Management of Mountain Watersheds

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Krecek, Josef (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Haigh, Martin J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Hofer, Thomas (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Kubin, Eero (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Environmental management.; Hydrogeology.; Physical geography.; Water pollution.; Earth Sciences.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Physical Geography.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.

The book aims to address the interdisciplinary targets of watershed management in mountain regions based on the current knowledge of the subject. The focus of the book is particularly on monitoring, research, and modelling the interactions between the climate, water cycle, and aquatic ecosystem. The...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• 1. Mission and history of the EFC/FAO Working Party on the Management of Mountain Watersheds
• 2. Ecosystem services in mountain watersheds
• 3. Long term hydrological modeling in a Himalayan watershed
• 4. Integrated hydrological model for mountain ecosystem assessment
• 5. Monitoring and management of a lake-watershed system: the Lake Kinneret
• 6. River habitat fragmentation and forestry practices in a mountain catchment
• 7. Carbon and nitrogen fluxes in mountain forests of Sweden
• 8. Impacts of the acid atmospheric deposition and global climate change on water phenomena in a small mountain catchment
• 9. Effects of energy harvesting on hydrological regime of a small headwater basin
• 10. Effects of changes in forest ecosystems on hydrological regime in Polish mountains
• 11. Effects of large-scale windbreak on hydrological processes in the High Tatra
• 12. Role of forests in conservation of the Lake Balaton
• 13. Qualifying soil water contents variation linking with different wetland vegetations in Northeast China
• 14. Impact of Anthropogenic Pressures on Selected Characteristics of a Wetland at Ts’akholo, Lesotho
• 15. Climate change adaptation in mountain watersheds of the Columbia Basin with a focus of water conservation and risk assessment of forest fires
• 16. Flash floods in European alpine basins
• 17. Floods, landslides and forest sanctuaries, Uttarakhand, India
• 18. Control of landslides in mountain watersheds
• Index.