This book puts great emphasis on the importance of Integrated Water Resources Management IWRM as the way forward towards food, water, and energy security. It offers better ways and means of managing the limited water resources; using water more efficiently; adopting new policies in order to cope with climate change and drought; increase water supply through the use of non conventional water resources, especially waste water; inducing stakeholders participation and information exchange and raise public awareness to the value of water. It is an important book for all those involved in all aspects of water resources and contains valuable information for scientists, researchers, farmers, extension services and students.
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Preface.- Foreword.- PART I. IWRM IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION.- Transboundary IWRM Attempts in the Mediterranean Emphasis on the Drin River Case and the Involvement of Stakeholders.- Integrated water management in Tunisia: Meeting the climate change challenges.- Improving Agricultural Water Productivity: A viable response to water scarcity in the dry areas.- Conceptual Frame on Technological Perspective for Water Resources Management in the Mediterranean Region.- PART II. WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT UNDER CLIMATE AND LAND USE CHANGES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION.- Water Resources Management under Possible Future Climate and Land Use Changes. The application of the Integrated Hydrological Modelling System, IHMS.- Challenges and Issues on Measuring, Modelling and Managing the Water Resources under Changing Climate and Land Use.- Water Valuation in Agriculture in the Souss-Massa Basin (Morocco).- PART III. NON CONVENTIONAL WATER MANAGEMENTS AND POLLUTION CONTROL.- Perspectives of Wastewater Reuse in the Mediterranean Region.- Wastewater Production, Treatment and Reuse around the Mediterranean Region: Current Status and Main Drivers.- Pollution and Measures towards De-Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea.- Recycling and reuse of treated waste water: challenges and perspectives. The example of the Júcar River Basin District and the Albufera Lake.- PART IV. WATER POLICIES, GOVERNANCE AND SOCIAL ISSUES.- Mediterranean Water Outlook: Perspective on Policies & Water Management in Arab Countries.- Identifying risks, actions and opportunities for a water long term strategy in the Mediterranean.- Mediterranean Water Policies Conceptual frame.- Effective water governance and how to achieve.- Water and Food Security in the Arab Region.- Analysis of Gender Roles Related to Water Resources Management in the Case of App Fruit Tree Planting Project in the Béni Mellal Area.- Integrated Participatory Water Resources Management and Water Governance.- Violence, the Bitit Canal and the Nile Basin: An Asymmetric Comparison.- General Conclusions.- Acknowledgements.- List of Abbreviations.
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