Opportunities for incorporating geography into the river basinmanagement
Aménagement hydraulique ; Bassin-versant ; Cours d'eau ; Développement durable ; Environnement ; Gestion de l'eau ; Hydrologie ; Ressource naturelle ; Slovénie ; Sotla
Environment ; Hydraulic works ; Hydrology ; Natural resources ; Slovenia ; Stream ; Sustainable development ; Water management ; Watershed
Geography in Slovenia is not sufficiently involved in the management of river basins, so the A. designed a model of geographical approach to integrated management of water resources presented on the example of the Sotla river basin. He considered
the river basin with its inner diversity and heterogeneity as a basic spatial unit of management. This approach would be a supplement to present sustainable strategies of water management and it could be applied by appropriate study programmes in geography
Salinity and basinmanagement in Southeastern Australia
Australie ; Bassin-versant ; Eau ; Eau souterraine ; Gestion de l'eau ; Géographie de l'Océanie ; Hydrochimie ; Irrigation ; Murray-Darling ; New South Wales ; Qualité de l'eau ; Salinité ; South Australia ; Victoria
L'irrigation intensive a entraîné la salinisation des eaux du bassin-versant de Murray-Darling. La gestion en est rendue difficile par la répartition entre plusieurs collectivités locales. Proposition pour la création d'une agence de bassin.
Assessing transformation and sustainability in the Great Lakes Basin
Canada ; Ecosystème ; Environnement ; Gestion de l'environnement ; Great Lakes bassin ; Géographie humaine ; Modèle ; Qualité de l'eau ; Utilisation du sol
The purpose of this paper is to apply the sociobiophysical evolution model (Grzybowski 1986| Grzybowski, Slocombe 1988) to the Great Lakes Basin and to explore its implications for management of the Basin.
A geographical information system to manage water resources and fishing fauna
Bassin-versant ; Eau ; Gestion des ressources ; Italie ; Italie du Nord ; Montagne ; Pêche ; Ressource en eau ; Système d'information géographique
Fishing ; Geographical information system ; Italy ; Mountain ; Northern Italy ; Resource management ; Water ; Water resources ; Watershed
This paper describes the main characteristics of a gaographical information system designed and implemented to manage hydrographic and fishing resources in a mountain region. A case study, for the But stream basin (located in the North Eastern Italy
), is also described. This GIS, developed with the help of Regional Fishery Agency, gives a new way to manage and resolve problems and underlines how the management of hydrographic and fishing resources can be improved using inovative computerised tools
Scales and power in river basinmanagement : the Chao Phraya River in Thailand
Critical perspectives on integrated water management
Allocation ; Discourse ; Ecology ; Management ; Policy ; River basin ; Thailand ; Water resources
Allocation ; Bassin fluvial ; Discours ; Ecologie ; Gestion ; Politique ; Ressource en eau ; Thaïlande
Brève revue de plusieurs usages communs du concept d'échelle en écologie politique et illustration du rôle de l'interconnexion des bassins fluviaux en termes hydrologiques, écologiques et sociaux. Exemples de ces considérations théoriques en
utilisant l'étude du cas du bassin fluvial de Chao Phraya en Thaïlande. Etude des différents types d'interactions scalaires dans le bassin incluant celles d'aval (Bangkok) vers celles d'amont et d'autres bassins fluviaux.
