The Drava River Gebunden

This monograph summarizes the environmental issues concerning the channel and the floodplain of the Drava River. It describes the diverse forms of human impact (river regulation damming and reservoirs dredging etc.) and the environmental changes of hydrological regime sediment transport biodiversity etc. involved. The transboundary nature of the river is emphasized and the resulting problems are outlined. Special attention is devoted to the evolution and present condition of the floodplain (drainage pattern oxbow lakes and their vegetation). The possible solutions to environmental problem s are illustrated by a review of ongoing and planned rehabilitation measures. The book is amply illustrated with maps cross sections diagrams and photographs. The international team of authors (representing all countries crossed by the Drava River: Austria Slovenia Croatia and Hungary) approach the topic from different aspects. Thus the reader is provided with a comprehensive picture of this up until now little studied European river.