Ecohydrology is an emerging new sub‎-discipline which links elements of ecology with hydrology at all points in the water cycle‎,‎ ranging in scale from water‎-plant physiological relationships to whole catchment water‎-ecosystem processes‎.‎ This book pays most attention to the larger scales of ecohydrology‎,‎ emphasising the use of this tool in striving towards the goal of sustainable water management‎.‎ Authors from eastern as well as western europe as well as from america‎,‎ australia and south africa‎,‎ give a broad global context‎.‎