From Catchment Management to Managing River Basins: Science, Technology Choices, Institutions and Policy

From Catchment Management to Managing River Basins: Science, Technology Choices, Institutions and Policy synthesizes key scientific facts crucial for catchment assessment, planning and river basin water accounting. The book presents extensive reviews of international literature on catchment hydrology, forest hydrology and other hydrological processes, such as groundwater-surface water interactions. It discusses not only the science of catchment assessment and planning, but also the catchment planning process. It documents several of the positive international experiences with integrated catchment management and integrated basin management, distilling key learnings. Case studies from India and other parts of South Asia are also included, along with new pilot studies.

Finally, the book discusses the theoretical and operational aspects of integrated catchment management and integrated water management in river basins using international best practices and case studies.

Discusses the theoretical nuances of scale effects in hydrology and land-use hydrology interactions Focuses on managing water in a situation in which water has become scarceProvides a theoretical discussion on water accounting procedures that is followed by an application of the methodology and tools in real-life case studies in two river basins of IndiaPresents applications of the concept of integrated water resources management for developing a WRM plan for an Indian river basin

1. Introduction 2. Catchment Management to Basin Management: International Perspectives and Overview of Global Experience 3. Watershed Management Experiences in South Asia 4. From Watershed to Sub-Basins: Analyzing the Scale Effects of Watershed Development in Narmada River Basin, Central India 5. Catchment Assessment and Planning for Improving Effectiveness of Watershed Development Interventions: A Case Study from South Gujarat 6. Basin Water Accounting to Develop Understanding of Water Tenures: A Case Study of Water Rich Warna River Basin 7. Basin Water Accounting for Evolving Integrated Water Resources Management Plan: A Case Study of Water-Scarce Luni River Basin 8. Downscaling IWRM Plan from Basin to Districts: IWRM Plan for the District of Pali in Western Rajasthan 9. Water Accounting for Kanpur Metropolitan Area in Ganges River Basin 10. Addressing the Scale Issues in Watershed Development 11. Operationalizing IWRM Concepts at the Basin Level: From Theory to Practice 12. Conclusions and Areas for Future Research