The Water Framework Directive

by Quevauviller, Philippe; Borchers, Ulrich; Thompson, K. Clive; Simonart, Tristan

• ISBN13: 9781849730532
• ISBN10: 1849730539
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-11-26
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Summary

Proceedings of a conference on "Integrated River Basin Management under the Water Framework Directive", held at Le Nouveau Siècle, Lille, France on 26th-28th April 2010.The book reviews technical challenges faced by EU Member States, stakeholder organisations and scientists while developing the first River Basin Management Plan under the Water Framework Directive (WFD). It focusses on aspects of multi-sectoral and multidisciplinary integration and how emerging issues such as adaptation to climate change will be considered in the future.

Table of Contents

General Introduction
Are we able to adapt water resource management practices in a fast moving world?	p. 3
Scene Setting
River basin management in a changing climate	p. 17
Integrating science-based recommendations on water and climate change in river basin management planning - Goal, opportunity or inaccessible dream?	p. 34
CLIMATEWATER so far: Impacts of climate change on water and adaptation strategies identified - An ecohydrological Rbmp is needed	p. 44
Water threats at river basin scale	p. 62
Implementing the Water Framework Directive: lessons for the second planning cycle	p. 80
Integrating Ecosystem and Environmental Knowledge
Towards sustainable management of groundwater and dependent ecoystems underthe impact of climate change and land-use	p. 99
An overview of the inclusion of sediment-an essential, integral and dynamic part of any river system - in European River Basin Management Plans	p. 104
Water bodies in Europe - Integrative systems to assess ecological status and recovery	p. 114
Role of soils in integrated river basin management under climate change	p. 115
Integrating Climate Change Hazards
Possible outcomes for water resources and water use in the context of the EU "ACQWA" Project	p. 129
Improving risk management for flash floods and debris flow events	p. 139
Evaluation of the global water cycle's response to current and future drivers of climate change	p. 170
Securing Water Resources Against Deliberate or Natural Disorders
Climate change impacts on water and security; orientations of the research foreseen over 2010-2013	p. 181
Impact assessment of environmental key pollutants on aquatic ecosystems	p. 189
Stakeholder Views and Science-Policy Interfacing
Laboratory networking needs: the experience of the NORMAN network on emerging contaminants	p. 203
The European Water Framework Directive beyond 2010: let actions speak louder than words	p. 207
Subject Index	p. 212
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