Transboundary Water Resources in the Balkans Initiating a Sustainable Co-operative Network / edited by Jacques Ganoulis, I.L. Murphy, Mitja Brilly.

A source of up-to-date information on current water resources, their quality and quantity, in every country in the Balkans. Institutional structures, water management issues and water monitoring problems are analyzed, with special reference to international waters, using characteristic case studies,...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Ganoulis, Jacques (Editor), Murphy, I.L (Editor), Brilly, Mitja (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2000.
Edition:1st ed. 2000.
Series:Nato Science Partnership Subseries: 2, Environmental Security, 74
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Table of Contents:
  • I. Introduction and Key Issues
  • Workshop Goals: A Balkan Monitoring Network
  • Sharing Transboundary Water Resources: The Role of Regional Partnerships in the Balkans
  • Electronic Networking: Essential to Improved Transboundary Water Management in the Balkans
  • II. Case Studies
  • The Sava River
  • The Nestos/Mesta River: A Transboundary Water Quality Assessment
  • The Monitoring Programme of the Lake Ohrid Conservation Project
  • The Neretva River: Integrated Coastal Area and River Basin Management
  • Coastal Zone Management Applications in Turkey
  • III. The Status of Water Resources Monitoring in the Balkans
  • Albania
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
  • FYR of Macedonia
  • Greece
  • Romania
  • Slovenia
  • Turkey
  • FR of Yugoslavia
  • IV. Support for a Balkan Water Network
  • Eurowaternet: A Freshwater Monitoring and Reporting Network for All European Countries
  • Monitoring Water Systems: The USA Experience
  • Managing Human Resources for Water Monitoring: A Role for the International Water Environment Centre for the Balkans
  • The Status of Transboundary Water Resources in the Balkans: Establishing a Context for Hydrodiplomacy
  • A Plan for a Balkan Water-environment Centre
  • V. Consensus on a Strategy
  • Conclusions and Recommendations: An International Network of Water-environment Centres for the Balkans (INWEB)
  • List of Workshop Participants
  • Website Contacts.