Integrated Assessment and Sustainable Water and Wetland Management. A Review of Concepts and Methods

Autor: Roy Brouwer, RK Turner, Stavros Georgiou
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Integrated Assessment. 4:172-184
ISSN: 1389-5176
DOI: 10.1076/iaij.4.3.172.23770
Popis: This paper reviews and examines the potential of systematic and formalised interdisciplinary research concepts and methods for sustainable water and wetland policy and management, as advocated by the recently adopted EuropeanWater Framework Directive. Such potential lies in the integration of insights, methods and data drawn from natural and social sciences. The concept of integrated assessment is.rst de.ned in a preliminary way and is then reviewed from a range of methodological and policy analysis viewpoints. This overview addresses issues such as (1) the need for vertical and horizontal integration when linking information demand and supply; (2) procedural steps in integrated assessment; (3) useful frameworks to structure and handle complexity and uncertainty; (4) the distinction and correlation between ecological and social values of aquatic ecosystems; (5) available evaluation methods and techniques. Socially and politically sensitised forms of integrated assessment are an important step towards: (a)...
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