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Rural Watershed Management : The Power of Integration

Year: 2009

Type: book

Abstract: A watershed is an area that supplies water by surface or subsurface flow to a drainage system or body of water. Watersheds vary from a few hectares to thousands of square kilometers. Watershed management (WSM) is the integrated use of land, vegetation, and water in a specific drainage area with the objective of conserving hydrologic services and reducing or avoiding damage downstream or underground. The first generation of WSM projects emphasized engineering and civil works. By the end of the 1980s, the comparative failure of this top-down approach was clear. Since the 1990s, WSM programs have integrated livelihood improvements and poverty reduction objectives with soil and water conservation.

Source: World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks

DOI: 10.1596/11730

Authors: Salah Darghouth, Christopher Ward, Gretel Gambarelli, Erika Styger, Julienne Roux

Language: English

Topic: Integrated Water Resources Management

Subfield: Water Science and Technology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Clean water and sanitation, Life on land

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W319035286

FWCI: 0.981

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