<!--Début du contenu @xml:lang="en"-->?This paper analyses imbalances of the European urban water sectors. The governance process significantly affects the dynamic of the sector, especially during the current modernization. Thus we propose an original framework taking into account economic and institutional interactions of the...

The problems of water management, including water scarcity, ecosystem degradation, and water related disasters are expected to be exacerbated by global trends such as climate changes, population growth, urban sprawl, and food uncertainty. In particular, population growth and climate change may...

In low- and middle-income countries, people need water for drinking, personal hygiene and other domestic use. But they also use it for livestock, horticulture, irrigation, fisheries, brickmaking, and other small-scale enterprises. Multiple-use water services (MUS) are best suited to meeting...

An important task for mankind to think and act, especially in times of crisis is environmental protection. The link between water and the environment is indisputable. Explained as the ability of a social system to develop public policies in order to mobilize the energies of different actors /...

Economically and socially speaking, water governance in developing countries is a major issue identified as a priority on the international agenda. This article is divided in three steps. First, we characterise the governance of water resources, by stressing the hybrid nature of the regulation...

Seit Kurzem gewinnen Ansätze zur Anpassung an den Klimawandel als komplementäre Strategie zum Klimaschutz immer stärker an Bedeutung. Ein wichtiges Handlungsfeld stellt dabei die Bewirtschaftung der Ressource Wasser dar. Das vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) geförderte...

Climate change is already happening. Regardless of international progress to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases that cause climate change, the climate system will continue to adjust for the next few decades to past and present emissions. This will bring unavoidable impacts on natural and...

This study compiles and summarizes the existing knowledge about observed and projected impacts of climate change on forests in Europe and reviews options for forests and forestry to adapt to climate change. It has been commissioned by the Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development...

The FAO report "Livestock long shadow: environmental issues and options" (2006) claims that livestock production is a major contributor to the world's environmental problems, contributing about 18% to global anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, although highly variable across the world....

This report presents the final results of the study named AVEMAC (Assessing Agriculture Vulnerabilities for the design of Effective Measures for Adaptation to Climate Change). This study has been realized in collaboration of the Actions AGRI4CAST, GeoCAP, AGRI0ENV, and AGRITRADE of the Institute...