Issues of Natural Resources Law for Adopting Catchment-Based Measures for Flood Risk Management in Sweden

Goytia, Susana

doi:10.3390/su13042072

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“…For example, a multi-layer safety approach was introduced in Netherlands from flood prevention to flood risk management, by integrating three components, such as defensive measures against floods, resilient spatial planning measures, and effective disaster management measures [ 45 ]. Another investigation conducted in Sweden argued that for assessing flood risks, it is necessary to evaluate measures, and to reinforce engagement of stakeholders [ 46 ].…”

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Assessing Institutional Stakeholders’ Perception and Limitations on Coping Strategies in Flooding Risk Management in West Africa

Kouamé

Fokou

Koffi

et al. 2022

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Despite efforts at the national and international levels to mitigate adverse effects of climate change on the environment and human health in developing countries, there is still a paucity of data and information concerning stakeholder’s engagement and their level of collaboration, responses and assistance in West Africa. This study aimed at assessing the perception of institutional stakeholders and limitations on coping strategies in flooding risk management in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) and Lomé (Togo). Using a transdisciplinary framework, the methodological approach basically relied on qualitative data collected through desk review and key informant interviews with various stakeholders, covering a range of topics related to flooding risk. Findings show that flooding experiences cause serious environmental and health problems to populations. Poor hygiene practices and contacts with contaminated water are the main causes of risks. Collaboration between stakeholders is limited, reducing the efficiency of planned interventions. Furthermore, health risk prevention strategies are still inadequately developed and implemented. Findings also show limited capacities of affected and displaced people to cope and plan for their activities. Engaging various stakeholders in the health risk prevention plans is likely to improve the efficiency of coping strategies in flooding risk management in West Africa.

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Assessing Institutional Stakeholders’ Perception and Limitations on Coping Strategies in Flooding Risk Management in West Africa

Kouamé

Fokou

Koffi

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“…Globally, law and policy are appropriately combined in water management in river basins [13]. Legal issues that affect the integration of measures applied in basins to manage water use focus on relevant areas, such as population use, energy, agriculture, and mining [14]. Across the hemisphere, a series of experimental policy reforms and creative counter-practices have established Latin America as a continental force in global water policy [15].…”

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Impacts of Groundwater Management Policies in the Caplina Aquifer, Atacama Desert

Pino-Vargas

Espinoza-Molina

Chávarri

et al. 2023

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Groundwater constitutes one of the main sources used to satisfy the water demands of the different users located in a basin. Current groundwater pumping rates in many cases exceed natural recharge, resulting in the overexploitation of aquifers and the deterioration of water quality. Consequently, many aquifer systems in the world have applied and adapted policies to manage the use of groundwater. In this article, we investigate the impacts of groundwater management policies on the Caplina aquifer located in the Atacama Desert, Peru. To evaluate these impacts, we review policies and regulations implemented during the last 40 years. Likewise, more than 25 scientific investigations that were carried out in this aquifer are reviewed and analyzed to understand its hydrodynamics and hydrochemistry, as well as the impact of climate change, among other aspects. The results, based on scientific evidence, show that the current and future conditions of the groundwater of the Caplina aquifer are not sustainable, and likewise, public policies are not effective for reversing this situation. This leads the aquifer system to a situation in which there is a quality degradation of the water, to a point that may be irreversible.

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Toponyms: a neglected asset within the water framework and flood directives implementation process; the case study of Greece

Skoulikaris

2022

Acta Geophys.

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Proxy data and qualitative information are important assets in water resources and floods management. In the research, the river water bodies with characteristic toponyms (hydronyms) in Greece that potentially reflect the water’s quality or the occurrence of floods are evaluated in comparison to the European Union’s (EU) Water Framework and Flood Directives implementation process outputs. For doing so, after identifying the river water bodies with characteristic toponyms which form the 10.2% of the Greek water bodies, the toponyms are cross correlated with the water bodies quality status as retrieved by the Directives’ databases to validate the existence of linkages between the names and the quality. Similarly, the significant floods, as derived from the Flood Directive, are spatially allied with the water bodies with characteristic toponyms to ground truth the connection between significant floods and water bodies whose toponyms imply flood prone areas. The research outputs indicate a high degree of correlation both in terms of water quality and floods, meaning that in almost all cases the water body toponym depicts the good or bad quality of the water body or the occurrence of flood events. Moreover, it is established that almost 90% of the water bodies with characteristic names are intermittent and ephemeral ones. The water bodies’ toponyms, hence, are proposed as an auxiliary criterion during the Directives implementation process that could foster increased water quality and flood-related knowledge, especially in intermittent and ephemeral water bodies which are generally lacking observations, and can be applied not only in all EU-Member States’ waters, but also in global scale.

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Issues of Natural Resources Law for Adopting Catchment-Based Measures for Flood Risk Management in Sweden

Cited by 6 publications

References 54 publications

Assessing Institutional Stakeholders’ Perception and Limitations on Coping Strategies in Flooding Risk Management in West Africa

Assessing Institutional Stakeholders’ Perception and Limitations on Coping Strategies in Flooding Risk Management in West Africa

Impacts of Groundwater Management Policies in the Caplina Aquifer, Atacama Desert

Toponyms: a neglected asset within the water framework and flood directives implementation process; the case study of Greece

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