Transdisciplinary Ecohydrology
Advanced Nature Based Solutions for the Enhancement of Catchment Sustainability Potential
- 1st Edition - July 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Author: Maciej Zalewski
- Language: English
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Transdisciplinary Ecohydrology: Advanced Nature Based Solutions for the Enhancement of Catchment Sustainability Potential, a volume in the reputable book series, Transdisciplinary Ecohydrology: Advanced Nature Based Solutions for the Enhancement of Catchment Sustainability Potential, delves into the intricate and dynamic interplay between hydrological and ecological processes. By introducing fundamental water/biota interactions, this book provides a comprehensive framework for developing innovative Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) aimed at mitigating human impact and enhancing catchment resilience. Sections cover both terrestrial and aquatic phases of the hydrological cycle, offering insights into water-plants-soil interactions, ecotone processes, floodplain dynamics, river continuum processes, and coastal zone interactions.
The book further explores the development of Advanced Nature-Based Solutions (ANBS) enhanced by molecular biology and biotechnology that are tailored to various catchments with different climates, geologies, and urbanization levels. It also discusses the harmonization of NBS with hydrotechnical infrastructure to create efficient and cost-effective hybrid systems. This necessary guide integrates hydroengineering, ANBS, and hybrid systems and presents a thorough approach for sustainable water management, making it an essential resource for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers committed to achieving a greener future.
The book further explores the development of Advanced Nature-Based Solutions (ANBS) enhanced by molecular biology and biotechnology that are tailored to various catchments with different climates, geologies, and urbanization levels. It also discusses the harmonization of NBS with hydrotechnical infrastructure to create efficient and cost-effective hybrid systems. This necessary guide integrates hydroengineering, ANBS, and hybrid systems and presents a thorough approach for sustainable water management, making it an essential resource for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers committed to achieving a greener future.
- Provides theoretical and empirical background based on principles of ecohydrology
- Discusses how to use ecosystem processes as management tools for upgrading Nature-Based Solutions (NBS)
- Offers methods for the development of innovative, Advanced Nature Based Solutions (ANBS) – NBS enhanced by molecular biology and biotechnology
- Covers tools for the enhancement of catchment sustainability and presents step-by-step case studies
Students and researchers of ecohydrology and environmental science
PREFACE: ECOHYDROLOGY’S ROLE AS KEY GAME CHANGING ELEMENT IN ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
PART I – IT ALL COMES DOWN TO WATER…. THE ORIGIN, EVOLUTION AND THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF ECOHYDROLOGY INTRODUCTION
1. WHY IS ECOHYDROLOGY BECOMING A GAME CHANGER FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE?
2. THEORY OF ECOHYDROLOGY
3. ORIGINS OF ECOHYDROLOGY
4. EVOLUTION OF THE SCIENTIFIC CONCEPT OF ECOHYDROLOGY
4.1. THE ECOSYSTEM THEORY
4.2. THE GAIA THEORY
4.3. DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH ON THE RIVER ECOSYSTEM
4.4. ECOHYDROLOGY - INTEGRATION OF HYDROLOGY AND ECOLOGY RIVER CONTINUUM CONCEPT
5.1. UNDERSTANDING THE RIVER METABOLISM AS BACKGROUND FOR EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION ECOHYDROLOGICAL NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS
5.2. ENERGY BALANCE OF A LIVING ORGANISM – SURVIVAL = ENERGY GEIN / ENERGY EXPENDITURE
5.3. THE FLOW OF ENERGY AND NUTRIENTS THROUGH THE ECOSYSTEM ECOHYDRAULICS
5.4. THE RIVER CONTINUUM CONCEPT – PROCESS ORIENTED THINKING ABRC METABOLISM
5.5. ECOTONE ZONES AS A FACTOR SHAPING BIODIVERSITY
5.6. THE ROLE OF ECOTONES ON THE FLOODPLAIN
5.7. THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY AND THE ROLE OF ECOTONES IN ITS PROTECTION SELFPURIFICATION PROCESS
6. ABIOTIC/BIOTIC REGULATORY CONTINUUM - THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF ECOHYDROLOGY
6.1. INTRODUCTION AND ORIGIN OF THE MODEL
6.2. BIODIVERSITY IN VARIOUS RIVER ECOSYSTEMS AS CORROBORATION OF THE ABRC APPROACH
6.3. REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES OF FISH AS CORROBORATION OF THE ABRC APPROACH
7. PRINCIPLES OF ECOHYDROLOGY - THE BASIS OF SYSTEM SOLUTIONS IN WATER MANAGEMENT
7.1. HYDROLOGICAL PRINCIPLE
7.2. ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLE
7.3. ECOTECHNOLOGICAL PRINCIPLE
8. ECOHYDROLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR RIVERS AND STREAMS RESTORATION
8.1. INTRODUCTION - THE IMPORTANCE OF ECOTONIC ZONES FOR THE FUNCTIONING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS
8.2. PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF THE ECOTONE ZONE
8.3. SUMMARY
9. CATCHMENT AREA - RIVER VALLEY - FLOODPLAIN TERRACE – RIVER
9.1. INTRODUCTION
9.2. CLIMATE CHANGE AND RIVER SYSTEMS
9.3. MANAGEMENT OF THE CATCHMENT AREA
9.4. ECOHYDROLOGY FOR FLOOD PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT
9.5. ECOHYDROLOGY FOR WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
10. HOW TO MANAGE WATER CYCLES IN WATERSHED
10.1. LANDSCAPE CHANGES
10.2. CONTROL OF DICCUSE POLLUTANT INPUTS TO WATER BODIES
10.3. WIND AND WATER EROSION CONCLUSION
PART II – INVITED
1. ECOHYDROLOGICAL QUANTIFICATION OF FACTORS EXERTING AN IMPACT ON NUTRIENT LOAD OF THE BALTIC SEA AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF ITS DRAINAGE BASIN
1.1. INTRODUCION
1.2. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BALTIC SEA BASIN
1.3. MAIN SOURCES OF NUTRIENTS SUPPLY OF THE BALTIC SEA
1.4. HIERARCHY OF FACTORS CAUSING NUTRIENT LOAD INPUT
1.5. CLUSTERING COUNTRIES BY FACTORS CORRELATED TO NUTRIENT INPUT TO THE BALTIC SEA
1.6. HOW TO REVERSE THE DEGRADATION OF THE BALTIC SEA? – ENHANCEMENT OF CATCHMENT SUSTAINABILITY POTENTIAL WBSR+CE+LPG ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES
2. MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER AS A SOURCE OF HAZARDOUS POLLUTANTS
2.1. INTRODUCION
2.2. CONTAMINATION WITH NUTRIENTS
2.3. CONTAMINATION WITH ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA (ARB) AND ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT GENES (ARG)
2.4. CONTAMINATION WITH FECAL BACTERIA AND CARBAPENEM-RESISTANT ACINETOBACTER SPP. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES
3. RECLAMATION OF RESERVOIRS
3.1. INTRODUCTION
3.2. HIGHLY EFFICIENT BUFFER ZONES FOR REDUCTION OF DISPERSED POLLUTION
3.3. MANAGEMENT OF ECOTONE ZONES
3.4. THE ROLE OF THE FLOODPLAIN IN ABSORBING THE NUTRIENT LOAD
4. BIOMANIPULATION AND HYDROBIOMANIPULATION REFERENCES REFERENCES
6. APPLICATION OF HYDROACOUSTIC METHODS IN ECOHYDROLOGY
6.1. ECHOSOUNDERS – PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF HYDROACOUSTIC METHODS
6.2. FISH DETECTION
6.3. MACROPHYTES
6.4. BLUE-GREEN ALGAE
6.5. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BOTTOM
6.6. RESTRICTIONS OF HYDROACOUSTICS IN SHALLOW WATERS
6.7. SUMMARY REFERENCES:
7. HYBRID SEQUENTIAL BIOFILTRATION SYSTEM (HSBS) FOR SMALL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS
8. CLIMATE CHANGE, EUTROPHICATION AND CYANOBACTERIAL HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS (CYANOHABS)
8.1. CYANOBACTERIA - A GLOBAL THREAT
8.2. ENVIRONMENTAL (ABIOTIC) PARAMETERS INFLUENCING THE DEVELOPMENT OF CYANOHABS
8.3. MONITORING OF TOXIC CYANOBACTERIA REFERENCES
9. MICROORGANISM IN ECOHYDROLOGICAL SOLUTION FOR REDUCTION OF CYANOBACTERIAL HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM (CYANOHAB)
9.1. PREVENTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF CYANOHAB
9.2. REGULATION OF CYANOBACTERIAL GROWTH AND TOXICITY REFERENCES:
10. APPLICATION OF ECOHYDROLOGY FOR THE PESTICIDES IMPACT MITIGATION
10.1. WHY SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED OF PESTICIDES?
10.2. THE IMPACT OF PESTICIDES ON HUMAN HEALTH, TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
10.3. HOLISTIC APPROACH TOWARDS PESTICIDES IMPACT REDUCTION
10.4. AGRICULTURE LEVEL MITIGATION
10.5. ECOHYDROLOGICAL NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS
10.6. ADSORPTION
10.7. MICROBIAL DEGRADATION
10.8. PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS
10.9. BUFFER ZONES AND ECOTONES
10.10. CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS
10.11. CONCLUSIONS
11. BIOLOGICAL REMEDIATION METHODS AS EFFECTIVE TOOLS FOR MICROPOLLUTANTS REMOVAL AND PROTECTION OF LAND-WATER ECOSYSTEMS
11.1. INTRODUCTION
11.2. BIOREMEDIATION
11.3. PHYTOREMEDIATION
11.4. RHIZOREMEDIATION
12. ECOHYDROLOGICAL BIOTECHNOLOGIES FOR REDUCTION WATER POLLUTION IN AGRICULTURAL AREAS
13. HYBRID SEQUENTIAL SEDIMENTATION BIOFILTRATION SYSTEM (SED-BIO) FOR LAKEWATER PROTECTION REFERENCES:
14. MICROORGANISMS AS ACTIVATORS, REGULATORS AND BIOINDICATORS OF ECOSYSTEMS
14. 1. BACTERIAL ACTIVATORS AND REGULATORS IN ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARTMENTS
14.2. BACTERIAL INDICATORS AS A SANITARY THREAT DETECTORS. MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING AND MONITORING OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM’S CONTAMINATION WITH PATHOGENIC BACTERIA. REFERENCES:
15. SMART BLUE GREEN CITY OF THE FUTURE
15. 1. IS THE COEXISTENCE OF THE CITY AND NATURE POSSIBLE?
