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The publication attempts to make an overall, state-of-the-art review of appropriate land-use practices, in order to provide key information about watershed management and hazard assessment techniques as a basis for establishing future land-use options.

TitleGuidelines and manual on land-use planning and practices in watershed management and disaster reduction
Publication TypeMiscellaneous
Year of Publication1997
AuthorsUN Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific -Bangkok,TH, ESCAP
Paginationvii, 133 p. : 8 fig., 10 photogr.
Date Published1997-06-01
PublisherUnited Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Place PublishedBangkok, Thailand
Keywordsasia, case studies, disasters, drought, floods, guidelines, land use, manuals, models, planning, sdiasi, sdiwrm, soil erosion, water resources
Abstract

The publication attempts to make an overall, state-of-the-art review of appropriate land-use practices, in order to provide key information about watershed management and hazard assessment techniques as a basis for establishing future land-use options. It consists of six chapters, arranged in two parts. Part I contains the Guidelines, and Part II the Manual. The Guidelines comprise Chapter I, which discusses the relationships between land-use planning, disaster reduction and watershed management; Chapter II, which explains the categories of watershed degradation; Chapter III, which explains the categories of water-related natural disasters; and Chapter IV, which discusses the principles of integrated watershed management. The Manual comprises Chapter V, which is concerned with data collection and evaluation for watershed management and natural hazard assessment, and Chapter VI, which describes a variety of options for watershed management and hazard reduction.

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