Watershed Management and Restoration

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, watershed management is the continuous process of creating and implementing plans, programs, and projects with partners using a multi-disciplinary and adaptive approach to sustain and enhance natural watersheds. Resources available in this sub-theme include watershed management technical reports, tools to assess flows in ecosystems, and other resources that support sustainable watershed management and restoration.

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Watershed Management and Restoration Resources

Improving Irrigation Management of Farms: Annual Technical Report, 1977/1978

Published: 
January 1, 1978
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report details the accomplishments of the Mona Reclamation Experimental Project, a project to develop a fund of water management information and gain experience in the factor limiting or accelerating its adaptation in new countries. Pakistan was the country where the study was implemented.Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

Study of Village Organizational Factors Affecting Water Management Decision Making in Pakistan

Published: 
March 1, 1975
U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of this study is to examine the social factors which affect the water management decision making of Punjabi farmers in a sample of fifteen Pakistani villages. In essence the study design is as follows: The focus of inquiry is on three dependent variables -- (1) decisions of farmers to...Read more
Regional focus: 
PakistanSouth East Asia

Project Paper: Soil and Water Resources Survey of the Helmand-Arghandab Valleys

Published: 
February 1, 1975
U.S. Agency for International Development
The goal of U.S. assistance in Afghanistan is to increase farm incomes. Under the first phase of the project, a soil and water survey of the areas around the Helmand-Arghandab rivers will be conducted with special reference to possible irrigation/drainage/conservation projects already identified.Read more
Regional focus: 
AfghanistanSouth East Asia

Water Runs Down Hill and Evaporates: Human Organization and the Management of Water Environments

Published: 
July 31, 1974
U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper is concerned with such an approach to the institutional and organizational requirements of irrigated agriculture. To deal with this concern, several related topics will be discussed. First, a brief look at some historical attempts at irrigation development are presented. Next, a more...Read more
Regional focus: 
South East Asia

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