Inland waterways & environmental protection [electronic resource] / Ministerie van Verkeer en Waterstaat, Transport en Luchtvaart.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Paris : ECMT, 2006.Description: 103 p. : col. ill., col. mapsISBN:
  • 9789282113479
Other title:
  • Title in French from t.p. verso: Voies navigables et protection de l'environnement
  • Inland waterways and environmental protection
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HE617 .I55 2006
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Contents:
Environmental assessment procedures -- Practice and experience in selected countries [France; Germany; Austria; Romania; Ukraine] -- Lessons learned -- Outstanding issues.
Summary: This report reviews experience in mitigating the environmental impacts of inland waterway development. It examines effective consultation and planning procedures across Europe. In particular it assesses the ways in which the EU Water Framework Directive affects the planning environment for international waterways and sets a new agenda for improving the ecological value of waterways. It makes recommendations on good practice and identifies the Danube river basin as the critical area for improvement: This is where the efforts of international governmental organizations and NGOs could most usefully be combined to develop a basin-wide environmental protection and waterway development strategy.--Publisher summary.
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At head of title: European Conference of Ministers of Transport.

Includes bibliographical references.

Environmental assessment procedures -- Practice and experience in selected countries [France; Germany; Austria; Romania; Ukraine] -- Lessons learned -- Outstanding issues.

This report reviews experience in mitigating the environmental impacts of inland waterway development. It examines effective consultation and planning procedures across Europe. In particular it assesses the ways in which the EU Water Framework Directive affects the planning environment for international waterways and sets a new agenda for improving the ecological value of waterways. It makes recommendations on good practice and identifies the Danube river basin as the critical area for improvement: This is where the efforts of international governmental organizations and NGOs could most usefully be combined to develop a basin-wide environmental protection and waterway development strategy.--Publisher summary.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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