Strategies for River Basin Management: Environmental Integration of Land and Water in a River Basin

Front Matter....Pages i-vi
Editorial....Pages 1-3
River Basin Strategy for Coordinated Land and Water Conservation: Synthesis and Conclusions....Pages 5-17
River Basin Development Strategies in the Tisza Valley....Pages 19-29
Ecosystem Modelling of a River Basin....Pages 31-40
Ecosystem Approaches to River Basin Planning....Pages 41-48
Methodology for Monitoring and Evaluation of Integrated Land and Water Development....Pages 49-61
Problems Related to Coordinated Control and Management of Land and Water Resources — Some Perceptions Derived from the Indian Experience....Pages 63-70
Seeking a New Balance in the Deteriorating Upper Citarum Basin....Pages 71-79
Methods of Land and Water Conservation in the Wuding River Basin....Pages 81-89
Soil and Water Conservation on the Chinese Loess Plateau — The Example of the Xio Shi Guo Brigade....Pages 91-97
Catchment Ecosystems and Village TankCascades in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka A Time-Tested System of Land and Water Resource Management....Pages 99-113
Control and Management of Land Use and Water Resources of Bhavani River Basin in Tamil Nadu, India....Pages 115-122
Problems of Land Use and Water Resources Management in the Upper Tana Catchment in Kenya....Pages 123-130
Upstream — Downstream Interactions as Natural Constraints to Basin-Wide Planning for China’s River Huang....Pages 131-140
Some Strategic Principles for Long-Term River Basin Development — The Case of Han River....Pages 141-150
The Integrated River Basin Development; The Challenges to the Nile Basin Countries....Pages 151-160
Approach to Eutrophication Problems Close to an Expanding Metropolis in Australia....Pages 161-170
The Changing Illinois River....Pages 171-177
Water-Course Monitoring in a Swedish River Basin: Growth, Development and Future....Pages 179-187
Legal and Administrative Tools for River Basin Development....Pages 189-199
Legal, Administrative and Economic Tools for Conflict Resolution....Pages 201-208
Environmental Conflicts: Structure and Management....Pages 209-218
Problems of Water Reallocation in the Colorado — America’s most fully Utilized River....Pages 219-227
Conflict between Flood and Drought Preparedness in the Colorado River Basin....Pages 229-244
Water Resources Conflicts in Integrated River Basin Development The Case of Kävlinge River....Pages 245-254
The Making and the Breaking of Agreement on the Ganges....Pages 255-264
The Mahaweli Strategy of Sri Lanka — Great Expectation of a Small Nation....Pages 265-277
Coordinated Management of Land and Water Resources; Regionalization and Institutions....Pages 279-285
Equity Issues in the Implementation of River Basin Planning....Pages 287-292
Different Types of River Basin Entitites — A Global Outlook....Pages 293-298
The River Basin Concept as seen from a Management Perspective in USA....Pages 299-305
The Thames Basin, England — Legal and Administrative System....Pages 307-310
The Relevance of River Basin Approach for Coordinated Land and Water Conservation and Management....Pages 311-315
Rationale for Establishing a River Basin Authority in Tanzania....Pages 317-328
Methodologies for Water Resources Policy Analysis in River Basins....Pages 329-335
Problems Related to Growing Urban Systems from a River Basin Perspective....Pages 337-346