Living Rivers: Trends and Challenges in Science and Management

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Leuven, R. S. E. W. (Editor), Ragas, A. M. J. (Editor), Smits, A. J. M. (Editor), Velde, G. van der (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: Developments in Hydrobiology ; 187
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Ecology.; Biodiversity.; Aquatic ecology.; Environmental management.; Nature conservation.; Life Sciences.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Life Sciences, general.; Environmental Management.; Nature Conservation.

All over the world, sustainable river basin management is a leading principle of policy plans and legal instruments for water management (e.g. the European Water Framework Directive). The evidence, however, to underpin the full scope of sustainability is rather scanty. In this book an integrative pe...