Title:	Water Resources Management Sustaining Socio-Economic Welfare
Authors:	Phoebe Koundouri Nikos A. Papandreou Dr. Mavra Stithou
Keywords:	Water Resources
Issue Date:	2014
Publisher:	Springer
Description:	The Water Framework Directive (WFD) was formulated for addressing the weaknesses of the previous water-related directives. The main steps that WFD involves could be summarized in the setting of ecological standards, the identifi cation of anthropogenic pressures and the adoption of corrective measures. This introductory chapter describes the water situation in Greece and assesses the potential of the timely implementation of the European Union’s (EU) WFD. In this context, the signifi cance of Asopos River Basin (RB) is put into perspective. More analytically, the chapter presents: (a) the employed methodology that enables rapid assessment of the status quo of the water situation in each Greek catchment, as compared to the requirements and targets of the EU WFD, (b) the implementation of this methodology on each of the 14 Greek River Basin Districts (RBDs) and (c) relevant empirical results. The main objective of the chapter is to present the rapid-appraisal methodology that was developed for the estimation of the cost-recovery level for water services in the 14 Greek RBDs. Results from this ‘quick appraisal’ clearly highlight the need for reforms in the current pricing policy and preparation of a package of measures,
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/58002
ISBN:	978-94-007-7636-4
Appears in Collections:	Rural Development Studies

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