Sustainable Watershed Management

Section 1: Keynotes An emerging multi-level SPSI for sustainable management of the Romanian watersheds A. Vadineanu, M.M. Bucur & N.A. Geamana Chehalis river basin management studies R.Walton, D. Curtis, D. Eggers, L. Karpack, P. Schlenger & R. Montgomery Managing interfaces in catchment modelling R. Neves, D. Brito, F. Braunschweig, P.C. Leitao, E. Jauch & F. Campuzano Regional risk assessment for climate change impacts on marine coastal water J. Rizzi, S. Torresan, A. Critto, A. Marcomini, A. Zabeo, D. Brigolin, R. Pastres & S. Carniel Groundwater and dependent ecosystems: A review on process and measurement methods B. Klove Innovative group decision making framework for managing regional hydro-systems B. Srdjevic, Z. Srdjevic & B. Blagojevic Participatory decision-making methodology for water quality management in the Brazilian water basin Y.D.P. Medeiros, C.J.F. Torres, L. Ceccato, A.P.D. Damasceno, Z.B. Pessoa & A.S. Fontes Agricultural water demand management in the south-eastern Anatolia region (Turkey) S. Burak Section 2: Good watershed management Towards water sustainability by 2030 in the Rio Bravo/Grande Region, Mexico I. Velasco Integrated and participatory approach based on river basin management in Turkey N. Cicek, S. Degirmencioglu & G. Can Critical analysis of the environmental licensing of hydropower plants in Brazil F.A.B. Giusti, J.P.S. Azevedo & M.A.V. Freitas Designing a framework for sustainable land use planning S.A.R. Mousavi, H. Arzani, M. Farahpour & S. Pourhossein Section 3: Modelling Models for the water framework directive - Using RIBASIM and WFD Explorer F.G.Wortelboer, J.C. van de Roovaart, Y. Karaaslan, M. Erdemli & B.F. Cankaya Modeling antibiotic transport and mapping the environmental risk in the Marmara Region by using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) A. Kucukdogan, B. Guven & I. Balcioglu WEAP model as a tool for integrated water resources management in Merguellil watershed (central Tunisia) I. Oueslati, Z.L. Chabaane, M. Shabou, M. Zribi, D. Glafassi, K. Rathwell, H. Hoff & C. Pizzigalli Comparative analysis of Darlik river watershed hydrology: WEAP and SWAT model G. Cuceloglu, A. Erturk & O. Gungor Climate change impact assessment on river basin: Sarisu-Eylikler river, Turkey A. Ozdemir & U.M. Leloglu Review of drought contingency plans for Army Corps of Engineers projects K. Fagot, E. Alemu, R. Vermeeren, D. Raff & R.Walton Flood risk modelling for Ergene basin O. Ince, S. Kabdasli, O.E. Varol, O. Bora, H. Girgin, M. Balcin & E.G. Ozbayram Approach to optimizing sustainable reservoir operation with uncertain inflow C.X. Yu, Z.F. Yang & X.A. Yin Efficiency of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) in intelligent estimation of flood hydrograph for Shirindarreh reservoir dam in comparison with Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) H. Pahlevani, A.R. Bahremand, A. Sadoddin &A.A. Dehghani Effects of nitrogen loads from municipal wastewaters on Bothnian Bay coastal waters K. Savolainen, S. Tammela & B. Klove Estimation of nutrient loads at boreal catchments in case of limited availability of observed discharge and concentration data J.O. Akanegbu, S. Tammela, H. Marttila & B. Klove Implementation of DRASTIC method on a coastal lagoon watershed for planning purposes A. Ekdal, M. Gurel, A. Erturk, N. Karakaya & E. Gonenc Section 4: Decision support tools Drinking water protection studies in Turkey N. Cicek, C. Ozonat & A. Er Management of river basins by remote sensing and GIS: Kucuk Menderes basin S.T. Rahmanlar Sefid-Rud watershed management and agricultural sustainable challenges downstream of Sefid-Rud dam in Iran M. Hemmati & M. Maleki Analysis of policy network and institutional networks cohesion in sustainable management of watersheds, case study: Taleghan region, northern Iran M. Ghorbani & M. Dehbozorgi GIS based participative decision making model for Krivaja watershed in Serbia Z. Srdjevic, B. Srdjevic, B. Blagojevic & R. Bajcetic An experience on increasing the awareness level and participation of local societies (Case study: Iran, Hablehroud watershed) M.J.S. Daloi & M.B. Rassouli Introduction of an integrated approach for watershed management through participatory preparation and implementation of land use plan (Case study, Hablehroud watershed) H. Karimipour & H. Jazi Network analysis and social cohesion in watershed co-management, case study: Taleghan region, northern Iran M. Ghorbani & M. Dehbozorgi Land use effects to surface water quality of some watersheds in north Finland and north Turkey A. Celebi, T. Saarinen, B. Klove & B. Sengorur Effect of land use change on soil degradation and land use optimization F.H. Fashi Sustainable watershed management through applying appropriate level of soil amendments S.H.R. Sadeghi, Z. Hazbavi & H. Younesi The relationship between vegetation management and reduction the risk of wind erosion R.D. Bidgoli The study on water erosion in Amameh watershed using observed sediment data and EPM M. Maleki Assessing water quality in small islands. The Santa Cruz (Galapagos) case study J. Rizzi, V. Re, C. Tuci, E. Giordano &A. Marcomini Economic value of water in arid regions: Greenhouse culture application I. Islami &A. Sadoddin Indices rate determines effective measures for economic evaluation of watershed projects P. Garshasebi, M. Shafaghati & H. Djazi