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The Integrated Management Policies of Water Resources

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  • Adrian ZUGRAVU
  • Maria Magdalena TUREK RAHOVEANU

    (Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Romania)

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The balance between water demand and availability has reached a critical level in many areas of Europe, the result of over-abstraction and prolonged periods of low rainfall or drought. Reduced river flows, lowered lake and groundwater levels, and the drying up of wetlands are widely reported, alongside detrimental impacts on freshwater ecosystems, including fish and bird life. Where the water resource has diminished, a worsening of water quality has normally followed because there is less water to dilute pollutants. In addition, salt water increasingly intrudes into 'over-pumped' coastal aquifers throughout Europe. Climate change will almost certainly exacerbate these adverse impacts in the future, with more frequent and severe droughts expected across Europe.

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  • Adrian ZUGRAVU & Maria Magdalena TUREK RAHOVEANU, 2010. "The Integrated Management Policies of Water Resources," Economics and Applied Informatics, "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, issue 1, pages 247-256.
    • Handle: RePEc:ddj:fseeai:y:2010:i:1:p:247-256
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    Keywords

    water resources; water management; common agricultural policy (CAP); climate change;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q25 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Water
    • Q28 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Government Policy

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