15. 2. WATER IN CITIES
15. 3. WATER AND GREEN AREAS IN CITIES
15. 4. FORECASTING THE NEEDS OF CITIES AND THEIR DEVELOPMENTAL OPTIONS REFERENCES:
16. RESTORATION OF THE UPPER BZURA RESERVOIRS USING ECOHYDROLOGICAL BIOTECHNOLOGIES AND HYBRID SYSTEMS REFERENCES:
17. LINK BETWEEN ROAD SALT APPLICATION AND EUTROPHICATION OF FRESHWATERS FROM AN ECOHYDROLOGY PERSPECTIVE 316 INTRODUCTION CAUSED AND EFFECT ANALYSES
18. ECOHYDROLOGICAL ADAPTATION OF THE INLAND WATERWAY FOR INCREASING THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENT (WBSR+CE)
19. APPLICATION OF THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS AND PRINCIPLES ECOHYDROLOGY TO BUILD A SMALL RETENTION RESERVOIR FOR IMPROVEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POTENTIAL AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT RIVER BASIN (WBSR+CE)
20. ECOHYDROLOGICAL SOLUTIONS IN THE WORLD
20.1. RECREATING THE DYNAMICS OF THE LOIRE ENVIRONMENT (FRANCE) WITH THE USE OF LIMITED RESOURCES
20.2. DEVELOPMENT OF AN ECOHYDROLOGICAL DEMONSTRATION AREA ON THE RESERVOIR SAGULING (CITARUM RIVER CATCHMENT IN WEST JAVA - INDONESIA)
20.3. ECOHYDROLOGICAL SOLUTIONS IN THE CATCHMENT AREA OF LAKE NAIVASHA
20.4. SYSTEM SOLUTIONS AT LAKE ASSELA, ETHIOPIA
20.5. ECOHYDROLOGY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE: TOOLS FOR SOCIAL INTEGRATION IN WATER AND NATURE MANAGEMENT REFERENCES
PART III – FORESIGHT
1. SUSTAINABLE FUTURE -NECESSITY OF TRANSFORMATION OF ANTHROPOCENE INTO ECOCENE
2. IMPLEMENTATION
2.1. METHODOLOGY AND STRATEGY OF FORESIGHT IMPLEMENTATION
2.2. PRINCIPLES OF IMPLEMENTING A FORESIGHT VISION
2.3. ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT
2.4. CHANGING THE PARADIGM AND THE METHOD OF DIALOGUE
2.5. BUILDING A VISION FOR THE FUTURE, SCENARIOS AND STRATEGIES
2.6. SUMMARY OF FORESIGHT
PART IV – CULTURE AND EDUCATION - FUNDAMENTALS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
1. CULTURE AND EDUCATION
2. RIVER CULTURE AND ECOHYDROLOGY AS A FRAMEWORK FOR SOCIETAL INVOLVEMENT FOR RIVER BASIN SUSTAINABILITY
3. UNESCO
4. ECOHYDROLOGY: SUMMARY AND WAY FORWARD SUMMARY LITERATURE
PART I – IT ALL COMES DOWN TO WATER…. THE ORIGIN, EVOLUTION AND THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF ECOHYDROLOGY INTRODUCTION
1. WHY IS ECOHYDROLOGY BECOMING A GAME CHANGER FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE?
2. THEORY OF ECOHYDROLOGY
3. ORIGINS OF ECOHYDROLOGY
4. EVOLUTION OF THE SCIENTIFIC CONCEPT OF ECOHYDROLOGY
4.1. THE ECOSYSTEM THEORY
4.2. THE GAIA THEORY
4.3. DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH ON THE RIVER ECOSYSTEM
4.4. ECOHYDROLOGY - INTEGRATION OF HYDROLOGY AND ECOLOGY RIVER CONTINUUM CONCEPT
5.1. UNDERSTANDING THE RIVER METABOLISM AS BACKGROUND FOR EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION ECOHYDROLOGICAL NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS
5.2. ENERGY BALANCE OF A LIVING ORGANISM – SURVIVAL = ENERGY GEIN / ENERGY EXPENDITURE
5.3. THE FLOW OF ENERGY AND NUTRIENTS THROUGH THE ECOSYSTEM ECOHYDRAULICS
5.4. THE RIVER CONTINUUM CONCEPT – PROCESS ORIENTED THINKING ABRC METABOLISM
5.5. ECOTONE ZONES AS A FACTOR SHAPING BIODIVERSITY
5.6. THE ROLE OF ECOTONES ON THE FLOODPLAIN
5.7. THREATS TO BIODIVERSITY AND THE ROLE OF ECOTONES IN ITS PROTECTION SELFPURIFICATION PROCESS
6. ABIOTIC/BIOTIC REGULATORY CONTINUUM - THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF ECOHYDROLOGY
6.1. INTRODUCTION AND ORIGIN OF THE MODEL
