scholarly journals The WETwin project: Enhancing the Role of Wetlands in Integrated Water Resources Management for Twinned River Basins in the EU, Africa and South-America in Support of EU Water Initiatives

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Zsuffa ◽  
J. Cools ◽  
P. Vlieghe ◽  
P. Debels ◽  
A. van Griensven ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
South America ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Integrated Water Resources Management ◽  
River Basins ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
The Eu

scholarly journals Comparative analysis of integrated water resources management models and instruments in South America: case studies in Brazil and Colombia

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tadeu Fabricio Malheiros ◽  
Johnny Harold Rojas Padilla ◽  
Mario Alejandro Perez Rincon ◽  
Carlos Arturo Madera Parra ◽  
Mariza Guimarães Prota ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
South America ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Integrated Water Resources Management ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Management Models

scholarly journals Twinning European and South Asian river basins to enhance capacity and implement adaptive integrated water resources management approaches – results from the EC-project BRAHMATWINN

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.-A. Flügel
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Integrated Water Resources Management ◽  
River Basins ◽  
Danube River ◽  
Climate Modelling ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Governance Analysis ◽  
Management Approaches

Abstract. The EC-project BRAHMATWINN was carrying out a harmonised integrated water resources management (IWRM) approach as addressed by the European Water Initiative (EWI) in headwater river systems of alpine mountain massifs of the twinning Upper Danube River Basin (UDRB) and the Upper Brahmaputra River Basins (UBRB) in Europe and Southeast Asia respectively. Social and natural scientists in cooperation with water law experts and local stakeholders produced the project outcomes presented in Chapter 2 till Chapter 10 of this publication. BRAHMATWINN applied a holistic approach towards IWRM comprising climate modelling, socio-economic and governance analysis and concepts together with methods and integrated tools of applied Geoinformatics. A detailed description of the deliverables produced by the BRAHMATWINN project is published on the project homepage http://www.brahmatwinn.uni-jena.de.

scholarly journals Going with the flow: Integrated Water Resources Management, the EU Water Framework Directive and ecological flows

Legal Studies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 298-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Howarth
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Framework Directive ◽  
Water Resources Management ◽  
Integrated Water Resources Management ◽  
Eu Water Framework Directive ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Water Legislation ◽  
Ecological Flows ◽  
The Eu

AbstractThis paper seeks to relate strategic themes in water resources management to the practicalities of imposing particular regulatory measures on water uses and to protect aquatic ecosystems. Specifically, a contrast is drawn between the global imperative of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and the sectoral (issue-by-issue) approach to water regulation that has traditionally prevailed in both regional (EU) and national legislation. The intuitive attractions of ‘integration’ are contrasted with the challenges of interrelating this to the diverse purposes for which water legislation is adopted, both for human needs and for ecological purposes. These challenges are well illustrated in the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) which purports to adopt an ‘integrated’ approach, but is actually concerned with water quality, largely to the exclusion of other water-related concerns. Insofar as the Directive does seek to secure integration between water quality and water quantity concerns in surface water, this is only done in a secondary or incidental way. Water flow becomes relevant only where specified environmental objectives under the Directive are not being met. However, the legally contingent status of flow has been bolstered markedly by recent guidance on ecological flows under the WFD Common Implementation Strategy. The significance of this guidance is discussed and related to the implementation challenges that it raises. In relation to the UK, and particularly England, it is argued that the response to addressing water flow issues arising under the WFD had been dilatory and inadequate. Concluding observations reflect on the global, regional and national challenges to integration of water legislation as they have been illustrated by the discussion of regulating for ecological water flows.

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