ABSTRACT

The misuse and abuse of tropical watersheds in developing countries are a matter of concern to everyone working in development. Watersheds not only hold the key to erosion control, water storage and thus drought alleviation and agricultural success, but are also critical to downstream users. Using a combination of theory and practice, the author ex

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|10 pages

Natural hazards in watershed development

chapter 2|14 pages

The impact of human occupation

chapter 6|22 pages

The use of trees in tropical agriculture

chapter 8|25 pages

Watershed techniques for rainfed crops

chapter 9|18 pages

Management problems of alluvial lowlands

chapter 10|13 pages

Policies of land use for flood abatement