Land Resource Management in River Valley and Flood Prone Areas of Himalayan Region: Land Degradation, Floods, Runoff, Sediment Yields, Soil and Water Conservation

Foreword. Preface. Contributors. Acronyms and abbreviations. I. Land management in river Catchments: deliberations: 1. Catchments treatment in River Valley Projects and flood prone areas in Himachal Pradesh: the dialogue deliberations/J.C. Sharma, I.P. Sharma and J.N. Raina. II. Status of River Valley Projects and Flood prone rivers in India and Himachal Pradesh: 2. Land degradation in river catchments in Himalayan region/Jagmohan Singh. 3. Watershed development under River Valley Projects and flood prone river programmes–policies and guidelines/C.M. Pandey. 4. Status of implementation of River Valley Projects and flood prone river programmes/R.K. Kapoor. 5. Water and sediments yields in river catchments–a case study of Bhakra Reservoir on River Sutlej/Anil Arora and Rajeev Bansal. 6. Flood management of rivers of Himachal Pradesh–a growing challenge/S.C. Sud. III. Soil survey, landuse and catchment treatment: 7. Soil survey and land use planning for sustainable soil productivity in Lower Shiwaliks of Himachal Pradesh/G.S. Sidhu and J.P. Sharma. 8. Mechanical and vegetative measures for soil conservation in river catchments/J.N. Raina. 9. Soil and water conservation in river catchments in Himalayan region/J.C. Sharma. IV. River/stream bank and Torrent treatment: 10. Integrated Watershed Development Project–an overview/S.S. Grewal. 11. Engineering measures for the treatment of River Valley Catchments/A.K. Tiwari. 12. Status and strategies for the stabilization of torrents in Shiwaliks/I.P. Sharma and Rohitashw Kumar. V. People’s participation, social conflicts and environment impact assessment: 13. Farming systems and scope of livelihoods in Himachal Pradesh/Gurnam Singh. 14. Participatory forest management in Himachal Pradesh–perceptions, extent and challenges/L.R. Sharma and Baneshwar Singh. 15. Social conflicts in natural resource management/Y. Agnihotri. 16. Impact of climate change on rainfed agriculture and performance of forest trees in river catchments in Chamba District of Himachal Pradesh/S.K. Bhardwaj. 17. EIA-EMP Studies for Bandli Sanctuary in Himachal Pradesh/Rajan Bawa and S.D. Kashyap.