The Danube River and Western Black Sea Coast

The Danube River and Western Black Sea Coast: Complex Transboundary Management is a brand-new volume in the Elsevier Ecohydrology from Catchment to Coast Series. It focuses on the second-largest river in Europe, and the most transboundary river basin encompassing 19 countries. The chapters focus on the changes in the area in the past decade and a way forward. Made up of three parts, the book starts with an overview of what to expect and what the content covers, it goes on to cover The Danube River and its recipient, the Black Sea including sediment balance, water quality, hydromorphology and aquatic biodiversity. Section two covers the key pressures and implementation of transboundary water management such as aquatic resources, invasive species, climate change and stakeholder participation. Section three assesses visions for a sustainable future in the Danube River Basin with a look to applicable sustainability, ecosystem and human interaction and improving biodiversity through floodplains. The book concludes with a summary and outlook.

1. Theory and Practice - Science meets Management

Part 1: The Danube River and its recipient, the Black Sea
2. Transformation of the socio-ecohydrological system of the Danube River Basin and the adjacent Black Sea coast
3. Hydrology and Hydromorphology
4. Sediment balance in the Danube River Basin and sediment load to the Black Sea
5. Water quality of the Danube River and Black Sea
6. Aquatic biodiversity in the Danube River Basin
7. The Delta, linking the Danube River and the Black Sea
8. The coast and the shelf of the Black Sea

Part 2: Key Pressures and Implementation of Transboundary Water Management
9. Hydromorphological alterations and overexploitation of aquatic resources
10. Invasive Alien Species (IAS) in the Danube River Basin and the Black Sea Coast
11. Climate Change - specific consequences for the Danube River Basin and the Black Sea Coast
12. Transnational management of water bodies in the Danube and Black Sea region
13. Law and Politics: Protected areas in the Danube River Basin - implementation matters
14. The bottom-up approach: Stakeholder

Part 3: Visions for a sustainable future in the Danube River Basin
15. The application of sustainability
16. The concept of ecosystem services and human use in the Danube River Basin)
17. The key role of floodplains in nature conservation: How to improve the current status of aquatic biodiversity? Summary, Synthesis and Outlook
18. New concepts of science, technology and social behavior: Viewing the DR and BS as socio-ecological systems and consequences for political implementation in the Danube River Basin