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 ...
Land is the basic natural resource, providing vital support system for human and animal lives. In the context of fast changing scenario, most judicious and ecologically sound use of land resource holds the key to reverse current soil degradation and to sustain enhanced productivity. The signs of land degradation are already clearly evident in terms of declining productivity, loss of biodiversity, increasing sedimentation of rivers and reservoirs, drying up of ...
