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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780805303321

Autore

Staddon Chad

Titolo

Managing Europe's water resources [[electronic resource] ] : twenty-first century challenges / / Chad Staddon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, Surrey ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2010

ISBN

1-317-10171-5

1-315-59354-8

1-317-10170-7

1-282-38540-2

9786612385407

0-7546-9900-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Disciplina

333.910094

Soggetti

Water-supply - Europe

Water resources development - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures, Photos and Tables; Foreword; 1 Introduction: Water and Human Civilisation at the Beginning of the 21st Century; 2 Water Regulation at the Global Level; 3 Managing Water in Europe; 4 Managing Scarce Water Resources: The Qualitative Dimension; 5 Managing Scarce Water Resources: The Quantitative Dimension; 6 Issues in European Water Management 1: Water Utility Privatisation in Europe; 7 Issues in European Water Management 2: Dams; 8 Climate Change, Social Change and Europe's Water Futures; 9 Managing Europe's Water: 21st Century Challenges

Appendix 1 Glossary of Technical TermsAppendix 2 Water Quality Parameters; Appendix 3 Water Quality Exercises; Appendix 4 Analysis of the Water Supply Opportunities for an Industrial Plant; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Illustrated with case studies explaining key concepts and providing practical examples, this book forms a comprehensive introduction to water management issues from a European perspective. Initially detailing the history of water management, the book then puts forward



the major frameworks used for managing water, and provides a synoptic treatment of major water management issues in all 27 EU nations.