[PDF] The Sava River eBook

Author : Radmila Milačič
Publisher : Springer
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 33,92 MB
Release : 2014-11-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 3662440342

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This volume provides a comprehensive overview of environmental aspects of the Sava River, which is the greatest tributary to the Danube River and the major drainage river system of South Eastern Europe. Hydroelectric power plants, river traffic, intensive agricultural activities, heavy industry and floods have considerable influence on the environment and biota in the basin. Summarizing the results that were gathered in the course of EU, bilateral and national projects, the book highlights the most important stressors and helps readers to better understand the impact of anthropogenic activities on the function of river basins. Topics include: transboundary water cooperation between the riparian countries; climate change projection, including its impact on flood hazards; evaluation of anthropogenic pollution sources; pollution of sediments, metal bioavailability and ecotoxicological and microbiological characterization of the river. The biological part also addresses quality aspects related to wildlife in river aquatic ecosystems (algae, macrophytes, zooplankton, macroinvertebrates and fish) and riparian ecosystems (amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals). The general state of biodiversity and pressures caused by invasive aquatic species are also discussed.

Author : Jacques Ganoulis
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,62 MB
Release : 2000-09-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780792365570

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Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Transboundary Water Resources in the Balkans: Initiating Regional Monitoring Networks, held in Thessaloniki, Greece, 11-15 October 1999

Author : Vladimir Dopuda
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 18,30 MB
Release : 2018-11-28
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781790331789

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Any river, big or small, just by being there, is a permanent invitation to a man (I could add "particularly to an ungrown one", but that would be a redundant statement) to get some wood and nails, build a raft and explore it. If you grew with Mark Twain books, this idea stays in the back of your mind pretty much throughout your life. If you do not need to google terms like Kon-Tiki or Deliverance, and consider endeavours like those cool, you know very well what I am talking about without further explanation.Once you realize that common excuses (job, career, kids, etc.) are exactly just that, excuses, you only need to pick a river, find a few oddballs who also think this is a great idea and start gathering wood - it is that simple. Well, almost...Beside some natural exaggerations that may have developed during the years of telling and re-telling the story to those who wanted to listen and a name or two that were changed by a request of the participant or due to self-censorship, all names, characters, places, and incidents are otherwise true to the best recollection of the author.

Author : Doru Bănăduc
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 25,9 MB
Release : 2020-04-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 3030372421

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The second-longest European river after the Volga, the Danube is one of the world’s most important rivers in terms of its geographical and historical significance. In recent history, it has served as a major international waterway and numerous cities, including four capitals, have been founded on its banks. The 2826km-long Danube has a watershed measuring 801,093 km2 that is now shared between 19 countries, from its source in the Black Forest to the Black Sea, into which it pumps an average of 827 km3 of water a year. This book describes and explains key landscape values interactions (geographical, cultural and natural heritage). It also identifies the threats and various types of human impact affecting this system in all the countries of the Danube River Basin, based on the investigations and perspectives of a team of experienced naturalists, and in the context of the early 21st century, in which the human-nature relationship is still far from balanced. These studies demonstrate how biodiversity, conservation and ecological studies can help us successfully promote mutual cooperation and combine our efforts to address problems as a responsible continent.

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Page : 130 pages
File Size : 50,65 MB
Release : 1953
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Information is presented regarding the hydraulic nature of artificial-flooding potentialities in the Jugoslavian Sava River basin upstream from the confluence of the Vrbas River. Particular emphasis is placed on the region near the important communication center of Ljubljana. Data are given on: (1) the normal and extreme discharges, stages, and velocities at key stations on the Sava and Ljubljana Rivers; (2) stream gradients and depths, and widths of channels and flood plains; (3) locations and zero elevations of gaging stations; (4) locations and dimensions of dams and bridges; (5) the extent of flooding possible by the erection of temporary dams; and (6) the magnitude and duration of flood waves and flow variations created by breaching or regulated discharge from the dams and reservoirs, and the effect on military bridging and crossing operations. The erection of still-water barriers such as temporary dams would cause extensive shallow inundation and affect trafficability. Breaching the Moste dam would not cause serious damage as a result of the flood wave, but it could seriously disrupt the electrical power supply of important industrial areas such as the Jesenice steel mills. Breaching a high temporary barrier across the Sava near the upstream entrance to the Dolsko gorge would produce flood waves of considerable effectiveness. Cyclic discharge from dams and reservoirs would inconvenience floating-bridge or crossing operations.

Author : Erika Weinthal
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 10,52 MB
Release : 2014-02-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1136536566

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As a basic human need, the provision of safe water is among the highest priorities of government and humanitarian interventions during post-conflict recovery and peacebuilding. In the aftermath of war, water, sanitation, and infrastructure play a critical role in the recovery of livelihoods and economic development. Moreover, shared waters have great potential for interstate cooperation, assisting to rebuild trust following conflict and to prevent a return to conflict. This volume draws on studies from around the world to create a framework for understanding how water resources decisions and activities can facilitate or undermine peacebuilding in a post-conflict setting.