The present report contains six case studies that illustrate regional adaptation to key water resource issues resulting … from climate change and other causes such as increased water use. In addition to detailed literature analysis for each … knowledge about them. The case studies addressed the Lavant valley and Vienna in Austria, the Valais in Switzerland, South Tyrol …

raises concerns for public health. Current reporting under the EU Water Framework Directive shows that a substantial … UWWTD implementation remains incomplete and other significant sources of water pollution exist, especially agriculture and … focus on controls 'at source' and the efficient use of resources including water, energy and chemicals. …

Europe's freshwaters are affected by water scarcity, droughts, floods and physical modifications. Many water bodies are … at risk of failing to meet the aim of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) to achieve good status by 2015. Future … policies should encourage demand management through actions such as increasing water efficiency. In addition, water management …

river. Upstream Kyrgyzstan operates the Toktogul reservoir which generates hydropower demanded mainly in winter for heating …. Downstream Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan need irrigation water in summer, primarily to grow cotton. Regional agreements obliging … due to lack of trust between the parties. Striving for self-sufficiency in irrigation water, Uzbekistan initiated new …

An important conclusion from the literature on hydropower is that if there are no other constraints than the available … water reservoirs for a year, and operating costs are ignored, the competitive (and socially optimal) outcome is … hydropower being non-concave. This non-concavity can be caused by short-run capacity limits either on exports and imports of …

; and changes in river flow with impacts on hydropower and the ability to meeting water requirements for municipal … level rise; increased temperature and changes in precipitation resulting in changes in crop water requirements and yields … future climates for Vietnam. A set of biophysical models were employed to project the impacts on water supply, water demand …

also in the long-run equilibrium where capacities are endogenous. In such an equilibrium the hydropower monopoly will get a …

An important conclusion from the literature on hydropower is that if there are no other constraints than the available … water reservoirs for a year, and operating costs are ignored, the competitive (and socially optimal) outcome is … hydropower being non-concave. This non-concavity can be caused by short-run capacity limits either on exports and imports of …

The key question in hydropower production is the time pattern of the use of the water in the reservoir. The water used … to produce electricity today can alternatively be used tomorrow. The analysis of the operation of hydropower is therefore … essentially a dynamic one. The paper introduces some basic models for social allocation of stored water over discrete time periods …