About the Book Conventionally employed by a large number of environmentalists the world over, the concept of ecosystem is fraught with danger to address and operationalize environmental issues. It is well nigh impossible to define ecosystems because of the arbitrariness, imprecision and variability over time of the location of ecosystems on the landscapes. A large number of workers agree that ecosystem management is a complex and often confusing concept that is not fully understood. In fact, ecosystem management means different things to different people across the society. For these and many other reasons Fitzsimmons concluded that the jumbled nature of the concept was not a reasonable basis for “guiding environmental and natural resource public policies.” In this reasonably puzzling backdrop we feel that Environmental Hydrology — many aspects of which manifest in hydrological cycle — is likely to be a more potent and sensitive natural tool through which the environmental degradation can be perceived and monitored at different scales ranging from common day to day observations to precise scientific measurements. We are convinced that the most daunting task of environmental regeneration the country is faced with is increasing the base flow of the rivers in general and those of the Indogangetic system in particular. However, the work being carried out in this discipline by various scientists is conducted in isolation and is largely fragmented, Thus it is time to provide acommon platform to bring together the various types of works and make them accessible to the stakeholders of the development planning, viz. scientists, planners, builders and administrators. In view of the salience of the issue, we have tried to bring together the scientific know how available in the field in the form of the present volume. This volume comprises 15 research papers covering different aspects of environmental management. We hope that this volume would prove useful for students and researchers in the fields of hydrology, hydrogeology, engineering, environmental decision making, planning in the area of water resources development in particular and for environmental management in general. List of Contributors: 1. Prof. V.P. Singh, Water Resource Programme, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana, University Baton Rouge, LA 70803-6405. USA11. 12. 13. 14, 15, 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Prof. Martin Haigh, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, England,UK Dr. H. P. Borgaonkar, Climatology & Hydrometeorology Division, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Dr. Homi Bhaba Road, Pune - 411008, India G. B. Pant Climatology & Hydrometeorology Division, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Dr. Homi Bhaba Road, Pune - 411008, India Dr. K. Rupa Kumar, Climatology & Hydrometeorology Division, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Dr. Homi Bhaba Road, Pune - 411008, India Dr. A. K. Bhar, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee - 247667 Dr, Bhishm Kumar, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee. Dr. R. P. Nachiappan, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, Dr. S. P. Rai, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee. Dr. S. 8, Pathani, Department of Zoology, Kumaun University, S. S. J. Campus Almora, Uttarakhand. Dr. S. C. Rai, G, B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, PO. Tadong, Gangtok, Sikkim - 737102, India. Dr. Rajinder Kumar, CSK HPKV, Palampur-176062, H.P. India. Dr. S.S Masand, CSK HPKYV, Palampur- 176062, H.P India. Dr. O. C, Kapur, CSK HPKV, Palampur- 176062, H.P, India. Dr. R. B, Singh, Department of Geography, University of Delhi, Delhi - 110007, India. Dr. P. R. Bhatnagar, Vivekanand Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan (ICAR) Almora- 263601, Uttarakhand. Dr. R. D. Singh, Vivekanand Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan (ICAR) Almora-263601, Uttarakhand. Dr. A.V. Shetty, National Institute of Hydrology, Hard Rock Regional Centre, Plot-11, I Main II Cross, Hanuman Nagar, Belgaum, Karnataka, India. Dr. N. Varadarajan, National Institute of Hydrology, Hard Rock Regional Centre, Plot-11, I Main I Cross, Hanuman Nagar, Belgaum, Karnataka, India. Dr. S. K. Gupta, Mayur Shah, Physical Research Laboratory, PO. 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