Managing Europe's Water Resources: Twenty-first Century Challenges

By Chad Staddon

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754673219
• ISBN13: 9780754673217
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"