Sustainable use and development of watersheds : [proceedings of the NATO SPS (NFA) 5th workshop on sustainable use and development of watersheds for human security and peace, Kumburgaz, Istanbul, Turkey, 22-26 October 2007

John Wesley Powell, U.S. scientist and geographer, put it best when he said that a watershed is: ...that area of land, a bounded hydrologic system, within which all living things are inextricably linked by their common water course and where, as humans settled, simple logic demanded that they become part of a community. Watersheds come in all shapes and sizes. They cross sectorial boundaries (e.g. county, state/province, and country). No matter where you are, you are in a watershed! World-wide, watersheds supply drinking water, provide r- reation and respite, and sustain life. Watersheds are rich in natural capital, producing goods (agriculture and fisheries products) and services (industry and technology) for broad geographic areas. In many countries, at the base of watersheds where tributaries empty into large water-bodies (e.g. estuaries, seas, oceans) are centers of society and are typically densely populated areas. These areas serve as concentrated centers of the socio-economic system. They also are centers of domestic and international trade, tourism, and c- merce as well as the center of governments (capitals) where local, regional and national legislatures are located. As we all live in a watershed, our individual actions can directly affect it. The cumulative effects of all the individual actions of everyone within a watershed may be, and often are devastating to the quality of water resources and affect the health of living things including humans. Therefore, watershed systems are highly subject to threat to human security and peace. Watershed Management In Various Countries -- Watershed And Water Management System In Algeria / Mekki Messahel -- Advances In Managing Austria's Water Resources / Monika Schonerklee -- Problems And Prospects Of Water Resources Management In The Azerbaijan Republic / Amir S. Aliev -- Water Resources Management System Of Kyrgyzstan / Mars Amanaliev -- Watershed Management Practices In The Philippines: The Tigum-aganan Watershed Case / Jessica C. Salas -- Watershed Management System In Poland And Its Implications For Environmental Conditions Of The Baltic Sea: An Example Of The Vistula River Watershed / Eugeniusz Andrulewicz -- Watersheds Management In Romania: Challenges And Opportunities / Angheluta Vadineanu, Elena Preda -- Watershed Management In The Russian Federation And Transboundary Issues By Example Of Kaliningrad Oblast (russia) / Boris Chubarenko -- Overview Of Water Management In Turkey: Issues, Constraints, Achievements, Prospect / Selmin Burak --^ Watershed Management In The United States / Rosemarie C. Russo, Brenda Rashleigh, Robert B. Ambrose -- Decision Support Tools, Models And Case Studies -- Multilevel Participatory Model For Decision Making On Regional Hydro-system Basis: Serbian Case Study / Bojan Srdjevic, Zorica Srdjevic -- Supporting Tools For Decisional Process Within Water Framework Directive: From Eu Context To Modelkey Perspective / Stefania Gottardo, Elena Semenzin, Paola Agostini, Andrea Critto, Antonio Marcomini -- Application Of Water Quality Modelling As A Decision Support System Tool For Planned Buyuk Melen Reservoir And Its Watershed / Ali Erturk, Alpaslan Ekdal, Melike Gurel, Yigit Zorlutuna, Cigdem Tavsan, Dursun Zafer Seker, Aysegul Tanik, Izzet Ozturk -- The Use Of Numerical Modeling In Italian Watershed Management / Georg Umgiesser, Giorgio Mattassi, Isabella Scroccaro, Marco Ostoich, Marina Vazzoler --^ Sustainable Development Of Watersheds: Using Sturgeon Species As An Indicator In Integrated Transboundary Water Management In The Ural River Basin / Viktor Lagutov -- Lagoon Ecosystem Study Trough Two Cases: Oualidia (atlantic) And Nador (mediterranean) -- Morocco / Abdellatif Orbi, Karim Hilmi, Jaouad Lakhdar Idrissi, Soukaina Zizah -- Coastal Lagoons In The Context Of Water Management In Spain And Europe / Angel Perez-ruzafa, Concepcion Marcos -- Water Framework Directive: Defining The Ecological Quality Status In Transitional And Coastal Waters / Sofia Gamito -- The Role Of Ecological Endpoints In Watershed Management / Brenda Rashleigh -- Bioidentification Of Xenobiotics As A Basis Of Water Management / Valerii Tonkopii, Anatoly Zagrebin, Irina Iofina -- Gis Analysis Of Sustainable Development Indicators For Coastal Watersheds In The South-east Baltic / Boris Chubarenko, Dmitrii Domnin --^ Combined Use Of Watershed Models To Assess The Apportionment Of Point And Non Point Load Sources To Surface Waters / Arianna Azzellino, Roberta Salvetti, Renato Vismara -- Development Of National Action