Environmental Reconstruction in Headwater Areas

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Overview

   1. Impact of Human Activities in the Headwater Environment

      • H. Grip

      Pages 1-8

   2. Reviewing the Contexts of Headwater Control

      • J. Křeček, M. J. Haigh

      Pages 9-24

   3. Headwater Control

      • Martin J. Haigh

      Pages 25-51

   4. Holistic Approaches to Headwater Management

      • Andrej Hocevar

      Pages 53-60

   5. Trees, Electricity and Folk Wisdom

      • F. Garczynski

      Pages 61-65

   6. Identification and Classification of European Headwaters

      • M. L. Paracchini, S. Folving, F. Bertolo

      Pages 67-79

3. Headwater Control: Theory, Practice and Experience

   1. Spatial Variability of the Hydrologic Cycle and Some Indicators of its State

      • A. F. Mandych

      Pages 81-91

   2. Application of Spatially Distributed Hydrological Models for Risk Assessment in Headwater Regions

      • G. Volk

      Pages 93-102

   3. Watershed Monitoring and Modelling: Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in the Mediterranean Environment

      • M. L. Paracchini, S. Folving, F. Bertolo, J. Megier

      Pages 103-115

   4. Desertification/Aridification Monitoring of the Iberian Peninsula By Passive Microwave Remote Sensing

      • A. A. van de Griend, R. de Jeu, E. Seyhan, M. Owe

      Pages 117-122

   5. Erosion Area Assessment in Mountainous Basins Using GIS Methods

      • L. Marchi, G. Dalla Fontana

      Pages 123-136

   6. Ravine and Gully Erosion in the Hilly Headwater Areas of Hungary

      • G. Gábris, Á. Kertész, P. Sólyom, L. Zámbó

      Pages 137-145

   7. Prevention, Degradation and Rehabilitation: A New Dilemma in Himalayan Watersheds

      • H. S. Schreier, P. B. Shah, G. Nakarmi, B. Shrestha

      Pages 147-159

   8. Prevention of Nutrient Leaching from a Forest Regeneration Area Using Overland Flow Fields

      • E. Kubin, A. Ylitolonen, J. Välitalo, J. Eskelinen

      Pages 161-169

   9. Forest Management in Mountains

      • J. P. Renaud, F. Berger

      Pages 171-179

   10. Earthwatch Institute

       • M. M. Studer

       Pages 181-190

4. Headwater Management: Some Regional Perspectives

   1. Headwater Control in North America

      • Hans Schreier

      Pages 191-200

   2. Headwater Problems in Africa

      • J. Balek

      Pages 201-206

   3. Headwater Control in Austria

      • G. Volk

      Pages 207-210

These proceedings of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "Environmental Reconstruction in Headwater Areas" provide a landmark in the evolution of a distinctive movement, perhaps an emerging new philosophy, within the practice of headwater management. The Headwater Control movement traces its history back to the First International Conference on Headwater Control, Prague, 1989. Throughout this brief history, Headwater Control has remained a typical environment movement 'ad hocracy'. At its meetings, for every convert to the multidisciplinary, integrative, practical, interventionist, and above-all 'green' ideals of the group, there have been several delegates who have found the whole concept both new and slightly incomprehensible. One reason for this has been the Headwater Control practice of trying to bring together scientists, practitioners, policy-makers and non-government environmentalist organisations. The group's larger meetings have always been federal gatherings. Sponsorship has been shared with invited participation from associations representing hydrological science, soil conservation, erosion control, forestry, environmental activism and so forth. These delegations may have included fellow travellers in the work to protect headwater environments, but their main concerns have not necessarily coincided with the Headwater Control group's prescriptions for the environmental regeneration of headwater regions. The Liberec Workshop, whose proceedings are distilled into this volume, provided a first opportunity for the scattered supporters of Headwater Control to talk among themselves and fmd out to what degree there really is a shared vision of the way forward in headwater management, restoration and protection.

• education
• erosion
• forest
• groundwater
• regeneration
• Forestry Management
• hydrogeology

• Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, England

  Martin J. Haigh

• International Association for Headwater Control, Prague, Czech Republic

  Josef Křeček

Policies and ethics