6.2. BIODIVERSITY IN VARIOUS RIVER ECOSYSTEMS AS CORROBORATION OF THE ABRC APPROACH
6.3. REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES OF FISH AS CORROBORATION OF THE ABRC APPROACH
7. PRINCIPLES OF ECOHYDROLOGY - THE BASIS OF SYSTEM SOLUTIONS IN WATER MANAGEMENT
7.1. HYDROLOGICAL PRINCIPLE
7.2. ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLE
7.3. ECOTECHNOLOGICAL PRINCIPLE
8. ECOHYDROLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR RIVERS AND STREAMS RESTORATION
8.1. INTRODUCTION - THE IMPORTANCE OF ECOTONIC ZONES FOR THE FUNCTIONING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS
8.2. PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF THE ECOTONE ZONE
8.3. SUMMARY
9. CATCHMENT AREA - RIVER VALLEY - FLOODPLAIN TERRACE – RIVER
9.1. INTRODUCTION
9.2. CLIMATE CHANGE AND RIVER SYSTEMS
9.3. MANAGEMENT OF THE CATCHMENT AREA
9.4. ECOHYDROLOGY FOR FLOOD PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT
9.5. ECOHYDROLOGY FOR WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
10. HOW TO MANAGE WATER CYCLES IN WATERSHED
10.1. LANDSCAPE CHANGES
10.2. CONTROL OF DICCUSE POLLUTANT INPUTS TO WATER BODIES
10.3. WIND AND WATER EROSION CONCLUSION
PART II – INVITED
1. ECOHYDROLOGICAL QUANTIFICATION OF FACTORS EXERTING AN IMPACT ON NUTRIENT LOAD OF THE BALTIC SEA AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF ITS DRAINAGE BASIN
1.1. INTRODUCION
1.2. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BALTIC SEA BASIN
1.3. MAIN SOURCES OF NUTRIENTS SUPPLY OF THE BALTIC SEA
1.4. HIERARCHY OF FACTORS CAUSING NUTRIENT LOAD INPUT
1.5. CLUSTERING COUNTRIES BY FACTORS CORRELATED TO NUTRIENT INPUT TO THE BALTIC SEA
1.6. HOW TO REVERSE THE DEGRADATION OF THE BALTIC SEA? – ENHANCEMENT OF CATCHMENT SUSTAINABILITY POTENTIAL WBSR+CE+LPG ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES
2. MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER AS A SOURCE OF HAZARDOUS POLLUTANTS
2.1. INTRODUCION
2.2. CONTAMINATION WITH NUTRIENTS
2.3. CONTAMINATION WITH ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA (ARB) AND ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT GENES (ARG)
2.4. CONTAMINATION WITH FECAL BACTERIA AND CARBAPENEM-RESISTANT ACINETOBACTER SPP. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REFERENCES
3. RECLAMATION OF RESERVOIRS
3.1. INTRODUCTION
3.2. HIGHLY EFFICIENT BUFFER ZONES FOR REDUCTION OF DISPERSED POLLUTION
3.3. MANAGEMENT OF ECOTONE ZONES
3.4. THE ROLE OF THE FLOODPLAIN IN ABSORBING THE NUTRIENT LOAD
4. BIOMANIPULATION AND HYDROBIOMANIPULATION REFERENCES REFERENCES
6. APPLICATION OF HYDROACOUSTIC METHODS IN ECOHYDROLOGY
6.1. ECHOSOUNDERS – PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF HYDROACOUSTIC METHODS
6.2. FISH DETECTION
6.3. MACROPHYTES
6.4. BLUE-GREEN ALGAE
6.5. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BOTTOM
6.6. RESTRICTIONS OF HYDROACOUSTICS IN SHALLOW WATERS
6.7. SUMMARY REFERENCES:
7. HYBRID SEQUENTIAL BIOFILTRATION SYSTEM (HSBS) FOR SMALL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS
8. CLIMATE CHANGE, EUTROPHICATION AND CYANOBACTERIAL HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS (CYANOHABS)
8.1. CYANOBACTERIA - A GLOBAL THREAT
8.2. ENVIRONMENTAL (ABIOTIC) PARAMETERS INFLUENCING THE DEVELOPMENT OF CYANOHABS
8.3. MONITORING OF TOXIC CYANOBACTERIA REFERENCES
9. MICROORGANISM IN ECOHYDROLOGICAL SOLUTION FOR REDUCTION OF CYANOBACTERIAL HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM (CYANOHAB)
