About the Book
This book addresses the fundamental requirement for an
interdisciplinary catchment based approach to managing and
protecting water resources that crucially includes an
understanding of land use and its management. In this
approach the hydrological cycle links mountains to the sea, and
ecosystems in rivers, groundwaters, lakes, wetlands, estuaries and
coasts forming an essential continuum directly influenced by human
activity.
The book provides a synthesis of current and future thinking in
catchment management, and shows how the specific problems that
arise in water use policy can be addressed within the context of an
integrated approach to management. The book is written for advanced
students, researchers, fellow academics and water sector
professionals such as planners and regulators. The intention is to
highlight examples and case studies that have resonance not only
within natural sciences and engineering but with academics
in other fields such as socio-economics, law and policy.
Table of Contents:
List of contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements 1. The Catchment Management Concept: Robert C.
Ferrier (The Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen) and Alan Jenkins (Centre
for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford)
2. Wetland Management: Mike Acreman (Centre for Ecology and
Hydrology, Wallingford) and J. Owen Mountford (Centre for Ecology
and Hydrology, Wallingford)
3. Flood Management: Ralph M. J. Schielen (Centre for Water
Management, Lelystad)
4. Ecological Consequences of River Channel Management: Nikolai
Friberg (The Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen)
5. Managing Agricultural Catchments to Sustain Production and
Water Quality: Andrew Sharpley (University of Arkansas), Marty
Matlock (University of Arkansas), Louise Heathwaite (Centre for
Sustainable Water Management, Lancaster University) and Tom Simpson
(Water Stewardship, Inc., Annapolis)
6. Effluent Management: Alan Jenkins (Centre for Ecology and
Hydrology, Wallingford) and Robert Ferrier (The Macaulay Institute,
Aberdeen)
7. Managing Urban Runoff: J. Bryan Ellis (Urban Pollution
Research Centre, Middlesex University)
8. Catchment to Coast Systems - Managing Microbial Pollutants
for Bathing and Shellfish Harvesting Waters: David Kay (School of
Geography, University of Leeds), Adrian McDonald (School of
Geography, University of Leeds), Carl Stapleton (School of
Geography, University of Leeds), Mark Wyer (School of Geography,
University of Leeds) and John Crowther (School of Geography,
University of Leeds)
9. Irrigation Management in a Catchment Context: Shahbaz Khan
(UNESCO, Paris)
10. Managing Potable Water Supplies: Bernard Barraque
(LATTS-ENPC, Marne-la-Vallée)
11. Managing Catchments for Hydropower Generation: Haakon
Thaulow (Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Oslo), Arve Tvede
(Statkraft Energy Production, Environment and Concessions,
Lilleaker), Tor Simon Pedersen (Statkraft Energy Production,
Environment and Concessions, Oslo) and Karin Seelos (Statkraft
Energi AS, Oslo)
12. The Danube River - The Most International River Basin:
Philip Weller (International Commission for the Protection of the
Danube River, Vienna)
13. Murray-Darling Basin - Integrated Management in a Large, Dry
and Thirsty Basin: Sarah Ryan (CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems,
Canberra)
14. Water Resources in South East England - A Dilemma in
Sustainable Development: John C. Rodda (Centre for Ecology and
Hydrology, Wallingford)
15. Managing the Catchments of the Great Barrier Reef: Jane
Waterhouse (CSIRO Water for a Healthy Country Flagship and Reef
Water Quality Partnership, Aitkenvale), Mike Grundy (CSIRO Land and
Water, St Lucia), Iain Gordon (CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems,
Aitkenvale), Jon Brodie (Australian Centre for Tropical Freshwater
Research, James Cook University, Douglas), Rachel Eberhard
(Eberhard Consulting Pty Ltd, Dutton Park) and Hugh Yorkston (Great
Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville)
16. Catchment Management Case Study - Senegal River: Mike C.
Acreman (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford)
17. Laguna De Bay - A Tropical Lake Under Pressure: Maria
Victoria O. Espaldon (School of Environmental Science and
Management, University of the Philippines Los Banos)
18. Chesapeake Bay Catchment Management - Lessons Learned from a
Collaborative, Science-Based Approach to Water Quality Restoration:
Tom Simpson (Water Stewardship, Inc., Annapolis)
19. The Glasgow Strategic Drainage Plan: J. Bryan Ellis (Urban
Pollution Research Centre, Middlesex University)
20. The Ruhr Catchment (Germany) - The Contribution of
Reservoirs to Integrated River Basin Management: Gerd Morgenschweis
(Water Resources Management Department of Ruhrverband, Essen)
21. Evolution of River Basin Management in the Okavango System,
Southern Africa: Piotr Wolski (University of Botswana, Harry
Oppenheimer Okavango Research Centre), Lars Ramberg (University of
Botswana, Harry Oppenheimer Okavango Research Centre), Lapo Magole
(University of Botswana, Harry Oppenheimer Okavango Research
Centre) and Dominic Mazvimavi (University of Botswana, Harry
Oppenheimer Okavango Research Centre)
22. Basin Management Approaches Used in a High-latitude Northern
Catchment - The Mackenzie River Basin: Frederick J. Wrona (Water
and Climate Impacts Research Centre, Environment Canada,University
of Victoria), Joseph M. Culp (Canadian Rivers Institute,
Environment Canada, University of New Brunswick) and Terry D.
Prowse (Water and Climate Impacts Research Centre, Environment
Canada, University of Victoria)
23. The Future for Catchment Management: Robert C. Ferrier (The
Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen), Alan Jenkins (Centre for Ecology and
Hydrolog, , Wallingford y) and Kirsty Blackstock (The Macaulay
Institute, Aberdeen)
About the Author :
Bob Ferrier is the Head of the Catchment Research Group at
the Macaulay Institute and an Honorary Research Fellow in the
College of Physical Sciences, University of Aberdeen. He is a
hydrochemist whose research focuses on modeling the consequences of
environmental change on water resources and on addressing the
global challenge of diffuse pollution. In 2006, he was the first
International Flagship Fellow for CSIRO's Water for a Healthy
Country Programme advising on research in relation to the
protection of the Great Barrier Reef.
Alan Jenkins is the Water Science Director at the NERC
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and an Honorary Professor in
hydrochemical modeling in the Department of Geography, University
College London. His background is in water quality modeling with
particular focus on the impact of diffuse pollutants on headwater
streams. He is the chair of the UK Committee for National and
International Hydrology and recently completed a term of office on
the Bureau of the UNESCO International Hydrology Programme.
Review :
?This
is a comprehensive and helpful addition to the bookshelf of any
scientist or decision maker concerned with water resources in the
21st Century.? (World
Association of Soil and Water Conservation ,May
2010
