Strategies for River Basin Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Editorial.
• 1 River Basin Development and Ecosystem Approaches.
• Synthesis and Conclusions River Basin Strategy for Coordinated Land and Water Conservation.
• River basin development strategies in the Tisza valley.
• Ecosystem modelling of a river basin.
• Ecosystem approaches to river basin planning.
• Methodology for monitoring and evaluation of integrated land and water development.
• 2 Complementarity of Land and Water Conservation.
• 2.1 Importance of soil conservation in the context of river basin realities.
• Problems related to coordinated control and management of land and water resources — Some perceptions derived from the Indian experience.
• Seeking a new balance in deteriorating upper Citarum basin in West Java.
• Methods of land and water conservation in the Wuding river basin.
• Soil and water conservation on the Chinese loess plateau—The example of the Xio Shi Guo Brigade.
• Catchment ecosystems and traditional village tank cascades in the dry zone of Sri Lanka.
• Control and management of land-use and water resources of Bhavani river basin in Tamil Nadu, India.
• Problems of land use and water resources management in the upper Tana catchment in Kenya.
• 2.2 Whole river basin as an interactive system.
• Upstream-downstream interactions as natural constraints to basin-wide planning for China’s River Huang.
• Some strategic principles for long-term river basin development — The case of Han river.
• The integrated river basin development. The challenges to the Nile basin countries.
• 2.3 Managing water quality impact in industrialized countries.
• Approach to eutrophication problems close to an expanding metropolis in Australia.
• The changing Illinois river.
• Water-course monitoring in a Swedish river basin: growth, development and future.
• 3 Conflict Management; Tools and Principles.
• 3.1 Formal and non-formal options in conflict management.
• Legal and administrative tools for river basin development.
• Legal, administrative and economic tools for conflict resolution. Perspectives on river basin management in industrialized countries.
• Environmental conflicts: Structure and management.
• 3.2 Importance of time perspective.
• Problems of water reallocation in Colorado - America’s most fully utilized river.
• Conflict between flood preparedness and drought preparedness in the Colorado river basin.
• Water resources conflicts in integrated river basin development. The case of Kävlinge river.
• 3.3 Political interference and the role of traditions in management.
• The making and the breaking of agreement on the Ganges.
• The Mahaweli strategy of Sri Lanka — Great expectation of a small nation.
• Coordinated management of land and water resources; regionalization and institutions.
• Equity issues in the implementation of river basin planning.
• 4 River Basin Resources Administration and Analysis.
• 4.1 Approaches in river basin administration and development.
• Different types of river basin entities — A global outlook.
• The river basin concept as seen from a management perspective in USA.
• The Thames basin, England — Legal and administrative system.
• The relevance of river basin approach for coordinated land and water conservation and management.
• Rationale for establishing a river basin authority in Tanzania.
• Models for resource analysis and policy implications in a river basin context.
• Methodologies for water resources policy analysis in river basins.
• Problems related to growing urban systems from a river basin perspective.