1st Edition
Ecohydrology-Based Landscape Restoration Theory and Practice
This book provides an introduction to a fairly new approach to natural resources management practice entitled ecohydrology-based landscape restoration.
Ecohydrology-based landscape restoration integrates landscape restoration practices with ecohydrology science and principles in order to help address the limitations of current management practices in developing countries. Focusing on both the theory and practice of implementing new management practices, the book includes conceptual designs and practical demonstrations for a variety of sites, including hillsides, farmlands, gullies, riparian buffers and wetlands, while also drawing on field research conducted in Ethiopia. The book puts forward principles for improving current practices, which include the better integration of hydrological and ecological concerns, the greater involvement of local communities, the adoption of indigenous practices, the establishment of green and semi-grey infrastructure as an ecohydrological systemic solution and the necessity of taking an adaptive approach to managing landscapes.
This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of water resource management, ecohydrology and landscape restoration as well as professionals involved in the restoration of landscapes in developing countries.
1. Philosophical foundations for Ecohydrology-based Landscape Restoration (EcoLaR) approach and limitations of the conventional practices 2. Guiding principles of Ecohydrology-based Landscape Restoration (EcoLaR) Approach 3. Conceptual design of green-(semi) grey infrastructure as Ecohydrological Systemic Solution for landscape restoration 4. Ecohydrologic strategy for functional restoration of landscape hillslopes 5. Ecohydrologic strategy for sustainable management of farmlands 6. Ecohydrologic strategy for restoration of gully networks in a landscape 7. Characterization of vegetated riparian buffer zones as the last line of defense for protecting water bodies from degradation: Meta-analysis 8. Framework for management strategies of natural wetlands 9. Synthesis and implication of the Ecohydrology-Based Landscape Restoration approach to the wider ecosystem management sector: the concluding chapter
Biography
Mulugeta Dadi Belete is Associate Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources at Hawassa University, Ethiopia.
"Now, through this book, we have got a cost-effective, environmentally friendly systemic solution to restore degraded landscapes. The book "Ecohydrology-Based Landscape Restoration: Theory and Practice" is an impressive research-based innovative work that helps all stakeholders working on landscape restoration sector."
Tafesse Matewos (PhD), Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer, Hawassa University
"The book "Ecohydrology-Based Landscape Restoration: Theory and Practice" is a timely emerged book at this critical decade of ecosystem restoration. It escalates the practicality of ecohydrology as a problem solving science."
Yohannes Zerihun (PhD), African Regional Center for Ecohydrology (ARCE), Category 2 center under the Auspices of UNESCO
"The book "Ecohydrology-based Landscape Restoration: Theory and Practice" renovates the conventional watershed management practices. It comes with practical, cost-effective, and locally adaptable alternative techniques. It can serve as a very important practical guide to professionals in the sector."
Tesfaye Abebe (PhD), Professor in Agroforestry, and production Ecology and Resource conservation, Hawassa University
