Long description:

The Danube River and The Western Black Sea Coast: Complex Transboundary Management is a brand-new volume in the Elsevier Ecohydrology from Catchment to Coast series. The book focuses on the second largest river in Europe and the most transboundary river basin that encompasses 19 countries. Chapters focus on changes to the area in the past decade and a way forward. Made up of three parts, the book starts with an overview, covers 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 assess visions for a sustainable future in the Danube River Basin with a look to applicable sustainability, ecosystems, human interaction, and improving biodiversity through floodplains. The book concludes with a summary and outlook.

• Presents spatial maps, tables, and easy to follow figures in each chapter, aiding in a foundational understanding of the topic
• Provides a fully comprehensive overview, including biogeochemistry; ecology; productivity; livelihood; socio-economic aspects; and governance of the river and seacoast
• Includes specific cases of ecohydrology in the river basin and seacoast

Table of Contents:

1. Theory and Practice - Science meets Management

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

Part 2: Key Pressures and Implementation of Transboundary Water Management
8. Hydromorphological alterations and overexploitation of aquatic resources
9. Invasive Alien Species (IAS) in the Danube River Basin and the Black Sea Coast
10. Climate Change - specific consequences for the Danube River Basin
11. Transnational management of waterbodies in the Danube and Black Sea Region
12. Law and Politics: Protected areas in the Danube River Basin - implementation matters
13. The bottom-up approach: Stakeholder participation to strengthen nature conservation, protection and restoration of aquatic habitats

Part 3: Visions for a sustainable future in the Danube River Basin
14. A Danube River Basin management perspective on sustainable development
15. Ecosystem Services along the Danube River and its Floodplains: Uses, Assessments, and their Potential for Policies and Management
16. The key role of floodplains in nature conservation: How to improve the current status of biodiversity?

Part 4: Summary, Synthesis and Outlook
17. 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