Water resources are under threat in many parts of the world. Climate change and natural disasters like earthquakes are aggravating already critical situations. But a significant number of threats are posed directly by human interference and failings. A major theme in the book is the need for preparedness. Poor risk assessment, lack of emergency planning and poor institutional response are key factors in making natural disasters or human-induced problems worse. The problems are ones of water quality as well as quantity. A large section is devoted to the threats from climate change and extreme hydrological events. As global warming progresses most regions can expect an increase in the frequency of floods and droughts. But the rising cost of these events is also directly due to human mismanagement, lack of preparation and poor emergency response. Similar issues surround the threats from terrorism and armed conflicts, which are analysed by a special Working Group. A final section is devoted to analyses of the water resources problems surrounding the Aral Sea - perhaps the worst man-made disaster in history - in which experts from the region discuss the solutions being developed, the urgent need for international collaboration and the problems caused by the huge cost of rehabilitation.
Author(s): J. Anthony Jones, Trahel Vardanian, Christina Hakopian
Series: NATO science for peace and security series. Series C, Environmental security
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer :, Published in cooperation with NATO Public Diplomacy Division
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 380
City: Dordrecht
Cover Page
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Title Page
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Copyright Page
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Contents
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THREATS TO GLOBAL WATER SECURITY: POPULATION
GROWTH, TERRORISM, CLIMATE CHANGE,
OR COMMERCIALISATION?......Page 14
LESS IS MORE: APPROACHING WATER SECURITY
AND SUSTAINABILITY FROM THE DEMAND SIDE......Page 25
WATER SECURITY OF NATIONS: HOW INTERNATIONAL
TRADE AFFECTS NATIONAL WATER SCARCITY
AND DEPENDENCY......Page 37
REDUCING THE RISK: DROUGHT MITIGATION
AND THE ECONOMY OF IRRIGATION......Page 47
WORKING GROUP I: RISK ASSESSMENT AND WATER
GOVERNANCE......Page 54
DRINKING WATER SECURITY IN CRISIS SITUATIONS
FROM A MEDICAL PERSPECTIVE......Page 58
BIOSENSORS IN A SYSTEM OF INSTRUMENTAL TOOLS TO PREVENT EFFECTS OF BIOTERRORISM AND AUTOMOTIVE CONTROL OF WATER PROCESS PURIFICATION......Page 66
A HIGH SENSITIVITY NUCLEAR METHOD FOR REAL-TIME
DETECTION OF ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS IN DRINKING
WATER AND SOIL......Page 79
NATURAL DISASTERS AND SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE
WATER POLLUTION RISK ASSESSMENT FOR SOME REGIONS
OF GEORGIA......Page 89
STORM SURGES ON THE SOUTHERN COAST OF GULF
OF RIGA: CASE STUDY OF THE LIELUPE RIVER......Page 96
GROUND WATER VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
OF THE APARAN AQUIFER, REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA,
AND ITS REPRESENTATION IN A 3-D MODEL......Page 103
WASTEWATER MODELING TO REDUCE DISASTER RISK
FROM GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION......Page 110
SURVIVAL IN GROUNDWATER AND FT–IR
CHARACTERIZATION OF SOME PATHOGENIC
AND INDICATOR BACTERIA......Page 120
WORKING GROUP II: THE THREAT FROM ARMED CONFLICT
AND TERRORISM......Page 126
CLIMATE CHANGE, GLACIER RETREAT, AND WATER
