Sustainable Management of Headwater Resources
Subtitle: Research from Africa and India (Water Resources Management and Policy) (Water Resources Management and Policy)
Publisher: United Nations University Press
Published: December 16, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9789280811087
Subjects: Management of land & natural resources; Pollution of rivers & water supplies; Water resources development; Politics / Current Events; International Relations - General; Watershed management; Africa; Public Policy - Economic Policy; Political Science; Politics - Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Science/Mathematics; Management; Development - Sustainable Development; Public Policy - Environmental Policy; Congresses; Mountain watersheds
First sentence: Headwater regions provide the source for water resources and the margins of drainage basins, and they are the first- and zero-order basins that surround every catchment.