Towards a Sustainable Human Right to Water

Misiedjan, Daphina

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“…Economic and demographic growth as well as climate change impact the availability of good quality resources, resulting in ecosystem degradation, urban water pollution and affecting access to safe drinking water and sanitation. Even more, these developments tend to affect the most deprived populations the most, as these groups often live in areas prone to flooding, pollution and other environmental threats [2,3], challenging the attainment of a wider set of SDGs. This article explores how governance approaches can overcome the challenges to achieve water quality ambitions in the European Union context and thus contribute to the ambitions set in the UN SDGs.…”

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Achieving European Water Quality Ambitions: Governance Conditions for More Effective Approaches at the Local-Regional Scale

2021

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Worldwide countries face challenges to restore and preserve water resources. This paper analyses how governance approaches support the attainment of water quality ambitions set out in the European Water Framework Directive and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. To this end, the connection between the physical water system and the governing legal and societal systems is explored, using scientific literature and empirical material on governance approaches in the subdomains of drinking water resources, freshwater ecosystems and bathing water in The Netherlands. The results show the effects of the intricate relationship between water system characteristics and the drivers of water quality versus the various elements of a governance approach. For instance, hydrological, morphological and chemical objectives set different demands on governance conditions, related to the scale, roles and responsibilities of actors who need to be involved and coherence of the legal and policy frameworks in place. These demands can also be different during the different stages of a policy process. Choices made in a governance approach (who to involve, availability and use of legal instruments, measures and monitoring) may therefore influence the level of water quality improvement that can be achieved. A joint approach from the social-economic, legal and ecological knowledge domain during all stages of a policy process is necessary to overcome such unintended results.

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Achieving European Water Quality Ambitions: Governance Conditions for More Effective Approaches at the Local-Regional Scale

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“…Furthermore, ecosystem degradation, urban water pollution, as well as access to safe drinking water and sanitation, tend to affect the poorest populations the most worldwide, because these groups often live in the most vulnerable areas (e.g. areas prone to flooding or pollution) (Misiedjan, 2019;Salinas, 2015;Smith Korfmacher et al, 2015;Vörösmarty et al, 2010;Watson, Zakri, & ... 2003).…”

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Towards more effective water quality governance

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Next to the more technical challenges related to the preservation of freshwater resources, the realisation of objectives strongly depends on the societal context as well. Normative views by different authorities, citizens, NGOs and private actors set the stage for water quality ambitions and the instruments and means to achieve them. However, its * Will merge into the Environment and Planning Act by 2022 (planning under discussion), integrating 26 sectoral acts and aiming to improve balanced decision-making at a local level.

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Suykens

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Rijswick

2019

Water International

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Freshwater resources are under increasing pressure. A substantial amount of the environmental flow, i.e., the water the aquatic ecosystem requires in order to thrive, has already been appropriated in rivers around the world (Acreman, 2010; Gerten et al., 2013). The 2030 Water Resources Group (2009) has predicted a 40% gap between freshwater demand and availability. It is expected that climate change will have a substantial impact on the hydrological cycle and freshwater resources. The risk of droughts and flooding in many areas is likely to increase as a result of intensifying precipitation patterns (Bates et al., 2008). The vulnerabilities related to freshwater resources lie in the combination of physical pressures and human development and decisions, such as economic development, increased population and urbanization, (in)sufficient governance (including funding and planning), ageing infrastructure, and so forth (Gain, Giupponi, & Wada, 2016). Given these increasing pressures, resilient and effective river basin management is paramount and one of the key components of sustainable development (

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Towards a Sustainable Human Right to Water

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