Unlike commercial industries, which tend to be large in scale, cottage industries tend to be small in scale. Cottage industries are often based out of a single home, and they may have only one or two employees. In cottage industries, a worker often makes a product from start to finish. Examples of cottage industries include homemade textiles and jewelry.
The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is an agency within the United Nations that is responsible for promoting peace, social justice, human rights and international security through international cooperation on educational, science and cultural programs.
The UNESCO definition (Zalewski et al., 1997) of Ecohydrology is âan integrated understanding of biological and hydrological processes at a catchment scale in order to create a scientific basis for a socially acceptable, cost-effective, and systemic approach to the sustainable management of freshwater resourcesâ.