9.1. PREVENTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF CYANOHAB
9.2. REGULATION OF CYANOBACTERIAL GROWTH AND TOXICITY REFERENCES:
10. APPLICATION OF ECOHYDROLOGY FOR THE PESTICIDES IMPACT MITIGATION
10.1. WHY SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED OF PESTICIDES?
10.2. THE IMPACT OF PESTICIDES ON HUMAN HEALTH, TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
10.3. HOLISTIC APPROACH TOWARDS PESTICIDES IMPACT REDUCTION
10.4. AGRICULTURE LEVEL MITIGATION
10.5. ECOHYDROLOGICAL NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS
10.6. ADSORPTION
10.7. MICROBIAL DEGRADATION
10.8. PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS
10.9. BUFFER ZONES AND ECOTONES
10.10. CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS
10.11. CONCLUSIONS
11. BIOLOGICAL REMEDIATION METHODS AS EFFECTIVE TOOLS FOR MICROPOLLUTANTS REMOVAL AND PROTECTION OF LAND-WATER ECOSYSTEMS
11.1. INTRODUCTION
11.2. BIOREMEDIATION
11.3. PHYTOREMEDIATION
11.4. RHIZOREMEDIATION
12. ECOHYDROLOGICAL BIOTECHNOLOGIES FOR REDUCTION WATER POLLUTION IN AGRICULTURAL AREAS
13. HYBRID SEQUENTIAL SEDIMENTATION BIOFILTRATION SYSTEM (SED-BIO) FOR LAKEWATER PROTECTION REFERENCES:
14. MICROORGANISMS AS ACTIVATORS, REGULATORS AND BIOINDICATORS OF ECOSYSTEMS
14. 1. BACTERIAL ACTIVATORS AND REGULATORS IN ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARTMENTS
14.2. BACTERIAL INDICATORS AS A SANITARY THREAT DETECTORS. MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING AND MONITORING OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM’S CONTAMINATION WITH PATHOGENIC BACTERIA. REFERENCES:
15. SMART BLUE GREEN CITY OF THE FUTURE
15. 1. IS THE COEXISTENCE OF THE CITY AND NATURE POSSIBLE?
