Forest Hydrology

Social awareness of environmental problems and ecosystem limitation has been a major force behind the modern search for understanding forest hydrology. Research programme sponsored by government and private agencies in many countries has expanded continuously during recent decades in a synergistic search for new knowledge. Forest hydrology is clearly an interdisciplinary science, the union of forest and hydrology. It is also the science of water related phenomena that are influenced by forest cover with the advent of a "multiple-use" concept in forestry, and the recognition of water resources as a major goal along with timber, wild life and forest management. This book considers the various aspects related to forest-water and people interaction for better forest management and utilization of forest resources. The book is divided into different parts covering process hydrology, agro-forestry and followed by extensive treatment of human and societal issues. It uniquely integrates the summary of research finding in forest hydrology and its allied subjects.