The Drava River: Environmental Problems and Solutions (Springer Geography) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3319928155 ISBN 13: 9783319928159

Publisher: Springer, 2018

Synopsis

This monograph summarizes the environmental issues concerning the channel and the floodplain of the Drava River. It describes the diverse forms of human impact (river regulation, damming and reservoirs, dredging etc.) and the environmental changes of hydrological regime, sediment transport, biodiversity etc. involved. 

The transboundary nature of the river is emphasized and the resulting problems are outlined. Special attention is devoted to the evolution and present condition of the floodplain (drainage pattern, oxbow lakes and their vegetation). The possible solutions to environmental problems are illustrated by a review of ongoing and planned rehabilitation measures. 

The book is amply illustrated with maps, cross/sections, diagrams and photographs. The international team of authors (representing all countries crossed by the Drava River: Austria, Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary) appro

ach the topic from different aspects.Thus, the reader is provided with a comprehensive picture of this, up until now, little studied European river. 

About this title

About the Author

Dénes Lóczy, DSc, is the Head of the Institute of Environmental Sciences at the University of Pécs (Hungary). His research interests include floodplain geomorphology, management and human impact on the environment. He is editor of the books ´Landscapes and Landforms of Hungary´ and ´Geomorphological Impacts of Extreme Weather´, previously published by Springer. In addition, he co-edited the books ´Anthropogenic Geomorphology´ and ´Recent Landform Evolution´. 

The transboundary nature of the river is emphasized and the resulting problems are outlined. Special attention is devoted to the evolution and present condition of the floodplain (drainage pattern, oxbow lakes and their vegetation). The possible solutions to environmental problems are illustrated by a review of ongoing and planned rehabilitation measures. 

The book is amply illustrated with maps, cross/sections, diagrams and photographs. The international team of authors (representing all countries crossed by the Drava River: Austria, Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary) approach the topic from different aspects. Thus, thereader is provided with a comprehensive picture of this, up until now, little studied European river. 

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319928155
• ISBN 13: 9783319928159
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 411
• Editor: Lóczy Dénes