Environmental Reconstruction in Headwater Areas
These proceedings of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "Environmental Reconstruction in Headwater Areas" provide a landmark in the evolution of a distinctive movement, perhaps an emerging new philosophy, within the practice of headwater management. The Headwater Control movement traces...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2000, 2000
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2000 |
| Series: | NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 2, Environmental Security
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Overview
- Impact of Human Activities in the Headwater Environment
- Reviewing The Contexts of Headwater Control
- Headwater Control:Despatches from the research front
- Holistic Approaches to Headwater ManagementPerspectives from the Directorate of the EuropeanUnion
- Trees, Electricity and Folk Wisdom
- Identification and Classification of European Headwaters
- 2. Headwater Control: Theory, Practice and Experience
- Spatial Variability of The Hydrological Cycle and Some Indicators of Its State
- Application of Spatially Distributed Hydrological Models for Risk Assessment In Headwater Regions
- Watershed Monitoring And Modelling:Remote Sensing and Gis Applications in the Mediterranean Environment
- Desertification/Aridification Monitoring of the Iberian Peninsula by Passive Microwave Remote Sensing
- Erosion Area Assessment In Mountainous Basins Using Gis Methods
- Ravine and Gully Erosion in the Hilly Headwater Areas of Hungary
- Prevention, Degradation and Rehabilitation: A New Dilemma in Himalayan Watersheds
- Prevention of Nutrient Leaching from a Forest Regeneration Area Using Overland Flow Fields
- Forest Management in MountainsA case study in a protection forest in Savoy (France)
- Earthwatch Institute:Scientific Field ResearchPublic Educationand Global Responsibility
- 3. Headwater Management: Some Regional Perspectives
- Headwater Control in North America
- Headwater Problems in Africa
- Headwater Control in Austria.
- Strategies for Headwater Control in Norway
- Groundwater Protection in Belarus
- 4. Conclusions
- Reconstructing Headwater AreasSocial and institutional considerations
- Conclusions and RecommendationsFrom the Liberec Workshop
- List of Contributors
- Participants