Papers by Jacques Ganoulis
Routledge eBooks, Jan 4, 2023
The five countries previously part of the Yugoslav Republic and now in transition, together with ... more The five countries previously part of the Yugoslav Republic and now in transition, together with Albania, Bulgaria, and Romania, all share acute transboundary water resource problems with each other and with the regional NATO countries of Greece and Turkey. Participants from each of these countries addressed these problems at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop held in Thessaloniki, Greece, in October 1999. The articles in this book are the fruits of their presentations and the vigorous discussions that followed them. They focus on the need to improve regional water resource management, by replacing inadequate and uncertain monitoring of their shared lakes, rivers, and lengthy coastlines. They recommend the monitoring of water availability, including its quality, and using state-of-the-art scientific principles. This is key to adequate and cost-effective rehabilitation and protection of essential resources.
WIT transactions on modelling and simulation, 1970
Springer eBooks, 1991
Although many theoretical developments have been achieved recently, the progress both in understa... more Although many theoretical developments have been achieved recently, the progress both in understanding and application of risk and reliablity analysis in water resources and environmental engineering remains slow. Presenting, in a unified and comprehensive framework, the various aspects of risk and reliability in both water quantity and quality problems, this text describes methods for total risk management, risk analysis of extremes in hydrology, groundwater clean-up, and river and coastal pollution.
In this chapter, the international dimension is added to hydro-governance in order to define and ... more In this chapter, the international dimension is added to hydro-governance in order to define and analyse the so-called “Transboundary Hydro-governance”. Waters shared by two or more different countries have to be managed equitably through cooperation between riparian countries: no matter if they form an international border or if they are crossing political boundaries, such waters are “Internationally shared” or “Internationally Transboundary” or simply “transboundary”. Besides the UN General Assembly Resolution 64/292/28–67-2010 declaration recognising the universal human right to water, water belongs to humanity and cannot be appropriated exclusively by different groups or interests. Fair transboundary hydro-governance means that no-harm is produced from one country to other watercourse countries. In this chapter we analyse the various drivers of transboundary waters governance, to understand how such governance can answer the new challenges of economic changes world-wide, as the traditional concepts of governmental policy evolve with, among others, the growing understanding that public participation, in the various forms proposed in Chap. 4, is a major contributor to a “good” hydro-governance. We examine what international joint institutions can be established, defining their roles and modes of action, and their strengths and weaknesses, to prepare for Chap. 6 and the identification of the instruments that are needed to implement transboundary waters governance in practice.
Having introduced the why, what, how of Transboundary Hydro-Governance, this chapter proposes a d... more Having introduced the why, what, how of Transboundary Hydro-Governance, this chapter proposes a detailed organized framework of “good” hydro-governance, i.e. a practical model based on seven drivers. It examines how they could be built, how they could be coordinated and how they could operate, from Science and Technique to Policy and Law to Socio-Economics to Diplomacy and Cooperation, taking Scaling into consideration (local, regional, national, international), introducing River Basin Organization and insisting on the role of Capacity-Building.
Environmental Pollution, 1997
Springer eBooks, 1976
The perturbated primitive variables method seems to be a powerful mean for simulation of physical... more The perturbated primitive variables method seems to be a powerful mean for simulation of physical phenomena arising in Fluid Dynamics. Using this method, non linearities in laminar separated flow are studied between periodically varied walls. Results of computation permit the study in detail of dynamic, energetic and kinematic characteristics of this phenomenon.
Water International, Nov 17, 2021
ABSTRACT The object of the research is an advanced review and comparative analysis of the last tw... more ABSTRACT The object of the research is an advanced review and comparative analysis of the last two decades’ main international programmes and initiatives on the management of Transboundary Aquifers in South-Eastern Europe. The aquifers’ delineation and occurrence, identified pressures, and water quality and use are compared with those derived by the EU’s Water Framework Directive implementation process. The final outputs reveal a solid conceptual follow-up of the programmes and initiatives with a gradual enrichment of information related to the status of transboundary aquifers over the years. Groundwater bodies’ data analysis validates the initial outputs and provides enhanced information at finer scales.
Springer eBooks, 2000
The management of transboundary water resources is an important matter for scientists and policy ... more The management of transboundary water resources is an important matter for scientists and policy makers. Water use and the protection of water quality and ecosystems are the main aspects of the problem, which should be faced in co-operation with neighbouring countries. This is not always easy, due to different socio-economic and political conditions, therefore the different needs and priorities of the sharing countries should be discussed.
Journal of Water Science, Apr 12, 2005
Springer eBooks, 1996
The assessment of the water quality in rivers is very often performed without using adequate meth... more The assessment of the water quality in rivers is very often performed without using adequate methods and tools in order to quantify the state of pollution. It is quite usual to see in some reports that estimations about the pollution of a river, the state of water quality and the causes of pollution are based on evaluation of the results of costly monitoring campaigns by the use of simplified graphical representation of data or sometimes by means of elementary statistics like mean values and variances.
IEMed: Mediterranean yearbook, 2008
Environment. Technology. Resources. Proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Conference, 2015
Dependence of dehydration rate of Brassica napus, Triticum spp., Zea mays and Hordeum vulgare fro... more Dependence of dehydration rate of Brassica napus, Triticum spp., Zea mays and Hordeum vulgare from heavy metal concentrations in plants after its growth in contaminated media has been studied in the laboratory and results are summarized in this paper. We found water loss reduction in all plant species germinated in sewage sludge (somewhere soil) after 18 day in comparison with control samples, presented by garden compost. Moreover, water loss was reduced significantly in root part of the plants. At the same time water loss was increased in Brassica napus, Triticum spp. and Hordeum vulgare germinated in sewage sludge after 30 day in comparison with control samples that could have been caused by metals interactions with plants’ metabolic processes within the cells.
International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts, 1989
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