This book provides an introduction to a fairly new approach to natural resources management practice entitled ecohydrology-based landscape restoration.
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
Mulugeta Dadi Belete is Associate Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources at Hawassa University, Ethiopia.
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