Integrated Assessment of Scale Impacts of Watershed Intervention: Assessing Hydrogeological and Bio-physical Influences on Livelihoods

Integrated Assessment of Scale Impacts of Watershed Interventions is the outcome of a multi-disciplinary research team of social scientists, hydrologists (groundwater and surface water), modellers; and bio-physical scientists who have worked together over five years to develop an integrated model of the sustainability of biophysical, economic and social impacts of watersheds. Impacts of watershed interventions are assessed at upstream, mid-stream and downstream locations of two hydrological units that are characterised with differential bio-physical attributes. The editors propose that watershed interventions, when integrated with hydro-geology and bio-physical aspects, have greater influence on the resilience of the socio-ecological system. This book takes these aspects in to consideration and in the process provides insights in to watershed design and implementation. Integrates hydrogeology, bio-physical, and socioeconomic aspects of watersheds in a hydrological contextProvides a comprehensive understanding of the impacts  of watershed interventionsAssesses the role of watershed interventions in enhancing household resilienceProvides hydrological and socio-economic methodologies for  design of sustainble watershed  interventions including scale and institutional arrangements for implementing and sustaining watershed interventions INDICE: Part I Setting Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Assessing Scale Impacts of Watershed Development: An Analytical Framework Part II Hydro-geological and Bio-physical Aspects of the Watersheds Chapter 3 Investigating Geophysical and Hydro-geological Variability and their Impact on Water Resources in the Context of Meso-Watersheds Chapter 4 Application of simple coupled surface water-groundwater models to assessing meso-scale watershed development Chapter 5 Hydrological Modelling for Integrated Water Resource Management Chapter 6 Sustainable Watershed Development- Design Methodology Part III Socio-economic and Livelihood Impacts of Watersheds Chapter 7 Assessing Livelihood Impacts of Watersheds at Scale: An Integrated Approach Chapter 8 Evaluating the Determinants of Perceived Drought Resilience: An Empirical Analysis of Farmers' Survival Capabilities in Drought Prone Regions Chapter 9 Modelling livelihood indicators and household resilience using Bayesian Networks Chapter 10 Social, Equity and Ethical Aspects of Evaluation of Watershed Development Part IV Integrating Science into Policy and Practice Chapter 11 Stakeholder Engagement in the Context of Watershed Development Chapter 12 Scenario Building: Exploring implications of climate, land use and policy interventions on water resources, livelihoods and resilience Part V Conclusions Chapter 13 Summary and Conclusion

• ISBN: 978-0-12-800067-0
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 384
• Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2014
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés