Integrated Watershed Management in the Global Ecosystem

Abstract

Introduction Rationale for Watershed as a Basis for Sustainable Management of Soil and Water Resources-R. Lal Watershed Management for Soil Erosion Control Challenges in Ecosystem Management in Watershed Context in Asia-J. S. Samra and H. Eswaran Operative Processes for Sediment-Based Watershed Degradation in Small, Tropical Volcanic Island Ecosystems-S. A. El-Swaify Soil Degradation in Relation to Land Use and its Counter Measures in the Red and Yellow Soil Region of Southern China-T.L. Zhang, X.X. Wang, B. Zhang, and Q.G. Zhao Watershed Management for Erosion Control in Sloping Lands in Asia-E. Craswell and C. Niamskul Watershed Management for Erosion Control in Steeplands of Tropical Asia and Australia-C. Ciesiolka and G. M. Hashim Watershed Characteristics and Management Effects on DissolvedLoad in Water Runoff: Case Studies From Western Nigeria-R. Lal Technological Options for Watershed Management Sustaining Rice-Wheat System in the Indo-Gangetic Plains: the Ecoregional Context-I. P. Abrol, S. H. Virmani, and R. K. Gupta A Landscape that Unites: Community-Led Management of Andean Watershed Resources- E.B. Knapp, J. Ashby, H.M. Ravnborg, and W.C. Bell Agroecological impacts of Five Years of a Practical Program for Restoration of Degraded Sahelian Watersheds-A. Manu, T. Thurow, A. S. R. Juo, and I. Zanguina Natural Resource Management in a Watershed Scale: What Can Agroforestry Contribute- D. Garrity and F. Agus Crop Yield Variability Due to Erosion on a Complex Landscape in West Central Ohio-E. M. Salchow and R. Lal A Landscape/Lifescape Approach to Sustainability in the Tropics: the Experiences of the SANREM CRSP at Three Sites-W. Hargrove, D. P. Garrity, R. E. Rhoades, and C. L. Neely Model-Based Evaluation of Land Use and Management Strategies in a Nitrate-Polluted Drinking Water Catchment in North Germany-K. C. Kersebaum Quantification of Leached Pollutants into the Ground Water Caused by Agricultural Landuse-Model Based Scenario Studies as a Method for Quantitative Risk Assessment of Ground Water Pollution-A. Wurbs, K. C. Kersebaum, and C. Merz Socio-Economic Aspects of Watershed Management The Economies of Land Restoration and Conservation in an Environmentally Sound Agriculture-L. Tweeten and J. Hopkins Economic Analysis of Sedimentation Impacts for Watershed Management-F. Hitzhusen Land Degradation and Food Security: Economic Impacts of Watershed Degradation-P. Crosson and J.R. Anderson People, Property, and Profit in Watershed Management: Examples from Kenya and Elsewhere-M. Tiffen and F. Gichuki The Participatory Multipurpose Watershed Project: Nature's Salvation or Schumacher's Nightmare-R. E. Rhoades People's Involvement in Watershed Management-F. Shaxon Environmental Quality and Watershed Management Watershed Management for Mitigating the Greenhouse Effect-J. Kimble and R. Lal Managing Watershed for Food Security and Environmental Quality: Challenges for the 21st Century-R. Lal