The Economic Analysis of Water Use in the Water Framework Directive Based on the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water: A Case Study of the Guadalquivir River Basin

AbstractIn recent years, it has become popular for some of countries and regions to adapt the system of governance to varied and complex issues concerned with regional development and the environment. Watershed management is possibly the best example of this. It involves flood control, water use management and river environment simultaneously. Therefore, comprehensive watershed-based management should be aimed at balancing those aims. The objectives of this study are to introduce the notion of environmental governance into the planning process, to establish a method for assessing the alternatives and to develop a procedure for determining the most appropriate plan for environmental governance. The planning process here is based on strategic environment assessment (SEA). To verify the hypothetical approach, the middle river basin in the Tokachi River, Japan was selected as a case study. In practice, after workshop discussions, it was found to have the appropriate degree of consensus based on the balance of flood control and environmental protection in the watershed.

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Overview of the River Basin Management Plans Developed in Greece Under the Context of the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC Focusing on the Economic Analysis

Water Resources Management ◽

10.1007/s11269-015-0988-9 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 29 (9) ◽

pp. 3149-3174 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

V. Kanakoudis ◽

S. Tsitsifli ◽

T. Azariadi

Keyword(s):

Economic Analysis ◽

Water Framework Directive ◽

River Basin ◽

River Basin Management ◽

Basin Management ◽

River Basin Management Plans ◽

Management Plans

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Regional characteristics of water use in conditions of water scarcity in steppe transboundary river basins (the Ural River basin as a case study)

IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science ◽

10.1088/1755-1315/834/1/012060 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 834 (1) ◽

pp. 012060

Author(s):

Zh T Sivokhip ◽

V M Pavleychik

Keyword(s):

River Basin ◽

Water Use ◽

Water Scarcity ◽

River Basins ◽

Transboundary River ◽

Regional Characteristics ◽

Transboundary River Basins

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Priorities and Preferences in Water Quality Management - a Case Study of the Alsterån River Basin

Water Resources Management ◽

10.1007/s11269-019-02430-5 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 34 (1) ◽

pp. 155-173

Author(s):

Kristina Ek ◽

Lars Persson

Keyword(s):

Water Management ◽

Water Quality ◽

Water Framework Directive ◽

River Basin ◽

Water Status ◽

Water Quality Management ◽

Quality Attributes ◽

Spatial Proximity ◽

The European Union

AbstractSweden is a decentralised country where local managers, who are key actors in water management, often deal with relatively difficult prioritisations, tradeoffs and conflicting goals. Many of these challenges relate to the effective implementation of the European Union Water Framework Directive. As an input to these challenges, the present paper elicits and analyses local and semi-local citizens’ preferences for water quality attributes related to the European Water Framework directive in a river basin located in southeast of Sweden. Based on a choice experiment tailored to the case study area, the paper analyses preferences for selected attributes based on real criteria for ecological water status in the implementation of the directive. The target population lives in the municipalities through which the river passes, or in municipalities neighbouring those. Despite this spatial proximity to the river, the analysis reveals limited knowledge and interest in matters related to the environmental quality of the river. There is no evidence that preferences differ between respondents with regard to experience or knowledge about the water basin, nor with regard to recreational habits in the area. These results offer input to local water management by providing information about preferences for explicit water quality attributes.

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