The Challenges of Water Management and Governance in Cities

Leeuwen, Cornelis van; Hofman, Jan; Driessen, Peter; Frijns, Jos

doi:10.3390/w11061180

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“…Water is a global challenge, and best practices and solutions have been found [15]. UNESCO's Urban Water Management Programme is proposed to help countries by promoting science-based policy, scientific knowledge and information on new and innovative approaches, solutions and tools for sustainable urban water management, as well as by providing capacity building support [40].…”

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“…How cities are managing their water systems is assessed with the City Blueprint Framework (CBF). Where cities can improve their water governance is assessed with the Governance Capacity Framework (GCF) [13][14][15]. CBA is one of the actions of the European Innovation Partnership of Water of the European Commission.…”

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“…The CBF is a baseline assessment or quick scan that evaluates the actual state of a city's IWRM and shows the scores of the indicators in a spider diagram [13][14][15]. The result of this assessment is the first step in the strategic planning process of IWRM in cities [18].…”

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Application of the City Blueprint Approach in Landlocked Asian Countries: A Case Study of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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Urbanization is a major global development. At present, more than half of the world population lives in urban areas, i.e., cities. One of the fundamental requirements of citizens is safe and sufficient drinking water. The premises for water security are adequate water management and governance. In this study, we determine priorities for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and assess the governance capacities of different organizations to address IWRM in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of the landlocked Asian country Mongolia. We apply the City Blueprint Approach (CBA), a diagnosis tool, to assess IWRM in Ulaanbaatar city, Mongolia. The overall score, the Blue City Index (BCI), is 2.3 points for Ulaanbaatar, which categorizes the city as wasteful. Flood risk and economic pressure have a great impact on the water sector in Ulaanbaatar city. In particular, Ulaanbaatar’s waste water treatment (WWT) can be improved. Often, only primary and a small portion of secondary WWT is applied, leading to large-scale pollution. Water consumption and infrastructure leakages are high due to the lack of environmental awareness and infrastructure maintenance. Operation cost recovery is not sufficient to sustain urban water services in Ulaanbaatar. Water governance and more specifically monitoring, evaluation and statutory compliance are among the factors that need to be addressed.

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Application of the City Blueprint Approach in Landlocked Asian Countries: A Case Study of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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Koop

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“…It focusses on threats, weaknesses, strengths, and potential solutions. Applications of the CBA in the cities of Seoul, Cape Town, and Sabadell have been published in this journal, among other things, as contributions to a Special Issue on water management and governance in cities [20]. Amsterdam (2020), assessed according to [15].…”

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Retrospective Analysis of Water Management in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Lugt³

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The capital of The Netherlands, Amsterdam, is home to more than 800,000 people. Developments in water safety, water quality, and robust water infrastructure transitioned Amsterdam into an attractive, economically healthy, and safe city that scores highly in the field of water management. However, investments need to be continued to meet future challenges. Many other cities in the world have just started their transition to become water-wise. For those cities, it is important to assess current water management and governance practices, in order to set their priorities and to gain knowledge from the experiences of more advanced cities such as Amsterdam. We investigate how Amsterdam’s water management and governance developed historically and how these lessons can be used to further improve water management in Amsterdam and other cities. This retrospective analysis starts at 1672 and applies the City Blueprint Approach as a baseline water management assessment. It shows that developments in water infrastructure and water management have often been reactive in response to various crises. International knowledge exchange, implementation of integrated water resources management, and long-term planning improved the city considerably. We conclude that experiences from the past can be used to meet present and future challenges in many cities across the globe.

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“…Los conceptos de Desarrollo Sostenible y de GIRH, así como su funcionamiento, pueden parecer muchas veces vagos y abstractos, y, al reconocer que la evaluación del desempeño de todo proceso es parte fundamental de su planificación y control, la falta de medidas estándar para el seguimiento del éxito de sus planes y proyectos se constituye como uno de sus principales problemas (AWRA, 2011;Buccheri & Comellas, 2011). En respuesta, desde diferentes ámbitos se ha propuesto el análisis a través de indicadores, los cuales, permiten la cuantificación y simplificación de un fenómeno complejo al representar de manera concreta sus cualidades en un momento determinado (Buccheri & Comellas, 2011;INBO & GWP, 2012;Van Leeuwen et al, 2019). Los indicadores están pensados tanto en profesionales como en responsables políticos y público general como objetivo y se constituyen como un paso clave en el proceso de recopilación de información que facilita la planificación y la gestión, tanto del agua como de otros recursos.…”

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La sostenibilidad del concepto de Desarrollo Sostenible. ¿Cómo hacerlo operativo?

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2020

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Los desafíos del Antropoceno generan presiones por la planificación, fomento y aplicación de innovadores cambios económicos, éticos, políticos y sociales. La propuesta del Desarrollo Sostenible, a pesar de insistir en un crecimiento económico ilimitado con fundamento en la teoría capitalista, y, de su enfoque antropocéntrico, a través de la Agenda 2030 y sus Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) se ha establecido como el punto de referencia para el desarrollo global futuro. No obstante, las críticas al concepto y su operatividad son varias. El presente ensayo ofrece una reflexión crítica de este concepto y de su propia sostenibilidad y, a partir de ella, con relación a los ODS y su interconexión con la gestión integrada de recursos hídricos (GIRH), se discute de manera descriptiva la forma de hacerlo operativo a través del análisis con indicadores de gestión. Enfoques holísticos y complejos son comunes entre Desarrollo Sostenible y GIRH, por lo que sus dinámicas y abordajes hacia la operatividad en el ámbito de la sostenibilidad, también podrían serlo.Palabras Clave: Antropoceno, Desarrollo Sostenible, Economía Política, Naturaleza, Recursos Hídricos. AbstractThe challenges of the Anthropocene generate pressures for the planning, promotion and application of pioneering economic, ethical, political and social changes. The Sustainable Development proposal, despite persist on unlimited economic growth based on capitalist theory, and, of its anthropocentric viewpoint, through the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been established as the point of reference for future global development. Nevertheless, there are several criticisms of the concept and its operability. This essay offers a critical reflection of this concept and of its own sustainability, and based on it, in relation to the SDGs and their interconnection with the integrated management of water resources (IWRM), the way to make it operational is discussed in a descriptive way through the analysis with management indicators. Holistic and complex outlooks are common between Sustainable Development and IWRM, so their dynamics and approaches to operability in the field of sustainability could also be. Keywords: Anthropocene, Sustainable Development, Political Economy, Nature, Water Resources

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The Challenges of Water Management and Governance in Cities

Cited by 16 publications

References 16 publications

Application of the City Blueprint Approach in Landlocked Asian Countries: A Case Study of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Application of the City Blueprint Approach in Landlocked Asian Countries: A Case Study of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Retrospective Analysis of Water Management in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

La sostenibilidad del concepto de Desarrollo Sostenible. ¿Cómo hacerlo operativo?

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