Incorporating the human dimension in headwater management

Description:

Setting watershed management goals involves human as well as biophysical considerations. Who determines goals and policies for managing watersheds and are they determined? These are necessary social and institutional questions--the human element of watershed management. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the human dimension, or social-institutional aspects, of headwater management and to present an organizing framework for incorporating this dimension into land management decisions.

subjects: Watershed management,  Congresses,  Human ecology,  Adaptive natural resource management,  Watersheds,  Case studies

Places: United States,  Colorado,  Clear Creek Watershed (Clear Creek County),  Beaver Brook Watershed (Colo.)