15. 2. WATER IN CITIES
15. 3. WATER AND GREEN AREAS IN CITIES
15. 4. FORECASTING THE NEEDS OF CITIES AND THEIR DEVELOPMENTAL OPTIONS REFERENCES:
16. RESTORATION OF THE UPPER BZURA RESERVOIRS USING ECOHYDROLOGICAL BIOTECHNOLOGIES AND HYBRID SYSTEMS REFERENCES:
17. LINK BETWEEN ROAD SALT APPLICATION AND EUTROPHICATION OF FRESHWATERS FROM AN ECOHYDROLOGY PERSPECTIVE 316 INTRODUCTION CAUSED AND EFFECT ANALYSES
18. ECOHYDROLOGICAL ADAPTATION OF THE INLAND WATERWAY FOR INCREASING THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENT (WBSR+CE)
19. APPLICATION OF THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS AND PRINCIPLES ECOHYDROLOGY TO BUILD A SMALL RETENTION RESERVOIR FOR IMPROVEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POTENTIAL AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT RIVER BASIN (WBSR+CE)
20. ECOHYDROLOGICAL SOLUTIONS IN THE WORLD
20.1. RECREATING THE DYNAMICS OF THE LOIRE ENVIRONMENT (FRANCE) WITH THE USE OF LIMITED RESOURCES
20.2. DEVELOPMENT OF AN ECOHYDROLOGICAL DEMONSTRATION AREA ON THE RESERVOIR SAGULING (CITARUM RIVER CATCHMENT IN WEST JAVA - INDONESIA)
20.3. ECOHYDROLOGICAL SOLUTIONS IN THE CATCHMENT AREA OF LAKE NAIVASHA
20.4. SYSTEM SOLUTIONS AT LAKE ASSELA, ETHIOPIA
20.5. ECOHYDROLOGY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE: TOOLS FOR SOCIAL INTEGRATION IN WATER AND NATURE MANAGEMENT REFERENCES
PART III – FORESIGHT
1. SUSTAINABLE FUTURE -NECESSITY OF TRANSFORMATION OF ANTHROPOCENE INTO ECOCENE
2. IMPLEMENTATION
2.1. METHODOLOGY AND STRATEGY OF FORESIGHT IMPLEMENTATION
2.2. PRINCIPLES OF IMPLEMENTING A FORESIGHT VISION
2.3. ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT
2.4. CHANGING THE PARADIGM AND THE METHOD OF DIALOGUE
2.5. BUILDING A VISION FOR THE FUTURE, SCENARIOS AND STRATEGIES
2.6. SUMMARY OF FORESIGHT
PART IV – CULTURE AND EDUCATION - FUNDAMENTALS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
1. CULTURE AND EDUCATION
2. RIVER CULTURE AND ECOHYDROLOGY AS A FRAMEWORK FOR SOCIETAL INVOLVEMENT FOR RIVER BASIN SUSTAINABILITY
3. UNESCO
4. ECOHYDROLOGY: SUMMARY AND WAY FORWARD SUMMARY LITERATURE
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: July 1, 2026
- Language: English
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Maciej Zalewski
Professor Maciej Zalewski is the founder and former Chairman of UNESCO Chair of Ecohydrology and Applied Ecology at the University of Lodz (1991-2020), as well as the founder and former director of the European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology of the Polish Academy of Science (2000-present). Professor Zalewski is the author of a novel concept of Ecohydrology which is the scientific basis for the methodology of “Nature-Based Solutions”, that is recently being broadly developed by the United Nations and the European Commission. He has been the leading expert in UNESCO MAB and in UNESCO Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (UNESCO IHP) in ecohydrology since 1989, and recently as elected as the Chairman of cross-sectoral working group Ecohydrology and Water Quality at UNESCO IHP, phase nine. He coordinates national and international research projects and is invited into expert teams, formulating strategic documents, both at national level and international: for the United Nations and the European Commission. In 2022-2024 he was the vice-chair of the Governing Board of the European Commission’s programme Water4All (budget of 400 million Euro). He is renowned and recognized in the international scientific community and has been invited to numerous plenary lectures on several World Congresses and Conferences: the UN2023 Water Conference (Match 2023 New York), 40th World International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) Congress (August 2023, Vienna), UNESCO Water Centres Conference (May 2024, Kula Lumpur), 10th World Water Forum (May 2024, Bali, Indonesia), as well as invited lectures on prestigious universities: Royal Holloway, University of London (UK), University of Lyon (France), University of Vienna (Austria), University of Algarve (Portugal), University of San Carlos, University of Maringa (Brazil), Ethiopia, Burundi, Kenya, Senegal, National University of Ireland, University of Guelph (Canada), University of Alaska (USA), Japan, China, Malesia, Cibinong Science Centre, Lipi, Cibinong-Bogor (Indonesia), University Brno (Czechia), Hungary, Norway, Sweden.
Affiliations and expertise
European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology, UNESCO