Management of Transboundary Rivers and Lakes

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Varis, Olli (Editor), Biswas, Asit K. (Editor), Tortajada, Cecilia (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Water Resources Development and Management,
• Subjects: Environment.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Environmental management.; Ecotoxicology.; Nature conservation.; Water pollution.; Environmental Management.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Nature Conservation.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.

Water’s role in the nature is very fundamental. As it circulates in the atmosphere, in the rivers, lakes, soil, rock, and in the oceans, it is the major conveyer of va- ous chemical substances and of energy, and it can also be called as the blood of the ecosystems of this planet. But at the same tim...