New strategies for America's watersheds /

Emergence of a toxic organism like pfisteria in tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay has focused public attention on potential hazards in our water. More importantly, it has reminded us of the importance of the entire watershed to the health of any body of water and how political boundaries complicate...

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Korporativní autor: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Watershed Management
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999.
On-line přístup:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=6645
Obsah:
  • Why watersheds?
  • Spatial and temporal scales for watersheds
  • Regional variations
  • Data and information
  • Connecting science and the decisionmaker
  • Organizing for watershed management
  • Financing watershed organizations
  • Planning and decisionmaking
  • Conclusions and recommendations.