This book gathers technical and scientific contributions from leading researchers, academics, and lecturers, focusing on water management, water pollution and water structures in the Czech Republic. It discusses a variety of water resources management issues, from stormwater management in urban areas, water quantity, hydraulics structures and hydrodynamic modeling, to flood protection, presenting state-of-the-art developments for addressing a range of problems. Edited and authored by pioneers in the field who have been at the cutting edge of water management development in the Czech Republic, this book is of interest to environmental professionals, including scientists and policymakers both in the Czech Republic and around the globe.

Summarizes the latest studies from water resources assessment and protection in Czech Republic Explains water resources assessment and management from an ecological point of view, focusing on the landscape Suggest solution to open problems of water resources based on their assessment in Czech Republic

Autorentext
Martina Zele áková currently serves as an associate professor at the Institute of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Koice. In the context of her scientific research activities she has focused on water management and environmental impact assessment. The results of her work have been published in books, journals, and conferences proceedings. She has engaged in variety of national and international projects.  

Jitka Fialova is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Landscape Management, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno. She focuses on landscape management, forest management, water management. She is the executive editor of the Journal of Landscape Management and member of executive board of the European Countryside. Dr. Fialova has engaged in publications and projects.

Abdelazim Negm is a professor of Water Resources at the Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Egypt, since 2004. He got his PhD in 1992 from Zagazig University (ZU) an his Msc from Ain shams University in the year 1990. He was the vice dean of the Faculty of Engineering of ZU from 12/2008 to 12/2011 and was the head of the Environmental Engineering Dept. at Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Egypt 10/2013 to 9/2015.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Rivers In Czech Republic.- Role of the Water in the Landscape.- Small Water Reservoirs, Ponds and Wetlands Restoration at the Abandoned Pond Areas.- Small Bodies of Water which Have Disappeared from the Czech Landscape and the Possibility of Restoring them.- Protection of Water Resources.- Groudwater Flow Problems and Their Modelling.- Hydrodynamical Modelling in Channel Case study.- Modelling of Outflow Case study.- Hydrological Reclamations Iin the Anthropogenically Affected Landscape of Northern Bohemia.- Modelling of the Water-Retention Capacity of the Landscape.- Floodplain Forests - Key Forest Ecosystems for Maintaining and Sustainable Management of Water Resources in Alluvial Landscape.- Agrotechnology as Key Factor of Effective Use of Water on Arable Land.- Ecosystem Services and Disservices of Watercourses and Water Areas.- Water Resources Management Planning.- Technical and EconomicEvaluation of River Navigation.- Water Balance and Phase of Hydrocycle Dynamics.- Water in the Landscape from Limnological and Engineering Point of View.- Conclusions and Recommendations.