Rural Watershed Management : The Power of Integration

Darghouth, Salah ; Ward, Christopher ; Gambarelli, Gretel ; Styger, Erika ; Roux, Julienne

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION;    AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY;    AGRICULTURE;    BIODIVERSITY;    CAPACITY BUILDING;   

RP-ID  :  47358

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

A watershed is an area that supplieswater by surface or subsurface flow to a drainage system orbody of water. Watersheds vary from a few hectares tothousands of square kilometers. Watershed management (WSM)is the integrated use of land, vegetation, and water in aspecific drainage area with the objective of conservinghydrologic services and reducing or avoiding damagedownstream or underground. The first generation of WSMprojects emphasized engineering and civil works. By the endof the 1980s, the comparative failure of this top-downapproach was clear. Since the 1990s, WSM programs haveintegrated livelihood improvements and poverty reductionobjectives with soil and water conservation.