Civil and Environmental Engineering: Erosion Control and Watershed Management Postgraduate Course
Course descriptionPart 1: Conceptualising and Contextualising Watershed Structure, Process and Management (1) Importance of Natural Ecosystems; Integral Component of the Watershed; Watershed Ecology:• The Landscape and the Interacting Elements: Climate and its Effect; Geomorphological Factors; Hydrology and its Adverse Effect.• The Biological Setting;• Watershed as a ‘Natural System’;• Watershed Structure;• Watershed Function. Salient Aspects of Watershed Management; Freshwater Ecosystems: Their Sustainability:• Freshwater Ecosystem Integrity Requirements;• Tools Available for Restoration of Freshwater Ecosystems;• Balancing Human Use and Needs of Freshwater Ecosystems.• Watershed Framework Governance: From National to Local Perspective.