Water Security in the Mediterranean Region

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. A View of the Main Environmental Security Issues and Policies

   • Fausto Pedrazzini

   Pages 1-9

3. Water Security: Identifying Governance Issues and Engaging Stakeholders

   • Eric Dannenmaier

   Pages 11-20

4. European and International Funding Programmes for Environmental Research with African Countries

   • Thomas Ammerl

   Pages 21-30

5. Space Technology for Global Water Resources Observations

   • Jérôme Benveniste

   Pages 31-46

6. Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring: Forest Fire Monitoring in Real Time

   • Abel Calle, Julia Sanz, José-Luis Casanova

   Pages 47-64

7. Electromagnetic Methods and Sensors for Water Monitoring

   • Francesco Soldovieri, Vincenzo Lapenna, Massimo Bavusi

   Pages 65-86

8. Subsurface Permeability for Groundwater Study Using Electrokinetic Phenomenon

   • Alexander K. Manstein, Mikhail I. Epov

   Pages 87-95

9. Solid Particles Transport in Porous Media: Experimentation and Modelling

   • Hua-Qing Wang, Nasre-Dine Ahfir, Abdellah Alem, Anthony Beaudoin, Ahmed Benamar, Abdel Ghadir El Kawafi et al.

   Pages 97-110

10. Challenges of Artificial Recharge of Aquifers: Reactive Transport Through Soils, Fate of Pollutants and Possibility of the Water Quality Improvement

    • Mohamed Azaroual, Marie Pettenati, Joel Casanova, Katia Besnard, Nicolas Rampnoux

    Pages 111-128

11. Geologic Storage of CO2 to Mitigate Global Warming and Related Water Resources Issues

    • Yousif K. Kharaka, Dina M. Drennan

    Pages 129-152

12. Environmental Security Issues Related to Impacts of Anthropogenic Activities on Groundwater: Examples from the Real World

    • Brunella Raco, Andrea Cerrina Feroni, Simone Da Prato, Marco Doveri, Alessandro Ellero, Matteo Lelli et al.

    Pages 153-162

13. Overview on the Occurrence and Seasonal Variability of Trace Elements in Different Aqueous Fractions in River and Stream Waters

    • Rosa Cidu

    Pages 163-176

14. A Worldwide Emergency: Arsenic Risk in Water. Case Study of an Abandoned Mine in Italy

    • Luca Fanfani, Carla Ardau

    Pages 177-189

15. Acid Mine Drainage Migration of Belovo Zinc Plant (South Siberia, Russia): A Multidisciplinary Study

    • Svetlana Bortnikova, Yuri Manstein, Olga Saeva, Natalia Yurkevich, Olga Gaskova, Elizaveta Bessonova et al.

    Pages 191-208

16. Distribution and Origin of Boron in Fresh and Thermal Waters in Different Areas of Greece

    • Elissavet Dotsika, Dimitrios Poutoukis, Wolfram Kloppmann, Brunella Raco, David Psomiadis

    Pages 209-228

17. Environment and Water Resources in the Jordan Valley and Its Impact on the Dead Sea Situation

    • Wasim Ali

    Pages 229-238

18. Hydrochemistry and Quality of Groundwater Resources in Egypt: Case Study of the Egyptian Southern Oases

    • Anwar A. Aly, Abdelsalam A. Abbas, Lahcen Benaabidate

    Pages 239-254

19. Means of Mobilization and Protection of Water Resources in Algeria

    • Mohammed Kadri, Ahmed Benamar, Brahim Bendahmane

    Pages 255-273

20. Regional Model of Groundwater Management in North Aquitania Aquifer System: Water Resources Optimization and Implementation of Prospective Scenarios Taking into Account Climate Change

    • Dominique Thiéry, Nadia Amraoui, Eric Gomez, Nicolas Pédron, Jean Jacques Seguin

    Pages 275-290

The role of water in our communities, from local to regional and right up to global levels, poses a series of key questions about climate change, about the anthropogenic impact on the environment, and about all the interconnected actions and events that affect the availability and quality of the resource. All these questions  share a common demand for more scientific knowledge and information. In this particular context the disciplinary boundaries are fading, and there is a growing need to create broader connections and wider collaborative interdisciplinary groups, aimed at building an integrated knowledge-base to serve not only stakeholders but also the whole of society. Only in this way can we hope to respond effectively to the challenges and changing dynamics of human-hydrologic systems. Following this concept, contributors from multiple disciplinary backgrounds, such as Law Studies, Hydrogeology, Monitoring and Information Technologies, Geophysics, Geochemistry,  Environmental Sciences, Systems Engineering, Economics and Social Studies, joined forces and interacted in this workshop. The present book reports the proceedings of this three-day ARW (Advanced Research Workshop), and explores different aspects of the environmental security assessment process, focusing on the assessment, monitoring and management of water resources, and giving an overview of the related scientific knowledge.

• Environmental Security
• Water Management
• Water Monitoring
• Water Security
• water policy

• , Inst. of Gesocience and Earth Resources, National Research Council (CNR), Pisa, Italy

  Andrea Scozzari

• , Lab. Water Res. Tech. & Applied Geosc., University Ibn Tofail, Kenitra, Morocco

  Bouabid El Mansouri

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