2., revised and expanded Edition - May 2009
142.- Euro
2009. XVI, 311 Pages, Hardcover
203 Fig., 38 Tab. 
- Practical Approach Book -
ISBN-10: 3-527-32173-X
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-32173-5 - Wiley-VCH, Weinheim






Content

Sample Chapter

Index



Short description
This practice-oriented guide includes: developments in risk analysis, water quality assessment and management and the role of ecological water quality in regional and transboundary water resources management according to the UNESCO programmes and the EU-Water Framework Directive.

From the contents
WATER RESOURCES: QUANTITY AND QUALITY
Water Pollution and Risk Analysis
Water Pollution in Transboundary Regions
The EU Water Framework Directive
Uncertainties in Water Resources Management
Environmental Risk Assessment and Management
Aim and Organisation of the Book
Questions and Problems ? Chapter 1
RISK IDENTIFICATION
Definition of Risk
Typology of Risks and the Precautionary Principle
Uncertainties in Water Pollution Problems
Water Quality Specifications
Probabilistic Risk and Reliability
Fuzzy Risk and Reliability
Questions and Problems ? Chapter 2
RISK QUANTIFICATION
Stochastic Approach
Fuzzy Set Theory
Time Dependence and System Risk
Questions and Problems ? Chapter 3
RISK ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL WATER QUALITY
Risk in Coastal Water Pollution
Risk in River Water Quality
Risk in Groundwater Contamination
Questions and Problems ? Chapter 4
RISK MANAGEMENT
Performance Indices and Figures of Merit
Objective Functions and Optimisation
Basic Decision Theory
Elements of the Utility Theory
Multi-Objective Decision Analysis
Questions and Problems ? Chapter 5
CASE STUDIES
Coastal Pollution: The Thermaikos Gulf (Macedonia, Greece)
River Water Quality: The Axios River (Macedonia, Greece)
Groundwater Pollution: The Campaspe Aquifer (Victoria, Australia)
APPENDIX A: THE PROBABILISTIC APPROACH
Basic Probability
The Multiplicative Law
Statistical Independence
Rare Events
Theorem of Total Probability
Bayes? Theorem
Random Variables
Expectation, Variance and Standard Deviation
Derived Distributions
Two-Dimensional Distributions
Functions of Random Vectors
APPENDIX B: THE FUZZY SET THEORY
Basic Definitions
Fuzzy Sets
h-Level Sets, Normal and Convex Fuzzy Sets
Fuzzy Numbers
Cartesian Product
Extension Principle
Arithmetic Operations on Fuzzy Numbers as Extension of Interval Analysis
Arithmetic Operations on Intervals
APPENDIX C: HINTS FOR ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS