Facilitating Watershed Management

Robert L. France, associate professor of landscape ecology at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design/Landscape Architecture, is one of the world's leading authorities on watershed management.

• Part 1 Part I: Environmental CommunicationChapter 2 Overview: The Sociology of Watershed Stewardship and ManagementChapter 3 1 Buzzwords and Benchmarks: Ecosystem Health as a Management GoalChapter 4 Response: Integrating Human and Environmental AspirationsChapter 5 2 Into the Great Wide Open: Rethinking Design in an Era of Economic, Social, and Environmental ChangeChapter 6 Response: Watershed Health as Wealth and Other "Capital" IdeasChapter 7 3 Innovation Diffusion and Water-Sensitive DesignChapter 8 Response: Making Sure Paradigm Shift HappensChapter 9 4 Agency-Sponsored Alternative Dispute Resolution Process in Urban River ManagementChapter 10 Response: Managing Watersheds by Managing PeopleChapter 11 5 Watershed Management—The Never-Ending StoryChapter 12 Response: The Art of Watershed GardeningChapter 13 6 WatershedAtlas.com: Educating the PublicChapter 14 Response: Virtual, Spatial, and Temporal ToursChapter 15 7 Watermarks: Imprinting Water(shed) Awareness through Environmental Literature and ArtChapter 16 Response: Engaging the Aquatic MusePart 17 Part II: Education OutreachChapter 18 Overview: The Pedagogy of Watershed Stewardship and ManagementChapter 19 8 Watershed Management Education and Training CD-ROMsChapter 20 Response: Electronically Expanding Watersheds through Distance LearningChapter 21 9 A New Role for University Extension in Water Resources ManagementChapter 22 Response: Participatory EducationChapter 23 10 Saving Species by Saving Watersheds: Poster Development and Community ParticipationChapter 24 Response: Information Transfer and Local EmpowermentChapter 25 11 Exploring Water: Art and Physics in Teaching and Learning with WaterChapter 26 Response: Intimate Liquid Encounters—Teaching the TeachersChapter 27 12 Taking It to the Streets: Mystic Watershed Awareness Efforts Merge with Public ArtChapter 28 Response: Ripple Effects—Making Water Visible by Making WavesChapter 29 13 Developing a Public Education Toolbox for a Contested Wetland in Los AngelesChapter 30 Response: Multiple Educational Challenges for Nonprofit Stewardship GroupsChapter 31 14 Applying the Theory: Design/Build Models for Water Harvesting and Watershed AwarenessChapter 32 Response: Teaching and Learning by DoingPart 33 Part III: Demonstration ProjectsChapter 34 Overview: The Phenomenology of Watershed Stewardship and ManagementChapter 35 15 The Touch of Water: Artists Working with Water and CommunitiesChapter 36 Response: Establishing Environmental Awareness through Water ArtistryChapter 37 16 Elevating Wetland Consciousness: Environmental Education and ArtChapter 38 Response: Curing Cancer by Applying Bandages of Functional ArtChapter 39 17 Combining Art and Science: The Living Water Garden in Chengdu, ChinaChapter 40 Response: Role of High-Visibility Demonstration ProjectsChapter 41 18 Riparian Pocket Parks as a Means for Physically and Conceptually Connecting People to Urban WatersChapter 42 Response: Recognition on the Way to RestorationChapter 43 19 Stormwater Management: A Primer and Guidelines fro Future Programming and Innovative Demonstration ProjectsChapter 44 Response: Developing Cost-Effective and Integrative Water ManagementChapter 45 20 Watershed Management as Urban Design: The Civic Hydrology of Bellevue, WashingtonChapter 46 Response: Lives Linked by LiquidChapter 47 21 Message in the Medium: Watershed Awareness through Design of a Watershed Education CenterChapter 48 Response: Practicing What Is Preached

The book should serve to initiate and renew efforts toward better watershed management, but the text also has broader implications for other environmental issues. Students and professionals will find it a useful work, as will community organizations and the general public.