Trade in virtual water, the substitution of the use of scarce water resources for agricultural production by imports … from water-rich countries has been said to be a potential solution to water crises and water conflicts throughout water …-stressed regions worldwide. While trade in foodstuffs may have helped to alleviate water stress in parts of the Middle East and …

application with emphasis on its participatory elements is demonstrated by the case study on the water allocation conflict of the …

This paper explores the potential of "boundary work" perspectives for enhancing current approaches in water resources … currently leading approaches for water and natural resources management, i.e. Integrated Water Resources Management, Adaptive … Management, and the Ecosystem Approach. Given the political dimension of water resources management, questions of governance are …

The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) calls for cost-effective measures to achieve a "good status" in all European …

The European Union’s Water Framework Directive advocates, among other things, River Basin Management and is often … governance in the EU. A framework is developed for analysing the reconfiguration of water governance in Germany, relying on the … requirements, ideologically influencing changes in the preferences of water managers, facilitated by changes in use patterns. In …

For many years, tremendous efforts have been made to link important diseases and epidemics to water supply and … transmission pathways. Such efforts paid off and led to significant breakthroughs in drinking water supplies and sanitation … framework for understanding complex environmental health issues arising from water supplies and sanitation practices in Africa …