Shifting river management toward salmon restoration in the Columbia River basin
Aquaculture ; Economic impact ; Energy ; Power station ; Resource management ; River basin ; Stream ; United States of America
Aquaculture ; Bassin fluvial ; Centrale électrique ; Columbia ; Cours d'eau ; Energie ; Etats-Unis ; Gestion des ressources ; Impact économique ; Saumon
The Columbia River Basin is the site of a conflict over two resources : hydroelectricity and Pacific salmon. Since 1982, the Pacific Northwest Power Planning Council has endeavored to mediate the conflict by implementing a water budget measure
Managing the Missouri River basin : the failure of the Pick-Sloan program
Aménagement hydraulique ; Barrage ; Bassin-versant ; Centrale électrique ; Cours d'eau ; Etats-Unis ; Missouri ; Régularisation
The transformation of the Missouri River by federal agencies into a series of lakes and a huge ditch has completely changed the economic base of large portions of the upper basin states of Montana and North and South Dakota. - (DWG)
China ; Coastal dynamics ; Delta ; Environmental management ; Erosion ; Huang He ; Human impact ; Precipitation ; Watershed
In this study, an effort has been made to elucidate the effect of changing human activities and precipitation on land accretion of the Yellow River delta, to provide a stronger basis for environmental management in the Yellow River drainage basin
Traditional water management and state intervention: the case of Santo Antão, Cape Verde
Cape Verde ; Government intervention ; Irrigation ; Water ; Water management
A Sahelian-type climate and rugged relief in this westernmost island of the Cape Verde archipelago requires a meticulous water management to support its 45,000 people. The irrigation systems are intricate and well-organized, but a new irrigation
policy is advocated that involve greater farmer participation and creating the entire river basin as the natural unit of integration. - (DWG)
Facilitating regional sustainable development through integrated multi-objective utilization, management of water resources in the Lancang-Mekong river basin
Barrage ; Bassin-versant ; Chine ; Crue ; Développement durable ; Eau ; Gestion de l'eau ; Inondation ; Irrigation ; Qinghai ; Ressource en eau ; Yunnan
China ; Dam ; Flood ; Inundation ; Irrigation ; Qinghai ; Sustainable development ; Water ; Water management ; Water resources ; Watershed ; Yunnan
Agreement on Cooperation for Sustainable Development of Mekong Basin signed by the four riparian countries along the lower Mekong River on April 5, 1995 provides a new opportunity for sustainable development of the Basin. If the multi-purpose
utilization of the water resources is the target for carrying out integrated planning and management, and the efforts are made, then all problems such as power demand, irrigation, flood, salt water intrusion as well as acid water erosion tosoil could be solved
The distributed sediment budget model and watershed management in the Paleozoic Plateau of the Upper Midwestern United States
Aménagement fluvial ; Bassin-versant ; Bilan sédimentaire ; Erosion des sols ; Etats-Unis ; Modèle ; Plaine d'inondation ; Utilisation du sol ; Wisconsin
Floodplain ; Land use ; Model ; River management ; Sediment budget ; Soil erosion ; United States ; Watershed ; Wisconsin
The distributed sediment budget model describes the complex sediment storage fluxes of three basin zones (tributaries, upper main valley and lower main valley) in the Paleozoic Plateau of the Midwest and is therefore useful for purposes of watershed
management, especially for sediment-yield control. Each zone has distinctive morphological characteristics that reflect present and past.
System are powerful tools to construct Watershed Flood Disaster Management Information System (WFDMIS). In this paper, the design and implementation of WFDMIS are discussed. An application example in Poyang Lake Basin is given.
Watershed flood disaster management concerns monitoring and forecasting flood, assessing the flood damage and flood control and disaster reduction decision making in the scope of the whole watershed. Remote sensing and Geographical Information
Australia ; Community ; Decision ; Land ; Management ; Organization ; Participation ; Queensland ; Resource management ; Watershed
L'A. relate l'expérience d'individus qui se portent volontaires dans des groupes pour gérer les bassins-versants de la zone côtière du Queensland. L'analyse des interviews révèle que certains individus acquièrent personnellement une situation de
Environmental information for total catchment management: incorporating local knowledge
Aménagement régional ; Australie ; Bassin-versant ; Concept ; Echelle ; Environnement ; Erosion des sols ; Modèle ; New South Wales ; Salinité
Total Catchment Management (TCM) has been implemented in New South Wales to provide a more integrated, participatory approach to natural resource management. This paper examines the adequacy of environmental information in terms of both
the participatory turn in government policy and the management imperatives of the integrated, catchment-wide approach of TCM. Drawing on empirical studies in the Hunter Valley, it is suggested that current information available for TCM is inadequate and reflects