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Designing a model for integrated watershed management in Iran

This study, which designs a model for integrated watershed management in Iran, is based on qualitative research applying a grounded theory methodology. Interviewing was the main tool for gathering data. Using snowball sampling, we chose three categories of informants: (a) academics and experienced natural resource experts, (b) representatives of active environmental non-governmental ...

Aug. 24, 2017

By IWA Publishing

Integrating multicriteria analysis and geographic information systems: the ordered weighted averaging (OWA) approach

The ordered weighted averaging (OWA) is a family of multicriteria combination (aggregation) procedures. The generality of OWA is related to its capability to implement different combination operators by selecting appropriate order weights. By specifying suitable order weights it is possible to change the form of aggregation from the minimum-type combination through all intermediate types ...

Nov. 28, 2005

By Inderscience Publishers

Participatory watershed management (PWM): an approach for integrated development of rural India: a case study from Karnataka, southern India

Watershed management is an emerging concept for the efficient use of rain run-off in the rural areas of India. The approach to watershed management is participatory in nature, people friendly, location specific, processed based and geared to cater to the problems and needs of the rural communities. Operation of watershed management is ideal where the rainfall pattern is very short, uneven and ...

Mar. 18, 2005

By Inderscience Publishers

Working Towards Watershed Management in the City of Atlanta

In 2002, the leadership of the City of Atlanta kicked off a comprehensive program to have the cleanest urban streams and rivers in the country within a decade, recognizing that the City’s future economic growth, jobs, affordability, and quality of life all depend on clean water. Atlanta is faced with many obstacles on the way to meeting this challenge; a few of these include: Ongoing ...

Oct. 21, 2006

By Water Environment Federation (WEF)

Community Based Ecological Monitoring in Nova Scotia: Challenges and Opportunities

This article examines community-based ecological monitoring in Nova Scotia, with an emphasis on watershed stewardship groups. It discusses successes to date and future challenges, drawing on examples from the Atlantic Coastal Action Program (ACAP) and other community groups. The barriers to the generation of robust monitoring datasets and effective participation in watershed management are ...

Feb. 1, 2006

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Semi–arid watershed management: the experimental farm and representative catchment of the High Mountains of Sinai Peninsula

The need for watershed management models in the Arab Republic of Egypt - particularly in the remote arid and semi–arid desert and mountain regions - surfaced once again as one of the very demanding instruments for socio–economic and socio–ecological sustainable development. Highland watershed management and mountainous agriculture are highly impacted under the aspects of climate change, reflected ...

Feb. 16, 2015

By Inderscience Publishers

City of Santa Monica Airport Watershed Management Plan

ABSTRACT The City of Santa Monica implements best management practices (BMPs) to address urban stormwater runoff and uses a “hierarchy” of BMPs to prioritize implementation based on the principles of protecting public safety and the environment, maximizing environmental benefits, and minimizing costs. The hierarchy of BMPs includes the following (in order of priority): 1) harvesting, treating, ...

Oct. 13, 2007

By Water Environment Federation (WEF)

Effect of climate change on potential evapotranspiration: a case study on Gharehsoo sub–basin, Iran

Potential evapotranspiration (ET0) as an important factor in hydrologic cycle has a key role in integrated watershed management practices. Moreover, study of the lack of precipitation with respect to ET0 is one of the main references in management of extreme events. In this study, Gharehsoo sub–basin as a part of Caspian Sea watershed located in Golestan province at Northern Iran is studied to ...

Mar. 1, 2013

By Inderscience Publishers

The Columbia River Treaty: the politics and possibilities for change

International watershed basins shared by two or more states cover nearly half the land surface of the earth and often present complex, interconnected management challenges. The Columbia River basin has long been considered a model case of international watershed management. The fiftieth anniversary of the Canada–United States treaty that governs the basin occurred in 2014, which was also the ...

Feb. 19, 2016

By IWA Publishing

Sustainable Management of Headwater Resources: The Nairobi `Headwater` Declaration (2002) and Beyond

Abstract: Promoting integrated, self-sustainable management strategies for the management of the zero-to-first- order catchments, which provide the marginal areas of every river basin, is the goal of the 'Headwater Control' movement. Headwaters provide the source of fresh water resources and changes in their characteristics may affect the water resources in all areas downstream. Because of the ...

