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Chapter 6 **Engagement of Local Heroes in Managing Flood Disaster: Lessons Learnt from the 2014 Flood of Kemaman, Terengganu, Malaysia 85**

Marini Othman, Aliza Abdul Latif, Siti Sarah Maidin, Mohamad Firdaus Mat Saad and Mohammad Nazir Ahmad

Chapter 7 **Sustainable Groundwater Management in Context of Climate Change in Northwest Bangladesh 101**

A.T.M. Sakiur Rahman, Takahiro Hosono, Quamrul H. Mazumder and Chowdhury S. Jahan

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integration, transboundary cooperation).

Integrated river basin management focuses on the development and management of land and water resources in a coordinated manner, with the primary aim to ensure society devel‐ opment that is well-balanced from the environmental, economic, and social points of view. Integrated river basin management includes all aspects of water resources management, i.e., the sustainability issues, such as protection of aquatic ecosystems, protection against waterrelated disasters (floods, droughts, ice, accidents involving water pollution), as well as the development activities associated with the use of water resources (inland navigation, hydro‐ power generation, agriculture, fishery, tourism, and recreation). By addressing all the ele‐ ments of land and water resources (soil, sediment, surface water, groundwater) and related ecosystems, integrated river basin management covers a wide range of disciplines (e.g., hy‐ drology, ecology, environmental management, economy), cross-cutting issues (climate change impact assessment and adaptation, data and information exchange and manage‐ ment, public participation and stakeholder involvement) and approaches (river basin man‐ agement plan preparation, water-food-energy-ecosystems nexus assessment, science-policy

This book provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of achievements and chal‐ lenges associated with the implementation of the integrated river basin management ap‐ proach through a selection of papers with global geographical relevance, as well as case studies from all over the world. The book is divided into four sections. Section 1 is focused on water quality and quantity as key inputs for river basin management, and includes two case studies on the assessment of surface water quality (Chapter 1) and groundwater (Chap‐ ter 2), and two papers dealing with hydrology of specific geographical areas (Chapter 3) and data scarce regions (Chapter 4). Section 2 elaborates various aspects of flood and drought management, such as hydrological and hydraulic modelling as a basis to evaluate the im‐ pact of flood mitigation measures on flood safety (Chapter 5), the role of local community in ensuring a better response to flood disasters (Chapter 6), and the performance of a managed aquifer recharge for sustainable management of groundwater resources in a drought prone area (Chapter 7). Transboundary issues of river basin management are elaborated on in the two chapters of Section 3, describing the transboundary water cooperation process coordi‐ nated by a river basin organization (Chapter 8), and challenges associated with the water quantity and quality monitoring in a transboundary region (Chapter 9). Section 4 deals with a range of water governance issues, including the integration of information-communication technologies in water resource management as a basis for sustainable development at global scale (Chapter 10), the contribution of local resource users and community-based organiza‐ tions to better river basin management through their involvement in decision-making proc‐


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Chapter 12 **Strengths and Weaknesses for Climate Change: Adaptation in Water Governance: A Comparison Across Six European Regions 223** Emmy Bergsma, H. Van Alphen, A. Bruggeman, E. Giannakis, J. Koti, E. Kristvik, P. Loza, M. Martinez, T.M. Muthanna, F. Rocha, T. Viseu and C. Zoumides
