

92-808-7094-7

1-4237-6607-5

OCLC:

826486195