Synopses & Reviews
The growing impacts of economic activities and climate change on the conditions of rivers throughout the world, require a new, integrated approach towards river basin management, an approach that can also cope with an uncertain future. In this volume, leading European scientists and representatives of major stakeholder groups present risk-informed management as this new approach, as developed in the European Commission-funded project RISKBASE. It aims to improve the ecological quality of river basins and thus to sustain the goods and services they provide for the benefit of society. Risk-informed management involves the integrated application of three key-principles: ·
Synopsis
This volume provides a review of all main topics addressed by the EC funded project RISKBASE. It aims at scientists, consultants and practitioners concerned about river basins.
Synopsis
The growing impacts of economic activities and changing climate on the conditions of rivers basins throughout the world require a new integrated management approach. In this volume leading European scientists and representatives of major stakeholder groups present the principles of risk-informed management, which were developed in the European Commission-funded project RISKBASE. The aim is to improve the ecological quality of river basins and thus to sustain the goods and services they provide for the benefit of society. The three key principles of risk-informed management are: ·
Table of Contents
Introduction: the Need for Risk-Informed River Basin ManagementJos Brils , Damia Barcelo , Winfried Blum , Werner Brack , Bob Harris , Dietmar Müller , Philippe Négrel , Vala Ragnarsdottir , Wim Salomons , Adriaan Slob , Thomas Track , Joop Vegter,