Plan To Address Pollution From Land Based Activities In Turkey / Gulsen Avaz, Selda Murat, Elif Atasoy, Ozgur Dogan, Leyla Tolun, Fatma Telli Karakoc, Selma Ayaz, Kemal Gunes -- Reduction Of The Land-based Discharges To The Curonian Lagoon In A View Of A Climate Change Perspective / Arturas Razinkovas, Inga Dailidiene, Renata Pilkaityte -- The Study Of Hydro-mineralogical And Ecological Regime Of Kara-bogaz-gol Lagoon, Turkmenistan / Otuzbay Geldiyew -- Comparative Analysis Of Water Management Practices In Mediterranean Countries / Selmin Burak -- Chesapeake Bay Program -- A Watershed Approach To Management / John P. Wolflin --^ Decision Support Systems And Tools / Ramiro Neves, Ali Erturk, Irina Chubarenko, Arianna Azzellino, Bojan Srdjevic, Boris Chubarenko, Ercan Zengin, Eric Masson, Georg Umgiesser, Karim Hilmi, Pedro Galvao, Stefania Gottardo -- Land-based Sources, Water Quality And Management / Angheluta Vadineanu, Brenda Rashleigh, Melike Gurel, Alpaslan Ekdal, Amir Aliyev, Angel Perez Ruzafa, Cigdem Tavsan, Elena Preda, Eric Masson, Eugeniusz Andrulewicz, Mars Amanaliev, Nur Findik Hecan, Otuzbay Geldiyew, Sofia Gamito -- Decision Making, Policy And Financing / John Wolfin, Rosemarie C. Russo, Selmin Burak, Nusret Karakaya, Abdellatif Orbi, Arturas Razinkovas, Biimyrza Toktoraliev, Guven Uzun, Jessica Salas, Mars Amanaliev, Mekki Messahel, Mihriban Haci, Viktor Lagutov, Yasin Torun. Edited By I. Ethem Gönenç ... [et Al.]. Described As Proceedings. This Book Is Based On A Nato-sponsored Sps (nfa) 5th Workshop On Sustainable Use And Develoment Of Watersheds For Human Security And Peace, Held In Kumburgaz, Istanbul, Turkey, 22-26 October 2007--p. Vii. Includes Bibliographical References. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction....Pages 3-5 Watershed and Water Management System in Algeria....Pages 9-19 Advances in Managing Austria’s Water Resources....Pages 21-49 Problems and Prospects of Water Resources Management in the Azerbaijan Republic....Pages 51-59 Water Resources Management System of Kyrgyzstan....Pages 61-80 Watershed Management Practices in the Philippines: The Tigum-Aganan Watershed Case....Pages 81-98 Watershed Management System in Poland and Its Implications for Environmental Conditions of the Baltic Sea: An Example of the Vistula River Watershed....Pages 99-111 Watersheds Management in Romania: Challenges and Opportunities....Pages 113-132 Watershed Management in the Russian Federation and Transboundary Issues by Example of Kaliningrad Oblast (Russia)....Pages 133-149 Overview of Water Management in Turkey: Issues, Constraints, Achievements, Prospect....Pages 151-171 Watershed Management in the United States....Pages 173-198 Multilevel Participatory Model for Decision Making on Regional Hydro-System Basis: Serbian Case Study....Pages 201-213 Supporting Tools for Decisional Process within Water Framework Directive: From EU Context to Modelkey Perspective....Pages 215-225 Application of Water Quality Modelling as a Decision Support System Tool for Planned Buyuk Melen Reservoir and Its Watershed....Pages 227-242 The Use of Numerical Modeling in Italian Watershed Management....Pages 243-262 Sustainable Development of Watersheds: Using Sturgeon Species as an Indicator in Integrated Transboundary Water Management in the Ural River Basin....Pages 263-288 Lagoon Ecosystem Study Trough Two Cases: Oualidia (Atlantic) and Nador (Mediterranean) – Morocco....Pages 289-298 Coastal Lagoons in the Context of Water Management in Spain and Europe....Pages 299-321 Water Framework Directive: Defining the Ecological Quality Status in Transitional and Coastal Waters....Pages 323-335 The Role of Ecological Endpoints in Watershed Management....Pages 337-348 Bioidentification of Xenobiotics as a Basis of Water Management....Pages 349-353 GIS Analysis of Sustainable Development Indicators for Coastal Watersheds in the South-East Baltic....Pages 355-368 Combined Use of Watershed Models to Assess the Apportionment of Point and Non Point Load Sources to Surface Waters....Pages 369-383 Development of National Action Plan to Address Pollution from Land Based Activities in Turkey....Pages 385-401 Reduction of the Land-Based Discharges to the Curonian Lagoon in a View of a Climate Change Perspective....Pages 403-413 The Study of Hydro-Mineralogical and Ecological Regime of Kara-Bogaz-Gol Lagoon, Turkmenistan....Pages 415-423 Comparative Analysis of Water Management Practices in Mediterranean Countries....Pages 425-433 Chesapeake Bay Program – A Watershed Approach to Management....Pages 435-451 Decision Support Systems and Tools....Pages 455-481 Land-Based Sources, Water Quality and Management....Pages 483-512 Decision Making, Policy And Financing....Pages 513-527 Back Matter....Pages 529-532