TABLE OF CONTENTS Kristof Van Assche, Constantin Iordachi, - Nature, Culture and the Biopolitics of the Danube Delta I. PHYSICAL LANDSCAPE 1.Jenica Hanganu, Mihai Doroftei, Ion Sarbu, Nicolae Stefan - Physical Landscape: Distribution of the Vegetation within the Danube Delta 2.Erika Schneider - The Impact of the Hydrological Regime on the Diversity of Natural Habitats in the Danube Delta 3.Jenica Hanganu, Mihai Doroftei - The Importance of Danube Delta Reed Beds - for the Environment and for Use by Humans 4.Erika Schneider - The Danube Delta: Lessons Learned from Nature Restoration Projects II. HISTORICAL LANDSCAPE 5.Nicolae Panin, Willem Overmars - Recent Development of the Danube Delta: Evaluation of Existing Cartographic Documents 6.

Stefan Constantinescu - Various Approaches to the Danube Delta: From Maps to Reality III. CULTURAL-POLITICAL LANDSCAPE 7.Petruta Teampau, Kristof Van Assche - Pirates, Fish and Tourists. The Life of Post-Communist Sulina 8.Tanya Richardson - (In)Accessible Land: The Changing Practice and Regulation of Gardening in the Reed Beds of Ukraine's Danube Delta 9.Alexander Prigarin - Fishing Traditions Among Old Believers in the Danube Delta: Survival Strategies during the 19th Century 10.Cosmina Timoce - Romanians and Lippovans in Sulina: Prismatic Identifications and Contexts for Generating Cultural Comparison 11.Natalia Serebriannikova - Traditional Medicine and its Evolution in Southern Bessarabia 12.

Kristof Van Assche, Sandra Bell, Petruta Teampau - Birds, Fish and the Traumatic Nature of the Swamp: Concepts of Nature in Regards to the Romanian Danube Delta IV. POLICY-PLANNING LANDSCAPE 13.Bart Schultz - Some Aspects of Water Management and land Reclamation in the Danube Delta 14.Paul Goriup, Natasha Goriup - The Evolution of Policies and Institutions for the Conservation of the Ukrainian Danube Delta 15.Iulian Nichersu - Towards a Master plan: Support for Sustainable Development in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve 16.Joanne Vinke-de Kruijf, Hans Bressers, Denie Augustijn - Integrated Management of the Lower Danube River: Experiences with the Application of Dutch Policy Concepts and Interactive Planning Methods 17.Kristof Van Assche, Martijn Duineveld, Raoul Beunen, Petruta Teampau - Circumscribing Locals: Transformations of Knowledge/ Power and the Governance of the Danube Delta.