Water Management in Arid and Semi-arid Regions: Interdisciplinary PerspectivesPhoebe Koundouri, Katia Karousakis Edward Elgar Publishing, 1 gen 2006 - 288 pagine Water deficiency in many arid and semi-arid regions in Southern Europe is becoming a major constraint for economic welfare and sustainable regional development. These regions are characterised by high spatial and temporal imbalances of water demand and supply, seasonal water uses, inadequate water resources and poor institutional water management. |
Sommario
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PART II A strategydeveloping approach for regulating and managing water resources and demand in waterdeficient regions the WaterStrategyMan p... | 11 |
2 The WaterStrategyMan decision support system | 13 |
3 Evaluation of alternative water management scenarios case study of Ribeiras do Algarve Portugal | 41 |
PART III A participatory approach to addressing conflicting demands and varying hydrological conditions for the sustainable use of water on Medite... | 105 |
4 Climate change and vulnerabilities to drought on Mediterranean islands | 107 |
5 Water use in agriculture on Mediterranean islands present situation and future perspective | 136 |
PART IV An economic approach to integrated and sustainable water resources management in arid and semiarid regions a group of environmental ec... | 159 |
7 Competition versus cooperation in groundwater extraction a stochastic framework with heterogeneous agents | 188 |
PART V A coevolutionary approach to adaptive integrated water management under changing utilization conditions the Aquadapt project | 199 |
8 Sociocultural influences on water utilization a comparative analysis | 201 |
9 Some evidence of landscape change water usage management system and governance codynamics in southeastern Spain | 226 |
PART VI Conclusion | 253 |
10 Conclusions and policy recommendations for the EU Water Framework Directive | 255 |
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Parole e frasi comuni
abstraction boreholes active in water-saving adaptive capacity agricultural Algarve River Basin Aljezur analysis aquifer assessment Barlavento Benidorm Callosa cent climate change concern about water Corsica cost recovery Crete crops Cyprus dam construction decrease deficit desalination domestic demand efficient environmental costs evaluation evapotranspiration extraction farmers Figure global golf courses groundwater Guadalest hydrological impacts implementation increase irrigation method improvements irrigation water Koundouri landscape Mallorca Marina Baixa Mediterranean islands Monchique municipalities network enhancements nodes options Portimão private irrigation sites public irrigation sites rainfall region Ribeiras do Algarve River Basin Plan sector semi-arid shrublands Slovenia social Sotavento stakeholders strategy surface water sustainable water Table tion tourism University of Münster urban users vulnerability water availability water consumption water demand Water Framework Directive water issues water management water pricing water quality water resources water resources management water scarcity water supply water-saving behaviours watershed WSM DSS
Brani popolari
Pagina 3 - Sustainable Management and Quality of Water' within the Energy. Environment and Sustainable Development [Contract no: EVK1-CT 1999-00026].