Contents: Foreword. Preface. Introduction. About the editors. I. Land use--Land Cover Mapping (Remote Sensing and GIS in Mapping): 1. Land use--Land Cover Mapping through digital image processing of Satellite data: a case study/Amba Shetty, Lakshman Nandagiri, Sangeetha Thokaam and M.V.S. Rajesh. 2. GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques for generating action plans for ground water augmentation in Kolaramma Watershed/M. Shamaladevi and K.S. Ramesh. II. Hydrological aspects of forests: 3. Forests and water yield--an overview/Prafulla Soni and R.P.S. Katwal. 4. Impact of different land uses on run-off and soil loss in High Hills of Nilgiris/D.C. Sahoo, M. Jayakumar, V.N. Sharda, K.P. Tripathi, M.V. Padmanabhan, B. Raghunath, R. Mohanraj and B. Chandran. 5. Hydrologic response of a forested Micro Watershed in Outer Shivalik of Jammu Region/Vijay Kumar, Omkar Singh and S.P. Rai. 6. Hydrological processes in forested and deforested watersheds--a case study/P.K. Pradeep Kumar and E.J. James. 7. Study of hydrological processes in a small forested watershed in South Karnataka (India)/R.R.V. Murari, L. Ruiz, C. Sandhya, J.J. Braun and M.S. Mohan Kumar. 8. Effect of afforestation on baseflow under different farming systems in hills/K.K. Satapathy and K.K. Dutta. 9. Impact of deforestation over land and water resources in tropics (A Case study of District Panchmahals in Gujarat)/Yogendra Babu Sharma. 10. Simulating contributions of forests to Catchment Run-off using a semi-distributed hydrological model/Laxman Nandagiri. 11. Run-off processes in Forested Watershed--a case study for a Sub-Basin of Bhadra River Basin (Karnataka)/M. Sameena, G. Ranganna, Mukund Rao and V. Jayaraman. 12. Morphometric analysis of a forested watershed using GIS Technique/Dilip G. Durbude and Chandramohan T. 13. Impact of iron ore mining on sediment response of a humid tropical forest and Grassland Dominated Catchment in the Western Ghats, India/Jagdish Krishnaswamy, Milind Bunyan, Vishal Mehta, Narendra Patil and S. Naveenkumar. 14. Road construction on hilly forest and their impact on hydrological aspects/Anand V. Shivapur and Raviraj H. Mulangi. 15. Hydrological investigation under forest landuses--a case study from J and K State/Onkar Singh, K.K.S. Bhatia, R. Jha, Vijay Kumar and S.P. Rai. 16. Impact of vegetative cover on deep percolation and sediment concentration at different slopes/J.K. Neelakanth, B. Maheshwarababu, Mallikarjuna Ayanagoudar and S.S. Kumathe. 17. Estimating evapo-transpiration losses from Pichhola Lake Catchment with special reference to forests/S.D. Khobragade, D.S. Rathore, C.S.P. Ojha and K.K.S. Bhatia. 18. Effect of land treatment on Run-Off behaviour/Ravi Galkate, L.N. Thakural and T.R. Nayak. III. Impact of forests on groundwater recharge: 19. Effect of forest area treatment on groundwater recharge in SAT India/A.K. Singh, R.N. Adhikari, S.K.N. Math and K.K. Reddy. 20. Regional groundwater modelling: a case study of Gundal Sub-Basin in Cauvery River Basin, Karnataka, India/M. Sekhar, S.N. Rasmi and Laurent Ruiz. 21. Impact of soil conservation measures on groundwater and its utilization in Varadha Watershed Area/A.G. Koppad and K. Manjappa. 22. Analysis of Spring Discharge under different geo-ecological conditions of Khulgad Watershed, Lesser Himalaya, Uttaranchal/S.P. Rai and J.S. Rawat. 23. Assessment of groundwater pollution through mass transport modelling: a post audit study in INDAL- Belgaum Works Watershed, Karnataka/V.V.S. Gurunadha Rao, S.V. Jamble, A. Ananth and B.A. Prakash. 24. A study of shallow aquifers in Sirsi Taluka, Uttar Kannada District, Karnataka/S.C. Puranik. IV. Soil and Land use changes: 25. Redistribution of soil water after infiltration in a forested watershed -- a case study/B.K. Purandara, B. Venkatesh and K.S. Ramasastri. 26. Characterisation of soil health under different land use patterns in hilly eco-system of Meghalaya/V.K. Mishra and R. Saha. V. Plantation and bio-fencing in forested eco-system: 27. Establishment of teak plantations on Uplands, a non-arable Land in Hill Zone of Karnataka/A.G. Koppad and R.V. Rao. 28. Effect of Bio-fence species on crop yield, soil and water conservation in semi-arid regions of India/S.K. Nalatwadmath, S.L. Patil, R.N. Adhikari and Vasudev K. Lamani. VI. Community participation: 29. The forests--water interface: questioning the assumed/Sunandan Tiwari, Mamta Borgoyary, Jaime Amezaga and V. Wilson. 30. People's participation in watershed management: experiences from Kerala/George Chackacherry. 31. People's participation: a key to success for watershed programme/Subhash Chand, P. Sundarambal, M. Madhu and A.K. Sikka. 32. Participatory watershed management for sustainable development in Salaiyur Watershed, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu/A.K. Sikka, M. Madhu, Subhash Chand, V. Selvi, D.V. Singh, K. Jeevarathnam, P. Sundarambal and R. Ragupathy. 33. Local spatial data infrastructure development for Integrated Watershed Management: a comprehensive approach/Amit Kumar. 34. Strategies for effective community participation in Watershed Projects: lessons from field/R.V. Rama Mohan. 35. Paradigm on participation--effectiveness for Watershed Development/Manasmani Dev Goswami. 36. People's participation is the key component in integrated development of watersheds/A.G. Koppad and K. Manjappa. Subject Index.

"Social awareness of environmental problems and ecosystem limitation has been a major force behind the modern search for understanding forest hydrology. Research programme sponsored by government and private agencies in many countries has expanded continuously during recent decades in a synergistic search for new knowledge. Forest hydrology is clearly an interdisciplinary science, the union of forest and hydrology. It is also the science of water related phenomena that are influenced by forest cover with the advent of a "multiple-use" concept in forestry, and the recognition of water resources as a major goal along with timber, wild life and forest management. This book considers the various aspects related to forest-water and people interaction for better forest management and utilization of forest resources.

The book is divided into different parts covering process hydrology, agro-forestry and followed by extensive treatment of human and societal issues. It uniquely integrates the summary of research finding in forest hydrology and its allied subjects."