Table of Contents

I: Overview.- Restoration of Degraded Water Resource Systems: Issues, Opportunities, Challenges and Experiences.- Restoration through Imagination in Planning and Management.- II: Case Studies.- Ecological Problems of River Systems Regulated by Reservoirs.- A Conceptual Study on the Rehabilitation of the Lignite Mining Area South of Leipzig.- The Restoration of Degraded River Basins: A Review of the Ave River Project.- Institutional Aspects of River Basin Management in Russia: The Example of the Ob.- Rehabilitation of the Tagus Estuary.- The River Acheloos’ Diversion Project for Rehabilitation of Water Resources.- Hydroecological Problems of Big River Basins: Origins and Possible Solutions.- Problems of Large Scale Basins of Russia.- Environmental Consequences of Water Resource Development in California.- River Restoration in European Lowland River Systems.- Environmental Restoration of Surface and Groundwater in the Upper Tisza Basin.- United States Water Resources Experience Related to. European Water Management Concerns.- Ili-Balkash Basin: The State and Prospects of Nature Management.- The Development Plan of the Transboundary Euphrates-Tigris Basin and Environmental Considerations.- Siberian Rivers and their Environmental Problems.- Water Quality and Environmental Degradation in the Tom River Basin (Western Siberia): The Need for an Integrated Management Approach.- III: Methodologies.- Organization, Management and Financing of Environmental Rehabilitation Projects: Experiences in Eastern Germany.- Computer-Supported Restoration of Rivers in Germany.- A Decision Support System for Planning Environmental Flow Allocations.- The Impact of Land Reclamation upon the Landscapes of Large River Basins.- Guidelines for Riverine Water Quality Rehabilitation and Managementduring Economic Transition: Institutions, Economics and Alternative Strategies.- Integrated Groundwater Management for Open Pit Mining Regions: The Role of Sophisticated Numerical Tools for Interactive Monitoring, Predictive Modelling and Decision-Making.- Computer-Based Support for Planning and Negotiation on Environmental Rehabilitation of Water Resource Systems.- Water Resource Conflict Resolution Based on Interactive Tradeoffs Display.- GIS-Aided Modelling of Groundwater Situations in Open Pit Mining Areas.