TITLE:
Adaptation Technology: Benefits of Hydrological Services—Watershed Management in Semi-Arid Region of India
AUTHORS:
Anupam Khajuria, Sayaka Yoshikawa, Shinjiro Kanae
KEYWORDS:
Watershed Development, Adaptation Options, Hydrological Services, Ground Water, Common Pool Resources, India
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Water Resource and Protection,
Vol.6 No.6,
April
28,
2014
ABSTRACT: Watershed
management consists of multifunctional activities
to manage and address the increasing water resource problems. Ever increasing
water demand and rapidly depleting water resources, it has become necessary to
develop the adaptation options to recharge groundwater resources. A watershed
is a special kind of Common Pool Resources (CPRs); an area is defined by
hydrological linkages where optimal management requires coordinating the use of
natural resources by public participation. Watershed developments have shown
significant positive impacts on water table, perennially of water in wells and
water availability especially in semi-arid regions. This paper describes direct
and indirect impacts of the watershed activities and benefits of hydrological
services dealing with watershed management with future prediction of net
irrigation water supply. In the present work, we have also discussed the
multiple impacts of watershed of CPRs for improving groundwater and surface
water resources.