CONTENTS List of Tables vii List of Figures xi List of Maps xiii List of Boxes xv Foreword xvii Acknowledgements xix 1. Ecosystems and Integrated Water Resources Management: The Link and the Need for Integration 1 Brij Gopal, Hemesiri Kotagama and E. R. N. Gunawardena 2. Freshwater Ecosystems: Ecological Characteristics and Ecosystem Services 13 Brij Gopal 3. Environmental Flow: Assessments and Applications 49 Rezaur Rahman 4. Human Interventions on Water Ecosystem and Implications for Fisheries Resources in Bangladesh 71 M. Monirul Qader Mirza, Mokhlesur Rahman and Anisul Islam 5. Management of Water Quality and Biodiversity of the River Ganga 104 R. K. Sinha and K. Prasad 6. Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources in South Asia with Special Reference to Bangladesh 133 Md. Golam Rabbani, A. Atiq Rahman and Shymal Chandra Bhadra 7. Assessment of Environmental Impact of Development of Water Resources 167 Bishnu P. Das and Subhadarshi Mishra 8. An Integrated Fire and Water Management Strategy Using the Ecosystem Approach: Tram Chim National Park, Vietnam 199 Peter-John Meynell, Nguyen Huu Thien, Duong Van Ni, Tran Triet, Martin van der Schans, Deanne Shulman, Julian Thompson, Jeb Barzen and Gill Shepherd 9. Valuation of Ecosystem Damages: A Case Study of Textile Pollution in Noyyal River Basin, South India 229 Prakash Nelliyat 10. Recent Changes in Policy, Institutions and Utilisation of Ecosystem Services in Colombo Wetlands 254 Missaka Hettiarachchi, Kusum Athukorala, Ravi Peiris and Ajith De Alwis 11. Roles of Institutions and their Limitations in Integrated Management of Water, Forest and Land Resources273 Dhurba Pant 12. Environmental Governance: Concept, Complexity and an Illustration 302 N. C. Narayanan and Jayati Chourey 13. A Conceptual Framework for a National Policy on Financing Watershed Management in Sri Lanka 338 Hemesiri Kotagama, E. R. N. Gunawardena and K.A.I.D. Silva About the Editors 365 Notes on Contributors 367 Index 370