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Watershed Forest Management: New Tools for Water Resources Conservation - Couverture souple

Zhang, Yanli

 
9783836475174: Watershed Forest Management: New Tools for Water Resources Conservation
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3836475170 ISBN 13 : 9783836475174
Editeur : VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008

Synopsis

Sufficient clean water supply is a prerequisite for sustainable development. However, water shortage is the most worrying problem under modern development pressure. The watershed is the natural water resource unit, and scientific watershed management is needed to protect and improve water resources. A watershed is an integration of all kinds of biophysical and social economical factors. Its management requires systematic tools to assist decision making. This book presents tools developed with up-to-date geospatial technology to address several crucial aspects of watershed management. The Watershed Management Priority Indices (WMPI) is a zoning approach to prioritize critical areas for conservation and restoration. The Forest Road Evaluation System (FRES) is a module to evaluate roads and road-stream crossings in order to develop preventive management strategies. The Harvest Scheduling Review System (HSRS) is a module to estimate the cumulative hydrologic effect of timber harvesting on water yield and associated quality change. These tools will assist foresters, watershed management coordinators, and planners in managing the watershed in an environmentally healthy way.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Sufficient clean water supply is a prerequisite for sustainable development. However, water shortage is the most worrying problem under modern development pressure. The watershed is the natural water resource unit, and scientific watershed management is needed to protect and improve water resources. A watershed is an integration of all kinds of biophysical and social economical factors. Its management requires systematic tools to assist decision making. This book presents tools developed with up-to-date geospatial technology to address several crucial aspects of watershed management. The Watershed Management Priority Indices (WMPI) is a zoning approach to prioritize critical areas for conservation and restoration. The Forest Road Evaluation System (FRES) is a module to evaluate roads and road-stream crossings in order to develop preventive management strategies. The Harvest Scheduling Review System (HSRS) is a module to estimate the cumulative hydrologic effect of timber harvesting on water yield and associated quality change. These tools will assist foresters, watershed management coordinators, and planners in managing the watershed in an environmentally healthy way.

Biographie de l'auteur

Yanli Zhang, Ph.D.: studied GIScience and forestry at University of Massachusetts Amherst. Visiting assistant professor at University of Northern Iowa.

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Éditeur
VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3836475170
ISBN 13 
9783836475174
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
124
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