Risk-Informed Management of European River Basins

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Brils, Jos (Editor), Brack, Werner (Editor), Müller-Grabherr, Dietmar (Editor), Négrel, Philippe (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
Series:The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the Need for Risk-Informed River Basin Management
  • Soil – Sediment - River Connections: Catchment Processes delivering Pressures to River Catchments
  • Status and Causal Pathway Assessments Supporting River Basin Management
  • Monitoring Programs, Multiple Stress Analysis and Decision Support for River Basin Management
  • Downscaling Scenarios as an Exploratory Tool for River Basin Management – an Introduction
  • Informing River Basin Management on Flood and Drought Risks Taking Future Uncertainties into Account
  • Future Land Use Patterns in European River Basins: Scenario Trends in Urbanization, Agriculture and Land Use
  • Framing the Uncertain Future: Articulating IPCC-SRES Scenarios for European River Basins
  • Integrated River Basin Management and Risk Governance
  • Ecosystem Services and River Basin Management
  • Participatory Approaches and the Role of Facilitative Leadership
  • How Spatial Planning Can Connect to River Basin Management
  • Improving the Connection BetweenScience and Policy for River Basin Management
  • Synthesis and Recommendations Towards Risk-Informed River Basin Management