AVAILABILITY IN THE CAUCASUS REGION......Page 132
RISK MANAGEMENT AND MITIGATION IN HIGHLY
URBANIZED RIVER BASINS......Page 145
SPATIAL DATA INTEGRATION FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES
OF FLOOD MANAGEMENT......Page 155
THE USE OF REMOTE SENSING AND GIS TECHNIQUES
IN FLOOD MONITORING AND DAMAGE ASSESSMENT:
A STUDY CASE IN ROMANIA......Page 166
FLOODING IN AFGHANISTAN: A CRISIS......Page 177
HUMAN FACTORS IN THE FLOODS OF ROMANIA......Page 184
DEVELOPMENT OF DANGEROUS GEODYNAMIC PROCESSES
IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS AND THE PROBLEM OF MITIGATING
THEIR CONSEQUENCES......Page 190
THREATS IN THE TIENSHAN-PAMIR REGION
OF KYRGYZSTAN......Page 196
LONG-TERM PROGNOSIS OF HIGH FLOWS
IN THE MOUNTAIN RIVERS OF GEORGIA......Page 203
WATER DISASTERS IN THE TERRITORY OF ARMENIA......Page 210
THE FLOODS ON THE RIVER DANUBE IN 2006: SOCIAL
IMPACT AND REMEDIAL PROCESSES......Page 220
THE ANALYSIS OF DANGEROUS HYDROLOGICAL
PROCESSES FOR THE TEREK RIVER BASIN......Page 227
FLOODS AND THEIR RISK ASSESSMENT IN EAST SIBERIA......Page 240
REMOVING CHLORINE-CONTAINING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
IN THE ENVIRONMENT AFTER FLOODS......Page 246
CALIBRATION OF AN ATMOSPHERIC/HYDROLOGICAL
MODEL SYSTEM FOR FLOOD FORECASTING IN THE ODRA
WATERSHED......Page 250
THE ROLE OF METEOROLOGICAL MODELS IN THE
PREDICTION OF WEATHER HAZARDS – THE EUROPEAN
APPROACH......Page 258
EXTENDING THE DANUBE FLOOD FORECASTING SYSTEM
WITH THE USE OF METEOROLOGICAL ENSEMBLES......Page 270
WORKING GROUP III: THREATS DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE – GLOBAL PROBLEMS IN A REGIONAL CONTEXT......Page 273
ASSESSMENT OF RISKS AND POSSIBLE ECOLOGICAL
AND ECONOMIC DAMAGE FROM LARGE-SCALE NATURAL
AND MAN-INDUCED CATASTROPHES IN ECOLOGICALLY
VULNERABLE REGIONS OF CENTRAL ASIA
AND THE CAUCASUS......Page 277
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OF INTENTIONAL
OR ACCIDENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS TO WATER
SECURITY IN THE DANUBE DELTA......Page 295
PREVENTING DISASTER ON FRENCH CREEK, ONE OF THE
MOST BIOLOGICALLY DIVERSE RIVERS IN NORTH AMERICA......Page 306
APPRAISAL OF METHODOLOGY OF ECOLOGICAL RISKS
ASSESSMENT ARISING FROM POLLUTION OF THE RIVERS
OF THE UKRAINE......Page 311
EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND WATER SECURITY
OF THE BTC PIPELINE IN ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
OF GEORGIA......Page 321
EFFECTS OF RESERVOIRS ON STREAMFLOW
IN THE BOREAL REGION......Page 325
HYDROGEOLOGICAL FACTORS AND THE SAFE OPERATION
OF HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES......Page 335
EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF A WATER HAMMER
ON THE FAILURE OF A CORRODED WATER PIPELINE......Page 338
SEWER SYSTEM CONDITION, TYPE OF SEWERS
AND THEIR IMPACTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT......Page 344
THE ARAL SEA: A MATTER OF MUTUAL TRUST......Page 350
EXTREME AND AVERAGE GLACIER RUNOFF
IN THE AMUDARYA RIVER BASIN......Page 353
FUTURE OF THE ARAL SEA AND THE ARAL SEA COAST......Page 359
NATURAL DISASTER: PREVENTION OF DRINKING WATER
SCARCITY......Page 363
ESTIMATION OF ECOLOGICAL RISK OF TRANSBOUNDARY
POLLUTION OF THE AMU RIVER......Page 366
ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STRATEGY FOR THE OPTIMAL
USE OF THE UPSTREAM WATER RESOURCES
OF THE AMUDARY BASIN IN THE NATIONAL INTERESTS
OF THE TAJIK REPUBLIC......Page 370
INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
FOR TRANSBOUNDARY WATER RESOURCES
IN CENTRAL ASIA......Page 375
