Managing Europe's Water Resources

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. 1: Introduction; 2: Water Regulation at the Global Level; 3: Managing Water in Europe; 4: Managing Scarce Water Resources; 5: Managing Scarce Water Resources; 6: Issues in European Water Management 1; 7: Issues in European Water Management 2; 8: Climate Change, Social Change and Europe's Water Futures; 9: Managing Europe's Water