Risk-Informed Management of European River Basins

Jos Brils

ISBN 10: 3642385974 / ISBN 13: 9783642385971

Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg Sep 2013, 2013

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The growing impacts of economic activities and climate change on the conditions of rivers throughout the world, require a new, integrated approach towards river basin management, an approach that can also cope with an uncertain future. In this volume, leading European scientists and representatives of major stakeholder groups present risk-informed management as this new approach, as developed in the European Commission-funded project RISKBASE. It aims to improve the ecological quality of river basins and thus to sustain the goods and services they provide for the benefit of society. Risk-informed management involves the integrated application of three key-principles: Being well informed Managing adaptively Pursuing a participatory approachThe authors explain and underpin these principles in detail, offer inspiring examples from practice and connect them to the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD).Thisbook is intended for scientists, consultants and practitioners concerned about river basins, world-wide, as well as the drafters and implementers of the WFD River Basin Management Plans. 412 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Risk-Informed Management of European River Basins
• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg Sep 2013
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3642385974
• ISBN 13: 9783642385971
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 241W x 160H x 27D millimeters 241 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 27 millimeters depth
• Weight: 781 grams

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Synopsis

The growing impacts of economic activities and climate change on the conditions of rivers throughout the world, require a new, integrated approach towards river basin management, an approach that can also cope with an uncertain future. In this volume, leading European scientists and representatives of major stakeholder groups present risk-informed management as this new approach, as developed in the European Commission-funded project RISKBASE. It aims to improve the ecological quality of river basins and thus to sustain the goods and services they provide for the benefit of society. Risk-informed management involves the integrated application of three key-principles:

·       Being well informed

·       Managing adaptively

·       Pursuing a participatory approach

The authors explain and underpin these principles in detail, offer inspiring examples from practice and connect them to the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD).

Thisbook is intended for scientists, consultants and practitioners concerned about river basins, world-wide, as well as the drafters and implementers of the WFD River Basin Management Plans.