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This book compares the lessons learned from a wetland-perspective approach to the changing climate and the requirements of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) with regard to environmental conservation. Examples from Germany and Poland are discussed due to the efficiency of their respective implementations of water conservation policies. Although the general scientific interest in specific issues such as wetlands, climate change, nature conservation and the WFD enjoy a well established position in international environmental research, these four elements are rarely considered together due to the complexity of the processes, biased scenarios of global change and subjective policy background. Major challenges involved in carrying out environmental conservation actions that assess the potential impacts of climate change and management plans on water bodies are identified. The results of this approach are addressed to practitioners in the field of adaptive management in a wetlands context.

Earth Sciences. --- Environmental Science and Engineering. --- Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management. --- Geoecology/Natural Processes. --- Geography. --- Ecology. --- Géographie --- Ecologie --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Environmental Sciences --- Integrated water development. --- Water-supply --- Management. --- Integrated development of water resources --- Water development, Integrated --- Earth sciences. --- Environmental management. --- Environmental sciences. --- Geoecology. --- Environmental geology. --- Geoecology --- Environmental protection --- Physical geology --- Environmental science --- Science --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Geosciences --- Physical sciences --- Water conservation --- Water resources development --- Water use --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Population biology --- Ecology --- Wetland conservation --- Environmental Science --- Water Management. --- Conservation of wetlands --- Wetlands --- Wetlands conservation --- Nature conservation --- Conservation --- Environmental Science and Engineering --- Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management --- Geoecology/Natural Processes

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This book provides a systematic way of how to make better decisions in water resources management. The applications of three weighting methods namely rating, ranking, and ratio are discussed in this book. Additionally, data mining on keywords is presented using three popular scholarly databases: Science Direct, Scopus, and SciVerse. Four abbreviated keywords (MCDM, MCDA, MCA, MADM) representing multi-criteria decision-making were used and these three databases were searched for different popular weighting methods for a period of 13 years (2000-2012). The book provides also a review of weighting methods applied in various multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) methods and also presents survey results on priority ranking of watershed management criteria undertaken by 30 undergraduate and postgraduate students from the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.

Earth Sciences. --- Earth System Sciences. --- Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management. --- Hydrogeology. --- Geography. --- Hydraulic engineering. --- Géographie --- Technologie hydraulique --- Geography --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Physical Geography --- Water resources development --- Multiple criteria decision making. --- Decision making. --- Decision making --- Data processing. --- Decision making with multiple objectives --- MCDM (Decision making) --- Multiattribute decisions --- Multicriteria decision analysis --- Multicriteria decision making --- Multicriteria decision making analysis --- Multiobjective decision making --- Multiple objective decision making --- Earth sciences. --- Environmental management. --- Physical geography. --- Energy development --- Natural resources --- Water-supply --- Engineering, Hydraulic --- Engineering --- Fluid mechanics --- Hydraulics --- Shore protection --- Geohydrology --- Geology --- Hydrology --- Groundwater --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management

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This book assesses both the effectiveness and efficiency of implemented Economic Policy Instruments (EPIs) in order to achieve water policy goals, and identifies the preconditions under which they outperform alternative (e.g. regulatory) policy instruments and/or can complement them as part of complex policy mixes. The development of a consolidated assessment framework helps clarify (and where possible, quantify) the effectiveness of each EPI on the basis of different criteria. Outcome-oriented criteria describe how the EPIs perform. They include intended and unintended economic and environmental outcomes and the distribution of benefits and costs among the affected parties. These steps consider the application of cost effectiveness and cost benefits analysis, e.g. to assess ex-post performance of the EPI. Process criteria describe the institutional conditions (legislative, political, cultural, etc.) affecting the formation and operation of the EPI studied  (particularly relevant for assessing the possible impacts of using economic instruments), the transaction costs involved in implementing and enforcing the instruments, and the process of implementation. Case studies from Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom, as well as from Australia, Chile, Israel and the USA are presented in this book. A wide variety of EPIs are also covered, including water-pricing schemes (tariffs, environmental taxes, environmental charges or fees, subsidies on products and practices), trading schemes (tradable permits for abstraction and pollution), and cooperation mechanisms.

