Transboundary Water Resources Management (eBook, PDF)

A Multidisciplinary Approach

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Produktbeschreibung

Based on an international symposium addressing a key issue in global development, this reference includes both the latest methodologies for and practical examples of effective management of transboundary water resources. Its multidisciplinary approach combines hydrology and environmental science with economic and political approaches, in line with new UNESCO and EU recommendations, which have been formulated and implemented with the active involvement of all three editors. By providing a theoretical framework as well as abundant case studies from southern Europe, Africa, Asia and South America, this handbook provides hydrologists, geologists, engineers and decision-makers with all the knowledge they need for their daily work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley-VCH
• Seitenzahl: 417
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783527636679
• Artikelnr.: 39960273

Autorenporträt

Jacques Ganoulis is a Professor of Civil Engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). He holds a PhD from the University of Toulouse (France) and has been a visiting scholar at the Universities of Erlangen (Germany), McGill (Canada), Melbourne (Australia), and Paris VI. He is the coordinator of the UNESCO International Network of Water-Environment Centres for the Balkans (INWEB). Alice Aureli is the UNESCO Programme Specialist in charge of projects and studies related to aquifer systems and groundwater resources management, based in Paris (France). She graduated from the University of Catania (Italy) and obtained her postgraduate diploma in Hydrogeology from the University of Barcelona (Spain). She obtained her PhD degree in geochemistry from the University of Palermo in 1988. Jean Fried manages the UNESCO-IHP ISARM project on transboundary groundwater education and training. He is currently a visiting scholar at the University of California at Irvine (USA).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface INTRODUCTION AND STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK Part I - A Global View Part II - Physical, Environmental and Technical Approaches Part III - Legal, Socio-Economic and Institutional Approaches Part IV - Bridging the Gaps PART I: A Global View TRANSBOUNDARY WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: NEEDS FOR A COORDINATED MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH Introduction Assessment and Management of Transboundary Waters The Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Process Capacity Building and Human Potential: The Role of Education Conclusions GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND THE EUROPEAN PARADIGM Towards Integrated Management of Transboundary River Basins over the World Antarctic Subglacial Lakes and Waters: The Challenge to Protect a Hidden Resource Progressive Development of International Groundwater Law: Awareness and Cooperation The Role of Key International Water Treaties in the Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity The European Union Water Framework Directive, a Driving Force for Shared Water Resources Management Transfer of Integrated Water Resources Management Principles to Non-European Union Transboundary River Basins Implementation of the Water Framework Directive Concepts at the Frontiers of Europe for Transboundary Water Resources Management Implementation of the European Union Water Framework Directive in Non-EU Countries: Serbia in the Danube River Basin Basic Problems and Prerequisites Regarding Transboundary Integrated Water Resources Management in South East Europe: The Case of the River Evros/Maritza/Meric PART II: Physical, Environmental and Technical Approaches TRANSBOUNDARY AQUIFERS Towards a Methodology for the Assessment of Internationally Shared Aquifers Challenges in Transboundary Karst Water Resources Management - Sharing Data and Information The Importance of Modelling as a Tool for Assessing Hydrogeological Characterization of the Yrenda-Toba-Tarijeno Transboundary Aquifer System, South America The State of Understanding on Groundwater Recharge for the Sustainable Management of Transboundary Aquifers in the Lake Chad Basin Development, Management and Impact of Climate Change on Transboundary Aquifers of Indus Basin Natural Background Levels for Groundwater in the Upper Rhine Valley Hydrogeological Study of Somes-Szamos Transboundary Alluvial Aquifer Towards Sustainable Management of Transboundary Hungarian-Servian Aquifer Transboundary Groundwater Resources Extending over Slovenian Territory TRANSBOUNDARY LAKES AND RIVERS Do We Have Comparable Hydrological Data for Transboundary Cooperations? Limnological and Palaeolimnological Research on Lake Maggiore as a Contribution to Transboundary Cooperation Between Italy and Switzerland Monitoring in Shared Waters: Developing a Transboundary Monitoring System for the Prespa Park Integrated Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System Techniques for Improving Transboundary Water Management: The Case of Prespa Region Transboundary Integrated Water Management of the Kobilje Stream Watershed Climate Change Impacts on Dams Projects in Transboundary River Basins. The Case of the Mesta/Nestos River Basin, Greece Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources in the Vjosa Basin Identification and Typology of River Water Bodies in the Hellenic Part of the Strymonas River Basin, as a Transboundary Case Study Calculation of Sediment Reduction at the Outlet of the Mesta/Nestos River Basis caused by the Dams Methodologies of Estimation of Periodicities of River Flow and its Long-Range Forecast: The Case of the Transboundary Danube River PART III: Legal, Socio-Economic and Institutional Approaches LEGAL APPROACHES The Law of Transboundary Aquifers: Scope and Rippling Effects Water Management Policies to Reduce over Allocation of Water Rights in the Rio Grande/Bravo Basin Interstate Collaboration in the Aral Sea Basin - Successes and Problems Kidron Valley/Wadi Nar International Master Plan The Development of Transboundary Cooperation in the Prespa Lakes Basin I