Turkey's Water Policy National Frameworks and International Cooperation /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Kramer, Annika (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Kibaroglu, Aysegul (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Scheumann, Waltina (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Environmental management.; Hydrogeology.; Physical geography.; Ecotoxicology.; Water pollution.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Physical Geography.

Water is a strategic natural resource of vital importance to all nations. As such it has been the cause of several international disputes. For Turkey especially, water is crucial to social and economic development. Turkey’s current national water regime that emphasises water resources development an...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I. National framework. - 1. Turkey's water policy framework
• 2. Strategic role of water resources for Turkey
• 3. Challenges for Turkey to implement the EU water framework directive
• 4. Water for energy: Hydropower is vital for Turkey
• 5. Liberalization of Turkey's hydroelectricity sector: Insitutional changes and the private companies
• 6. Water for agriculture: A major and inefficient consumer
• 7.Turkey's policy for combatting water pollution
• 8. Environmental impact assessment in Turkish dam planning
• 9. The role of NGOs in promoting integrated river basin management in Turkey:- A case study of the Konya Closed Basin
• Part II. International cooperation on Turkey's transboundary rovers
• 10. The water dimension in turkish foreign policy
• 11. Turkey's water diplomacy: A theoretical discussion
• 12. Turkey's position towards international water law
• 13. Meric river basin: Transboundary water cooperation at the border between the EU and Turkey
• 14. Coruh river basin: Hydropower development and transboundary cooperation
• 15. Kura-Aras river basin: Burgeoning transboundary water issues
• 16. Euphrates-Tigris river system: Political rapprochement and transboundary water cooperation. 17. Orontes river basin: Downstream challenges and prospects for cooperation
• 18. Conclusion Part II: Cooperation on Turkey's transboundary waters: Analysis and recommendations.