Capacity development as a key factor for integrated water resources management (IWRM): improving water management in the Western Bug River Basin, Ukraine

Leidel, Marco; Niemann, Steffen; Hagemann, Nina

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“…With this focus on portfolio analyses and selected contributions to the study of a science-policy interface, both deeper analysis on the governance conditions for the implementation of IWRM and research-related governance contributions to the science-policy interface are omitted. Unless exceptions existed [10], they did not precede the scientific and technical research process, but ran in parallel due to short funding periods. Consequently, specific technical solutions are not integrated into the institutional framework.…”

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“…IWRM researchers and practitioners have generated lessons learned that can inform analyses and the practical implementation of NEXUS governance. A prominent example is the recognition of the link between introducing IWRM and capacity development to ensure effective IWRM implementation also in the long term [10]. Moreover, guidelines such as A Handbook for Integrated Water Resources Management in Basins [11] and The IRS Handbook [12] can serve as the basis for analyzing the NEXUS and its underlying governance structures.…”

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Key Issues of Interdisciplinary NEXUS Governance Analyses: Lessons Learned from Research on Integrated Water Resources Management

Hagemann

Kirschke

2017

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Abstract:Governance has become a cornerstone in addressing complex linkages between multiple resources such as water, energy, and food. However, contributions of governance research in interdisciplinary research projects are either lacking or highly controversial. Drawing on Integrated Water Resources Management-related experiences of German research projects in emerging and developing countries, we demonstrate how to strengthen NEXUS-related governance analyses: There has to be a stronger focus on the analyses of existing and useful governance strategies as well as of conditions for governance transitions; governance analyses should refer to different types of problems, instead of only focusing on single cases and abstract analyses; and answers must be based on a more elaborate practice of inter-and transdisciplinary research. These suggestions should be implemented on the level of single researchers, but should also require incentives on an institutional level.

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Key Issues of Interdisciplinary NEXUS Governance Analyses: Lessons Learned from Research on Integrated Water Resources Management

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Kirschke

2017

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“…Such measures include the vocational training of people working in the field of water resources management, support of scientific education and curricula development, knowledge exchange, and the exchange of scientific staff. It is crucial for the success of such measures to elaborate functioning networks in both the academic and the practice arena in order to ensure the mutual exchange of experiences (Leidel et al 2011).…”

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Integrated Water Resources Management under different hydrological, climatic and socio-economic conditions

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“…Thus, DSS tools must combine physically based, integrated surface-subsurface hydrology models [10,11] with other models that can represent several aspects of water resources planning and management, land-use change and environmental vulnerability [12][13][14]. For instance, Kalbus et al [12] introduced IWRM with DSS tools under different hydrological, climatic and socio-economic conditions aiming to develop specific solutions as a response to water-related problems.…”

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“…Grundmann et al [13] proposed an integrated assessment-prognoses-planning management tool, which couples complex interactions of meteorological, hydrological, agricultural and socio-economic aspects, to ensure optimal sustainable water resources management and long-term planning in arid environments. Leidel et al [14] investigated the concept of capacity development to evaluate social and political circumstances, identify main stakeholders, existing competencies and expected difficulties to implement IWRM.…”

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Integrated Water Resource Management and Energy Requirements for Water Supply in the Copiapó River Basin, Chile

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Muñoz

Fernández

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Population and industry growth in dry climates are fully tied to significant increase in water and energy demands. Because water affects many economic, social and environmental aspects, an interdisciplinary approach is needed to solve current and future water scarcity problems, and to minimize energy requirements in water production. Such a task requires integrated water modeling tools able to couple surface water and groundwater, which allow for managing complex basins where multiple stakeholders and water users face an intense competition for limited freshwater resources. This work develops an integrated water resource management model to investigate the water-energy nexus in reducing water stress in the Copiapó River basin, an arid, highly vulnerable basin in OPEN ACCESSWater 2014, 6 2591 northern Chile. The model was utilized to characterize groundwater and surface water resources, and water demand and uses. Different management scenarios were evaluated to estimate future resource availability, and compared in terms of energy requirements and costs for desalinating seawater to eliminate the corresponding water deficit. Results show a basin facing a very complex future unless measures are adopted. When a 30% uniform reduction of water consumption is achieved, 70 GWh over the next 30 years are required to provide the energy needed to increase the available water through seawater desalination. In arid basins, this energy could be supplied by solar energy, thus addressing water shortage problems through integrated water resource management combined with new technologies of water production driven by renewable energy sources.

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Capacity development as a key factor for integrated water resources management (IWRM): improving water management in the Western Bug River Basin, Ukraine

Cited by 51 publications

References 10 publications

Key Issues of Interdisciplinary NEXUS Governance Analyses: Lessons Learned from Research on Integrated Water Resources Management

Key Issues of Interdisciplinary NEXUS Governance Analyses: Lessons Learned from Research on Integrated Water Resources Management

Integrated Water Resources Management under different hydrological, climatic and socio-economic conditions

Integrated Water Resource Management and Energy Requirements for Water Supply in the Copiapó River Basin, Chile

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