Environmental Sciences --- Law, General & Comparative --- Economic History --- Law, Politics & Government --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Business & Economics --- Water. --- Environment. --- Environmental management. --- Environmental law. --- Environmental policy. --- Environmental economics. --- Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice. --- Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management. --- Environmental Economics. --- Water, general. --- Environment, general. --- Hydrology --- Environmental sciences. --- Environmental science --- Science --- Economics --- Environmental quality --- Environment law --- Environmental control --- Environmental protection --- Environmental policy --- Law --- Sustainable development --- Environmental aspects --- Economic aspects --- Law and legislation --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Environment and state --- Environmental management --- State and environment --- Environmental auditing --- Government policy --- Adaptation (Biology) --- Environmental adaptation --- Adaptation, Environmental --- Biology --- Self-organizing systems --- Variation (Biology) --- Biological fitness --- Genetics

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This book demonstrates the application of Life-cycle Cost Approach (LCCA) in the management of infrastructure and other investment projects in the context of developing countries. The main goal is to identify potential opportunities for the adoption LCCA in developing countries, with the help of case studies and best practices. The editors observe that developing countries are plagued with poor and fluctuating service delivery which affords low or no priority for environmental protection. They seek to instill at the policy-making level an understanding of why life-cycle cost assessment is central to achieving the goals of sustainable development as well as sustainable service delivery and to influence the behavior of sector stakeholders. The editors examine the evolution of LCCA from a project appraisal tool to a more comprehensive method of incorporating sustainable development aspects in a variety of sectors. By providing a compendium of concepts, tools and practical experiences, it seeks to broaden the application of LCCA, which is often limited to specific phases of the life-cycle with little or no weight given to environmental aspects. The aim of the book is to mainstream LCCA into governance processes at institutional levels from local to national, in order to increase the ability and willingness of decision makers - both users and those involved in service planning, budgeting and delivery - to reach better informed and more relevant choices among different types and levels of products and services.

Environment. --- Sustainable Development. --- Environment, general. --- Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management. --- Agriculture. --- Complex Systems. --- Environmental sciences. --- Sustainable development. --- Sciences de l'environnement --- Agriculture --- Développement durable --- Economische aspecten. --- Environmental management -- Case studies. --- Environmental management. --- Pollution -- Economic aspects -- Periodicals. --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Environmental Sciences --- Life cycle costing. --- Water-supply --- Management. --- Costing, Life cycle --- L.C.C. (Life cycle costing) --- LCC (Life cycle costing) --- Life cycle cost --- Life cycle cost analysis --- Terotechnology --- System theory. --- Costs, Industrial --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Environmental science --- Science --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Environmental aspects --- Systems, Theory of --- Systems science --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Philosophy --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Population biology --- Ecology

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Contributing to the growing debate on the need for sustainable water use and management, with concrete examples of new approaches, concepts, arguments, methods and findings which illustrate how this can be achieved, this book will be attractive for large groups of readers familiar with one or more of the themes it tackles, and to the general public. Within this context, the book makes use of many tables and graphics, which bring the many messages together. This approach is intended not only for those working on water matters (e.g. bureaucrats, water managers, policymakers, journalists, etc.) and interested in water management issues and sustainability at large, but also for students of water management, water politics, environmental policy, water economics, water engineering and sustainability studies. Located at the crossroads of two key phenomena: sustainability and water, this book brings forward academic research and discussions on water efficiency, new technologies, and the water-agriculture nexus. It also benefits readers by tackling matters related to trans-boundary cooperation on water (including rainwater) and river-basin management, pricing issues, participatory water management, and the role of women in sustainable water use, amongst others.

Environment. --- Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution. --- Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management. --- Energy Policy, Economics and Management. --- Environmental sciences. --- Environmental pollution. --- Sciences de l'environnement --- Water resources development -- Environmental aspects. --- Water resources development. --- Water-supply -- Management. --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Environmental Engineering --- Water-supply --- Water resources development --- Management. --- Environmental aspects. --- Energy policy. --- Energy and state. --- Environmental management. --- Water pollution. --- Environmental protection --- Chemical pollution --- Chemicals --- Contamination of environment --- Environmental pollution --- Pollution --- Contamination (Technology) --- Asbestos abatement --- Bioremediation --- Environmental engineering --- Environmental quality --- Factory and trade waste --- Hazardous waste site remediation --- Hazardous wastes --- In situ remediation --- Lead abatement --- Pollutants --- Refuse and refuse disposal --- Environmental aspects --- Energy and state --- Power resources --- State and energy --- Industrial policy --- Energy conservation --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Aquatic pollution --- Fresh water --- Fresh water pollution --- Freshwater pollution --- Inland water pollution --- Lake pollution --- Lakes --- Reservoirs --- River pollution --- Rivers --- Stream pollution --- Water contamination --- Water pollutants --- Water pollution --- Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc. --- Government policy