Use Of Historical Data As A Decision Support Tool In Watershed Management

Download or read book Use of Historical Data as a Decision Support Tool in Watershed Management written by W. K. B. Elkaduwa and published by IWMI. This book was released on 1999 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Watershed analysis provides a framework for ecosystem management, which is currently the best option for conservation and management of natural resources. The current methods of assessing hydrologic impacts of land use transformations at the watershed scale, particularly in the tropics, are impaired by technical, financial, and time constraints. This study provides an alternative approach to ascertain the acutual changes in hydrologic response of a particular watershed to land use transformations made in the past.