Illustrated with case studies which explain key concepts and provide practical examples, this book provides a detailed and comprehensive introduction to water management issues from a European perspective. The book begins with a brief history of water management, followed by a consideration of the major frameworks used for managing water in its qualitative and quantitative aspects. Several chapters treat key water management issues, including; dams, privatization, hydropolitics, climate change and finally provides a synoptic treatment of major water management issues across Europe's geographical regions.
Author(s): Chad Staddon
Publisher: Ashgate
Year: 2012
Language: English
Pages: 290
Tags: Water management resources development Europe supply
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 Terms
Appendix 2 Water Quality Parameters
Appendix 3 Water Quality Exercises
Appendix 4 Analysis of the Water Supply Opportunities for an Industrial Plant
Bibliography
Index
