Bringing sustainability science to water basin management

Schmandt, Jürgen

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2006.01.009

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“…The design of river channel network in this paper adopts river basin at the management scale, which corresponds to natural ecosystem processes (Blackmore, 1995). As argued by Schmandt (2006), an integrated basin management can serve four goals: provide an adequate supply of water for natural and human uses, maintain and improve water quality, restore biodiversity, and support regional sustainable economic development. None of these goals has been achieved by the current management plans for the XQH River basin.…”

Section: Management Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Such reactive strategies are not the most efficient and cost-effective way to achieve improvement success in ecological terms (Brierley et al, 2002). As a result, defining a basin-framed 'vision' is a critical early step in effective river improvements (Chin and Gregory, 2005;Schmandt, 2006). This alteration, when taken in the context of a river network as a population of channels and their confluences (Benda et al, 2004), allows the development of a river channel network to regulate the spatial distribution of water resources and further impose river improvements throughout a river basin.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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River channel network design for drought and flood control: A case study of Xiaoqinghe River basin, Jinan City, China

Cui

Wang

Tao

et al. 2009

Journal of Environmental Management

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Section: Management Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

River channel network design for drought and flood control: A case study of Xiaoqinghe River basin, Jinan City, China

Cui

Wang

Tao

et al. 2009

Journal of Environmental Management

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“…These twin problems, exacerbated by population and economic growth, drive competition between different users and degrade the riparian ecosystem [6][7][8][9][10][11].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In order to supply the needs of this population, the largest quantities of water are allocated to irrigation as the first priority, and to municipal water supply as the second. The number of irrigation and municipal facilities has rapidly increased without real coordination among the users and uses of water [6][7][8][9][10].…”

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Existing Opportunities to Adapt the Rio Grande/Bravo Basin Water Resources Allocation Framework

Nava

Brown

Demeter

et al. 2016

Water

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Abstract:The study of the Rio Grande/Bravo (RGB) Basin water allocation demonstrates how the United States (U.S.) and Mexico have consolidated a transboundary framework based on water sharing. However, the water supply no longer meets the ever-increasing demand for water or the expectations of different stakeholders. This paper explores opportunities for an enhanced management regime that will address past problems and better examine how to balance demands for a precious resource and environmental needs. Based on an overview of the RGB Basin context and the water allocation framework, as well as a discussion on stakeholders' ability to achieve solutions, this paper explores three key questions: (1) Does the current binational water allocation framework meet current and future human and environmental needs? (2) How can the U.S.-Mexico water allocation framework be adapted to balance social and environmental water demands so it can support and preserve the RGB Basin ecosystem? (3) What are the main opportunities to be explored for expanding the U.S.-Mexico water resources allocation framework? The U.S.-Mexico water resources framework is subject to broad interpretation and may be adapted to the circumstances taking the fullest advantage of its flexibility. Policy recommendations highlight the existing flexibility of the binational framework, the potential to move forward with an ad hoc institutional arrangement, and the creation of political will to achieve change through stakeholders recommendations.

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“…Uncertainties associated with hydrological inputs, parameters, and model structural uncertainties were assessed using an integrated Bayesian uncertainty estimator framework. This study suggests that a combination of operational rules offers the most reliable and sustainable overall management strategy Schmandt (2006). introduced the concept of sustainability science that considers the causes, pathways and impacts of complex development problems resulted from the interaction of natural and social forces.…”

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Sustainability

Zhou¹,

Montalto²,

Erdal³

et al. 2009

Water Environment Research

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This review section covers journal articles and conferences papers on sustainability that were published from 2006 to 2008. The literature review has been divided into the following sections 1 : • Sustainable water and wastewater utilities The sustainable water and wastewater utilities reviewed sustainable practices and sustainable workforce management including workforce development, knowledge retention and information sharing, succession planning, and financing. The stormwater and green Infrastructure considered a variety of low impact development (LID) design and technologies and green infrastructures. The wastewater technologies reviewed wastewater treatment, anaerobic technologies, low impact and natural treatment systems, and residuals and emissions management. The sustainability and energy in wastewater industry discussed energy conservation, production and recovery. The sustainability and climate change reviewed greenhouse gas (GHG) emission from water and wastewater industries, the impacts of climate change and reducing carbon footprint.The sustainability and water reuse considered water reclamation and reuse in municipal, industrial, and agricultural settings

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Bringing sustainability science to water basin management

Cited by 26 publications

References 4 publications

River channel network design for drought and flood control: A case study of Xiaoqinghe River basin, Jinan City, China

River channel network design for drought and flood control: A case study of Xiaoqinghe River basin, Jinan City, China

Existing Opportunities to Adapt the Rio Grande/Bravo Basin Water Resources Allocation Framework

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