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http://172.22.28.37:8080/xmlui/handle/1/230| Title: | SWAT HYDROLOGICAL MODEL FOR WATERSHED MANAGEMENT |
| Authors: | Kumbhar Santosh D, Swami Vidula A. kulkarni S.S. |
| Keywords: | SWAT GIS Water Shed Management Rural Development |
| Issue Date: | 2012 |
| Publisher: | Global Journal Engineering and Applied Sciences |
| Abstract: | The paper discusses how Geographic Information System (GIS)-based modelling of information on water, land, forests and other variables can be used in local planning to prioritize watersheds and site structures. It presents a technique for prioritizing watersheds scientifically. It also discusses the authors’ efforts to account for socioeconomic factors in watershed management .The Government of India adopted integrated watershed management in its National Water Policy,2002 as a key strategy to conserve natural resources. The policy calls for involving local users in planning and managing natural resources at the watershed level. However, the mechanisms to achieve this have been inadequate, and new tools need to be developed to handle the complexities of integrated watershed management. It is important that the information they produce is accessible in order to help planners arrive at appropriate decisions. |
| Description: | In India, policies have been developed and programmes run to address water problems in ways that promote equity and sustainability and alleviate poverty. Water resource management projects have ranged from major irrigation projects catering to millions of hectares of land, to small structures fulfilling the needs of one small community (MoWR. 2002). Countrywide programmes have included the Drought-Prone Area Programme (DPAP), the Desert Development Programme (DDP) and the Integrated Watershed Development Programme (IWDP). Some of these programmes are still being implemented, but it is uncertain how far they have reached their objectives. Consistent evaluation has not been carried out and there has been no integrated framework for planning, monitoring and managing watershed management programmes. In addition, the integrated approach has often not been properly implemented. A complex of factors determines the quality and availability of water supplies from watershed areas. The integrated watershed management approach goes a long way towards handling these complexities, and in many situations is accepted as the best approach to managing natural resource (Calder, 1998 and 1999). |
| URI: | http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/1/230 |
| ISSN: | 2249-2631 |
| Appears in Collections: | Faculty Publication |
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