Water Resources Management in Balkan Countries

Description

This book presents an overview and knowledgeable on water resources management in Balkan countries – Slovenia, North Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, Greece, and Bulgaria. The book shows the state of the art and also the latest research findings of the different aspects of water resources management in Balkan countries with case studies that reveal the best practice in water resources management, development, and protection. Researchers and scientists from the Balkan countries present their experiences and expertise on a wide range of water resources topics. Therefore, the book is of particular interest to decisions planners/makers and stakeholders. Also, the book will be useful to experts, professionals, researchers, scientists, practitioners, academics working in the field of water resources management in Balkan countries and analogous regions. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction to “Water Resources Management in Balkan Countries” (Martina Zelenakova, Abdelazim M. Negm, Ionut Minea)....Pages 3-19 Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve—Long-Term Assessment of Water Quality (Cristina Despina, Liliana Teodorof, Adrian Burada, Daniela Seceleanu-Odor, Iuliana-Mihaela Tudor, Orhan Ibram et al.)....Pages 21-43 Front Matter ....Pages 45-45 Water Resources in Slovenia (M. Hrvatin, B. Komac, M. Zorn)....Pages 47-79 Induced Riverbank Filtration (IRBF) for Managed Artificial Groundwater Recharge (MAR) in Slovenia (Irena Kopač, Matevž Vremec)....Pages 81-105 Front Matter ....Pages 107-107 Groundwater Resources in Croatia (Danijel Orešić, Ivan Čanjevac)....Pages 109-132 Water Quality Status of Croatian Surface Water Resources (Lidija Tadić, Marija Šperac, Barbara Karleuša, Josip Rubinić)....Pages 133-158 Surface Water Resources and Their Management in Croatia (Ivan Čanjevac, Danijel Orešić)....Pages 159-174 Front Matter ....Pages 175-175 Water Resources in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Emina Hadžić, Alma Imamović)....Pages 177-210 Front Matter ....Pages 211-211 Water Resources of Serbia and Its Utilization (Borislava Blagojević, M. Langović, I. Novković, S. Dragićević, N. Živković)....Pages 213-247 Microbial Quality of Irrigation Water in Serbia: Risks to Food Safety (Željka Rudić, Igor Kljujev, Bojana Vujović, Mile Božić, Vera Raičević)....Pages 249-276 Precipitation and Drought Analysis in Serbia for the Period 1946–2017 (Milan Gocic, Slavisa Trajkovic, Mladen Milanovic)....Pages 277-292 Front Matter ....Pages 293-293 Water Resource Management in Bulgaria (Rositsa Velichkova, Tsvetelina Petrova, Iskra Simova, Georgi Bardarov, Detelin Markov, Milka Uzunova)....Pages 295-326 River Systems Under the Anthropogenic and Climate Change Impacts: Bulgarian Case (M. Chilikova-Lubomirova)....Pages 327-355 Front Matter ....Pages 357-357 Water Resources Management in Republic of North Macedonia (Ivan Radevski, Svemir Gorin, Vladimir Zlatanoski)....Pages 359-387 Water Quality and Pollution Status of the Main Rivers in the Republic of North Macedonia (Olgica Dimitrovska, Ivan Radevski, Svemir Gorin)....Pages 389-418 Front Matter ....Pages 419-419 Agricultural Water Management in Greece (Nicholas Dercas)....Pages 421-453 Front Matter ....Pages 455-455 Update, Conclusions, and Recommendations for “Water Resources Management in Balkan Countries” (Ionut Minea, Martina Zelenakova, Abdelazim M. Negm)....Pages 457-469