Introduction to Watershed Development Understanding and Managing the Impacts of Sprawl

"Sprawl"-the spread of development from urban centers into the countryside-is recognized as one of the most serious threats to watershed functionality and health. Introduction to Watershed Development: Understanding and Managing the Impacts of Sprawl presents a logical framework to measure, minimize, and manage the problem of development. From the viewpoint of understanding the responses of watersheds to sprawl, this book addresses issues such as: how water bodies are linked to the land, what the horizon issues and problems are in watershed management, which surveying approaches can be used to monitor the damage to watersheds, and how new, water-sensitive developments can be planned.

Robert L. France, associate professor of landscape ecology at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design