{"product_id":"9783642385971","title":"The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Handbook of Environmental Chemistry\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eBrils, Jos; Brack, Werner; Müller-Grabherr, Dietmar; Négrel, Philippe; Vermaat, Jan E.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe growing impacts of economic activities and climate change on the conditions of rivers throughout the world, require a new, integrated approach towards river basin management, an approach that can also cope with an uncertain future. In this volume, leading European scientists and representatives of major stakeholder groups present risk-informed management as this new approach, as developed in the European Commission-funded project RISKBASE. It aims to improve the ecological quality of river basins and thus to sustain the goods and services they provide for the benefit of society. Risk-informed management involves the integrated application of three key-principles:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e·       Being well informed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e·       Managing adaptively\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e·       Pursuing a participatory approach\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors explain and underpin these principles in detail, offer inspiring examples from practice and connect them to the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThisbook is intended for scientists, consultants and practitioners concerned about river basins, world-wide, as well as the drafters and implementers of the WFD River Basin Management Plans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2013-09-05\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783642385971\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-642-38598-8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 395\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Berlin Heidelberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45378331836556,"sku":"9783642385971","price":197.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783642385971.jpg?v=1772804475","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783642385971","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}