Watershed Management Research Data
Author | : Water Resources Center Archives (Calif.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 127 |
Release | : 1959 |
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Author | : Water Resources Center Archives (Calif.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 127 |
Release | : 1959 |
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Author | : University of California (System). Water Resources Center |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 1959 |
Genre | : Water conservation |
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Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 1997-04-09 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0309174821 |
Watershed research is conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to expand our understanding of basic hydrologic mechanisms and their responses at the watershed scale and to provide information that serves as the basis for water and environmental management activities carried out largely by other governmental and private entities. The work of the USGS in this area is carried out by its Water Resources Division and occurs in three general program areas: basic research, regional and site assessments, and data collection. These activities are becoming increasingly important, especially in the context of water and environmental management, where contemporary problems are being approached more than ever on an integrated ecosystems or watershed basis and where the underlying physical, chemical, and biological science is complex. Although the value of this type of hydrologic research is well recognized within the USGS, available financial resources to support it remain modest. Thus, this study seeks to help maximize the effectiveness of the agency's work. The study took two years, during which time the committee visited field sites, received briefings, reviewed descriptive materials, deliberated toward conclusions, and wrote this report. Recommendations are intended to assist the USGS in improving its overall strategy for work in this area; descriptions of a number of scientific opportunities are included, and appropriate circumstances for collaboration with and support for others are identified.
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 97 |
Release | : 1997-05-09 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0309057396 |
Watershed research is conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to expand our understanding of basic hydrologic mechanisms and their responses at the watershed scale and to provide information that serves as the basis for water and environmental management activities carried out largely by other governmental and private entities. The work of the USGS in this area is carried out by its Water Resources Division and occurs in three general program areas: basic research, regional and site assessments, and data collection. These activities are becoming increasingly important, especially in the context of water and environmental management, where contemporary problems are being approached more than ever on an integrated ecosystems or watershed basis and where the underlying physical, chemical, and biological science is complex. Although the value of this type of hydrologic research is well recognized within the USGS, available financial resources to support it remain modest. Thus, this study seeks to help maximize the effectiveness of the agency's work. The study took two years, during which time the committee visited field sites, received briefings, reviewed descriptive materials, deliberated toward conclusions, and wrote this report. Recommendations are intended to assist the USGS in improving its overall strategy for work in this area; descriptions of a number of scientific opportunities are included, and appropriate circumstances for collaboration with and support for others are identified.
Author | : Utah Water Research Laboratory |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Water quality management |
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Author | : United States. General Accounting Office |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Federal aid to water quality management |
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Author | : Robert J. Naiman |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 738 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1461243823 |
Conceptual separation of humans and natural ecosystems is reflected in the thinking of most natural resource management professions, including for estry, wildlife management, fisheries, range management, and watershed management (Burch 1971). Such thinking can deny the reality of the human element in local, regional, and global ecosystems (Bonnicksen and Lee 1982, Klausner 1971, Vayda 1977). As complex organisms with highly developed cultural abilities to modify their environment, humans directly or indirectly affect almost all terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems (Bennett 1976). Conse quently, information for managing watershed ecosystems is incomplete without consideration of human institutions and activities. Sociologists have studied the relationships between human societies and the land base or ecosystems on which they depend for over 60 years (Field and Burch 1990). These studies are distinguished by (1) a holistic perspec tive that sees people and their environments as interacting systems, (2) flex ible approaches that permit either the environment or human society to be treated as the independent variable in analyzing of society-environment re lations, and (3) accumulation of a substantial body of knowledge about how the future welfare of a society is influenced by its uses (or misuses) of land and water (Firey 1990).
Author | : John G. Lyon |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 299 |
Release | : 2002-10-03 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0203217918 |
The use of GIS, and its application for solving environmental problems is growing rapidly. This powerful set of tools can be used to great effect in hydrological modeling, environment and habitat assessments, ecosystem studies, monitoring of wetlands and forested watersheds, urban studies, agricultural impact assessment and much more. GIS for Water