Coastal Lagoons in the Context of Water Management in Spain and Europe

摘要: Water management is one of the main problems facing humanity and follows a hierarchical perspective from whole planet to water body. Spatio-temporal scales change at each level, as do driving forces, impacts, processes responses involved. Recently, European Union adopted Framework Directive (WFD) establish basic principles sustainable policy in member states concerns need consider vulnerability coastal aquatic ecosystems their ecological status. deficits geographical disequilibria Spain have traditionally been faced with development hydraulic infrastructures, including long distance transfers water-rich basins regions scarcity, but strong degree decentralization existing actually number administrations, authorities institutions involved, hinders common administration resources. At body lagoons face conceptual difficulties applying WFD inclusion typology assignment an status consequence inter intra-lagoon variability hydrology biological assemblages ecosystem homeostatic mechanisms.