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This book provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary and highly
accessible introduction to water resource management, covering
topics such as: the ecology of surface waters international
regulations and economics stakeholder participation in management
tools and methods for decision making integrated modelling decision
making and water policies stakeholder participation and social
issues. Experts across a wide range of specialist fields including
social sciences, informatics, ecology and hydrology are brought
together in this truly multidisciplinary approach to water
management. They provide the reader with integrated insights into
water resource management practices that underpin the three pillars
of sustainable development - environment, economics and society -
through a series of international case studies and theoretical
frameworks.
Recent scientific research on the Mediterranean indicates that
climate change will exacerbate many of the area's existing
problems, including desertification, water scarcity and limits to
food production. Changes in weather patterns and average
temperatures are also likely to introduce new threats to human
health and natural ecosystems. The authors in this significant new
book identify the possible impacts and scenarios, and then define
practical strategies for adapting to, and mitigating, the effects
of climate change from an integrated socio-economic perspective.The
book begins with a broad global overview of the probable economic
and social consequences of climate change. The authors then focus
on the issue of water resources and assess a range of potential
problems such as increasing droughts, adequate irrigation, reduced
water quality and population migration due to severe shortages.
They move on to examine issues surrounding land use including
desertification, degradation, agriculture and waste management.
Finally, they investigate the coastal zones of the Mediterranean
which are economically vulnerable to variations in climate due to
their reliance on tourism. The book integrates methodological and
empirical issues, provides interdisciplinary analyses of the
effects of climate change and explores policy implications for the
future. The informative and stimulating research found in this
volume constitutes a first step towards a better understanding of
climate change in the Mediterranean. It will be essential reading
for researchers of environmental and resource economics, and
policymakers in the Mediterranean region and in other coastal areas
around the world.
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