Mar. 13, 2004

By IOS Press

Applying Integrated Watershed Management Techniques in Stevens Creek

ABSTRACTThe Stevens Creek Watershed located just east of Lincoln, Nebraska, will experience rapid growth pressures in the coming years, a trend that has the potential to adversely impact the region’s natural resources. To maintain a balance of economic growth opportunities and the protection of natural resources, the City of Lincoln and the Lower Platte South Natural Resource District embarked on ...

Oct. 22, 2006

By Water Environment Federation (WEF)

Preliminary identification of watershed management strategies for the Houjing river in Taiwan

The Houjing River watershed is one of the three major river watersheds in the Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. Based on the recent water quality analysis, the Houjing River is heavily polluted. Both point and non-point source (NPS) pollutants are the major causes of the poor water quality in the Houjing River. Investigation results demonstrate that the main point pollution sources included municipal, ...

Oct. 1, 2010

By IWA Publishing

Handbook for developing watershed plans to restore and protect our waters

This handbook provides information on developing and implementing watershed management plans that help to restore and protect water quality. A watershed is the area of land that contributes runoff to a lake, river, stream, wetland, estuary, or bay. A watershed management plan defines and addresses existing or future water quality problems from both point sources and nonpoint sources of ...

Mar. 1, 2008

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Collaboration as process: a case study of Michigan's watershed permit

Collaborative watershed management has been heavily promoted and widely implemented to address a variety of natural resource concerns, resulting in the adoption and adaptation of the approach to management by regulatory agencies. Although several characteristics or indicators of success for watershed partnerships have been identified in the literature, these often portray a direct cause and ...

Jun. 2, 2015

By IWA Publishing

Phosphorus sorption and potantial phosphorus storage in sediments of Lake Istokpoga and the upper chain of Lakes, Florida, USA

Received for publication October 7, 2007. Phosphorus (P) can be an important nutrient in regulating primary productivity in lakes. The ability of lake sediments to retain P from external sources depends on the physiochemical characteristics of the sediment. To assess the P dynamics in Lake Istokpoga and the upper chain of lakes that drain into Lake Okeechobee, Florida, USA, sorption properties of ...

Mar. 25, 2009

By Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Development of water scenarios for large lakes in Europe: the case of Lake Peipsi

Qualitative or quantitative description of the future by developing scenarios is a key method when taking a long-term view, e.g., up to 2050. Previously the time frames covered by the scenarios have usually been no more than 20 years. This period can be too short for achieving long-term goals when, for example, testing watershed management plans. This paper is an attempt to introduce and ...

Jun. 1, 2011

By IWA Publishing

Seasonal water quality vs. flow relationships in a small regulated stream

The relationship of a water quality constituent with respect to flow measured at a stream monitoring station can give valuable information about the watershed and in-stream processes about the constituent in question. Seasonal dependency patterns often reveal relationships which would be unnoticed if all data are treated together. The aim of this study is to examine water quality constituent ...

Mar. 21, 2006

By Inderscience Publishers

Sustainable natural resource management through multi-regional cooperation

Management of natural resources has clear implications for local, national, and supranational territorial units because of diverse and fundamental implications linked to how and where they are managed. There is a strong need to go beyond local, regional or even national administrative borders, redesigning new geographical areas and starting cross-border cooperative actions for more sustainable ...

Jan. 26, 2004

By Inderscience Publishers

Feasibility of rural regeneration by cooperative watershed resources management in Japan

This study addresses multiple social issues in order to regenerate collapsing rural regions and realise environmentally friendly economic growth from a standpoint of watershed-based management. It is difficult for a single agricultural community to revitalise itself and therefore, such a community needs to seek cooperative management involving other regions and industrial sectors. In this case ...

Apr. 12, 2009

By Inderscience Publishers

Catchment delineation and morphometric analysis using geographical information system

The geographical information system (GIS) has emerged as an efficient tool in delineation of drainage patterns of watershed planning and management. The morphometric parameters of basins can address linear, areal and relief aspects. The study deals with the integrated watershed management of Baliya micro-watersheds, located in the Udaipur district of Rajasthan, India. Morphometric analysis in ...

Jun. 23, 2015

By IWA Publishing

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