Table of Contents

Part 1 Part I: Environmental Communication Chapter 2 Overview: The Sociology of Watershed Stewardship and Management Chapter 3 1 Buzzwords and Benchmarks: Ecosystem Health as a Management Goal Chapter 4 Response: Integrating Human and Environmental Aspirations Chapter 5 2 Into the Great Wide Open: Rethinking Design in an Era of Economic, Social, and Environmental Change Chapter 6 Response: Watershed Health as Wealth and Other "Capital" Ideas Chapter 7 3 Innovation Diffusion and Water-Sensitive Design Chapter 8 Response: Making Sure Paradigm Shift Happens Chapter 9 4 Agency-Sponsored Alternative Dispute Resolution Process in Urban River Management Chapter 10 Response: Managing Watersheds by Managing People Chapter 11 5 Watershed Management—The Never-Ending Story Chapter 12 Response: The Art of Watershed Gardening Chapter 13 6 WatershedAtlas.com: Educating the Public Chapter 14 Response: Virtual, Spatial, and Temporal Tours Chapter 15 7 Watermarks: Imprinting Water(shed) Awareness through Environmental Literature and Art Chapter 16 Response: Engaging the Aquatic Muse Part 17 Part II: Education Outreach Chapter 18 Overview: The Pedagogy of Watershed Stewardship and Management Chapter 19 8 Watershed Management Education and Training CD-ROMs Chapter 20 Response: Electronically Expanding Watersheds through Distance Learning Chapter 21 9 A New Role for University Extension in Water Resources Management Chapter 22 Response: Participatory Education Chapter 23 10 Saving Species by Saving Watersheds: Poster Development and Community Participation Chapter 24 Response: Information Transfer and Local Empowerment Chapter 25 11 Exploring Water: Art and Physics in Teaching and Learning with Water Chapter 26 Response: Intimate Liquid Encounters—Teaching the Teachers Chapter 27 12 Taking It to the Streets: Mystic Watershed Awareness Efforts Merge with Public Art Chapter 28 Response: Ripple Effects—Making Water Visible by Making Waves Chapter 29 13 Developing a Public Education Toolbox for a Contested Wetland in Los Angeles Chapter 30 Response: Multiple Educational Challenges for Nonprofit Stewardship Groups Chapter 31 14 Applying the Theory: Design/Build Models for Water Harvesting and Watershed Awareness Chapter 32 Response: Teaching and Learning by Doing Part 33 Part III: Demonstration Projects Chapter 34 Overview: The Phenomenology of Watershed Stewardship and Management Chapter 35 15 The Touch of Water: Artists Working with Water and Communities Chapter 36 Response: Establishing Environmental Awareness through Water Artistry Chapter 37 16 Elevating Wetland Consciousness: Environmental Education and Art Chapter 38 Response: Curing Cancer by Applying Bandages of Functional Art Chapter 39 17 Combining Art and Science: The Living Water Garden in Chengdu, China Chapter 40 Response: Role of High-Visibility Demonstration Projects Chapter 41 18 Riparian Pocket Parks as a Means for Physically and Conceptually Connecting People to Urban Waters Chapter 42 Response: Recognition on the Way to Restoration Chapter 43 19 Stormwater Management: A Primer and Guidelines fro Future Programming and Innovative Demonstration Projects Chapter 44 Response: Developing Cost-Effective and Integrative Water Management Chapter 45 20 Watershed Management as Urban Design: The Civic Hydrology of Bellevue, Washington Chapter 46 Response: Lives Linked by Liquid Chapter 47 21 Message in the Medium: Watershed Awareness through Design of a Watershed Education Center Chapter 48 Response: Practicing What Is Preached

About the Author

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.

Reviews

"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."
*Landscape Architecture*

France brings together perspectives from innovators in watershed management to introduce the diversity of sociological, pedagogical, phenomenological tools needed to implement watershed management in the real world. The editor's section overviews and responses to each chapter link ideas presented to other chapters and sections of the book. Each chapter includes discussion questions and suggestions for activities, useful for both students and practitioners.
*Scitech Book News, June 2005*