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Heavily Modified Water Bodies : Synthesis of 34 Case Studies in Europe /

This book is the result of a European project on heavily modified water bodies, carried out in the context of the Common Implementation Strategy of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD). It presents and synthesises the results of thirty-four European case studies on the identification and designati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kampa, Eleftheria
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Hansen, Wenke
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint : Springer, 2004.
Series:International and European environmental policy series.
Subjects:
Environmental sciences.
Hydraulic engineering.
Ecology.
Environmental law.
Environmental management.
Pollution.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Guidance on Heavily Modified and Artificial Water Bodies
  • Selection of Case Studies
  • Identification of Water Bodies
  • Uses, Physical Alterations and Impacts to Hydromorphology
  • Ecological Status
  • Provisional Identification of Water Bodies as Heavily Modified
  • Designation of Heavily Modified Water Bodies
  • Definition of Maximum Ecological Potential
  • Definition of Good Ecological Potential.