Envg.840                      Watershed Management                                 (3 C.H)

Course Objectives

The course is designed to enable the students to understand the issues, causes, problems and management of watershed.

Course Contents

• Watershed ecosystem: natural, terrestrial and aquatic systems
• Watershed concept, principles, components and community
• Watershed deterioration: deforestation, soil degradation, flashfloods, drought
• Impact on natural resources and socio-economic livelihood of watershed inhabitants, shift in land-use pattern and vegetation, eradication of endangered species from watershed
• Watershed resource management: agriculture management, integrated farming, soil management
• Scientific and traditional watershed management practices in rodkohi and non rodkohi areas, case studies, integrated watershed management: integrated water resource management, water rights and legislation in rodkohi and non rodkohi regions, case studies
• Participatory approach of watershed management: community participation, private sector participation, gender issues, watershed management policies, decision and implementation.

Recommended Books:

• Heathcote, W., 2009. Integrated Watershed Management: Principles and Practice. John Wiley and Sons, New York, USA.
• Jullien, P.Y., 2009. Erosion and Sedimentation, 2nd Ed. Cambridge University Press, UK.
• Randhir, T.O., 2007. Watershed Management: Issues and Approaches. IWA.
• Thomas, W.C. and Ann Marie, V., 2011. Sustainable Landscape Management; Design, Construction and Maintenance. John Wiley and Sons, New Jersey, USA.
• Vijay, P.S., and Yadava, R.N., 2009. Watershed Management. Allied, India.