Environmental Security In Watersheds: The Sea Of Azov: The Sea Of Azov (n.a.t.o. Science For Peace And Security Series C: Environmental Security)

Watersheds, Supplying Crucial Ecosystem Services To Humans, Seem To Be A Logical Territorial Unit To Integrate Societal Benefits And Environmental Needs In Order To Evaluate The Sustainability Of Natural Resource Use Patterns. Based On This Belief The Book Is An Attempt To Initiate A Comprehensive Environmental Security Assessment In The Basin Of The Azov Sea, Shared By Russia And Ukraine. Though The Region Provides A Variety Of Essential Services And Plays A Strategic Role In National And International Development Plans, It Has Been Excluded From Most Regional Environmental Discussions. At The Same Time There Is An Alarming Degradation Rate Of Basin Freshwater Ecosystems That Has Occurred Due To Overutilization Of Certain Prioritized Services (e.g. Transportation). The Collapse Of Neglected Services (e.g. Fishery And Freshwater Supply) Poses Serious Threats To The National Economies As Well As The Local Population, And To Mitigate These Threats Priority In Water Management Should Be Given To Securing Sustainability Of The Regional Freshwater Ecosystems. In Addition To The Review Of The Current Status Of Azov Ecosystem Services, The Authors Analyze Likely Future Availability And Challenges. The Relevant Experience Derived From Basin Management Of The Black Sea And Other Similar Basins Is Also Discussed. Edited By Viktor Lagutov. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Azov Ecosystem: Resources and Threats....Pages 3-62 Ecosystem Services of Rivers: The Don River (Russian Federation) and the Roanoke River (USA)....Pages 63-77 Climate Change, Water and Agriculture in the Azov Sea Basin....Pages 79-93 Ecological and Hydrogeological Assessment of Ukrainian Part of the Azov Sea Basin....Pages 95-105 Multipurpose Water Scheme Assessment of the Tsimlyansk Reservoir....Pages 107-114 Front Matter....Pages 115-115 Black Sea Environmental Status Improvement Through the Restoration of Wetlands Along the Danube River....Pages 117-126 Fish Stock Management Cooperation in the Lower Danube Region: A Case Study of Sturgeons and Pontic Shad....Pages 127-140 Distributed Geocomputation for Modeling the Hydrology of the Black Sea Watershed....Pages 141-157 Governance of the Protection of the Black Sea: A Model for Regional Cooperation....Pages 159-171 Vulnerability of the Black Sea to the Impacts of Climate Change....Pages 173-180 Front Matter....Pages 181-181 Spills of the Aral Sea: Formation, Functions and Future Development of the Aydar-Arnasay Lakes....Pages 183-215 Caspian Sea: Problems and Prospects....Pages 217-222 Water Management and Use in the Amur-Heilong River Basin: Challenges and Prospects....Pages 223-240 Participatory Futures Research and Social Learning for Integrated Watershed Management....Pages 241-253