Abstract:
Against this backdrop, the Indian National Committee for Intergovernmental Hydrological
Programme (INC-IHP) in cooperation with the National Institute of Hydrology (NIH), Roorkee
(Uttarakhand) organized a 01-day webinar on 27th January, 2021 on the Cisco Webex platform.
This webinar aimed to particularly cover theme#5 of the IHP-VIII framework i.e.
“Ecohydrology- Engineering Harmony for a Sustainable World” to provide the audience with
state-of-the-art knowledge on the following issues:
1. Hydrological issues of a catchment– understanding relationship vegetation versus surface
and groundwater for a sustainable development
2. Urban Ecohydrology– stormwater purification and lake health for improvement of health
and quality of city life
3. Wetland conservation
4. Ponds/lakes/reservoir Ecohydrology
5. CoastalEcohydrology– Eco hydrological regulation for sustaining and restoring continental
to coastal connectivity and ecosystem functioning
