part Introduction -- chapter 1 Rationale for Watershed as a Basis for Sustainable Management of Soil and Water Resources -- part Watershed Management for Soil Erosion Control -- chapter 2 Challenges in Ecosystem Management in Watershed Context in Asia -- chapter 3 Operative Processes for Sediment-Based Watershed Degradation in Small, Tropical Volcanic Island Ecosystems -- chapter 4 Soil Degradation in Relation to Land Use and Its Countermeasures in the Red and Yellow Soil Region of Southern China -- chapter 5 Watershed Management for Erosion Control in Sloping Lands in Asia -- chapter 6 Watershed Management for Erosion Control in Steeplands of Tropical Asia and Australia -- chapter 7 Watershed Characteristics and Management Effects on Dissolved Load in Water Runoff: Case Studies from Western Nigeria -- part Technological Options for Watershed Management -- chapter 8 Sustaining a Rice–Wheat System in the Indo-Gangetic Plains: The Ecoregional Context -- chapter 9 A Landscape that Unites: Community-Led Management of Andean Watershed Resources -- chapter 10 Agroecological Impacts of 5 Years of a Practical Program for Restoration of a Degraded Sahelian Watershed -- chapter 11 Natural Resource Management in a Watershed Scale: What Can Agroforestry Contribute? -- chapter 12 Crop Yield Variability Due to Erosion on a Complex Landscape in West Central Ohio -- chapter 13 A Landscape/Lifescape Approach to Sustainability in the Tropics: The Experiences of the SANREM CRSP at Three Sites -- chapter 14 Model-Based Evaluation of Land Use and Management Strategies in a Nitrate-Polluted Drinking Water Catchment in North Germany -- chapter 15 Quantification of Leached Pollutants into the Groundwater Caused by Agricultural Land Use — Model-Based Scenario Studies as a Method for Quantitative Risk Assessment of Groundwater Pollution -- part Socioeconomic Aspects of Watershed Management -- chapter 16 The Economics of Land Restoration and Conservation in an Environmentally Sound Agriculture -- chapter 17 Economic Analysis of Sedimentation Impacts for Watershed Management -- chapter 18 Land Degradation and Food Security: Economic Impacts of Watershed Degradation -- chapter 19 People, Property, and Profit in Catchment Management: Examples from Kenya and Elsewhere -- chapter 20 The Participatory Multipurpose Watershed Project: Nature’s Salvation or Schumacher’s Nightmare? -- chapter 21 People’s Involvement in Watershed Management: Lessons from Working among Resource-Poor Farmers -- part Environment Quality and Watershed Management -- chapter 22 Watershed Management for Mitigating the Greenhouse Effect -- chapter 23 Managing Watershed for Food Security and Environmental Quality: Challenges for the 21st Century.