Table of Contents

Contents
Section 1: Water governance
A positive apportionment framework towards enhancing cooperation in the Jordan River Basin; Reasons for government inaction and its negative consequences: two case studies of failed water management initiatives in Alberta, Canada; Performance assessment of commercial principles in water services provision
Section 2: Water quality issues
Effect of friendly sorbents on base polymer nanocomposites; Spatial and temporal variations in the distribution of benthic macroinvertebrates along the Vuvu River, South Africa; Redox properties of iron-based materials in water treatment technologies: an overview of laboratory versus field experiences; Numerical study of water quality improvement in a port through a forced mixing system; Removal of heavy metals from water by wood-based lignocellulocis materials; Investigation of the pretreatment effect of ultrasound on anaerobic sequencing batch reactor treating landfill leachate
Section 3: Nutrients, water and productivity (Special session by Z. Boukalova)
Cotton evapotranspiration using very high spatial resolution WV-2 satellite data and ground measurements for precision agriculture;Willingness to adopt technologies of precision agriculture: a case study of the Czech Republic; Remote sensing-based water accounting to support governance for groundwater management for irrigation in La Mancha Oriental Aquifer, Spain
Section 4: Water and the community
Water access and community engagement: creating the right environment for maximizing the benefits of community engagement processes and increasing water participation in Nigeria; Groundwater conservation attitudes, behaviour and water management: the case of farmers in rural India; Aquifer diagnosis for San Jose Chiapa Region, Mexico; Water access, women's empowerment, sanitation and children's anthropometric status: a study of Ethiopian mothers with children under five
Section 5: Urban water management
Towards sustainable practices in urban design: the role of a software package for designing alternative water management methods; The performance analysis of the urban flood prevention project in Korea
Section 6: Flood risk management
Comparison of impact forces generated by debris flows using numerical analysis models; Low-impact development: minimising stormwater runoff in a case study of Section 13, Shah Alam, Malaysia; The relationships between drought indices (SPI, API) and in-situ soil moisture in forested hillslopes
Section 7: River basin management
Integrating numerical models in river basin management plans: the FREEWAT project; The realism of stochastic weather generators in risk discovery
Section 8: Safety and security of water systems
Exploitation safety of water supply systems in areas used for agriculture; Prediction of change in hydrologic cycle components in North Korea river basins: the RCP8.5 climate change scenario
Author index