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Decision Support for Water Framework Directive Implementation: Volume 3 is a concrete outcome from the Harmoni-CA concerted action as part of a 4-volume series of Guidance Reports that guide water professionals through the implementation process of the Water Framework Directive, with a focus on the use of ICT-tools (and in particular modelling). They are complementary to the Guidance Documents produced by the EU Directorate General for Environment.
Water resources planning and management and the development of appropriate policies require methodologies and tools that are able to support systematic, integrative and multidisciplinary assessments at various scales. It also requires the quantification of various uncertainties in both data and models, and the incorporation of stakeholders participation and institutional mechanisms into the various tools and risk assessment methodologies, to help decision makers understand and evaluate alternative measures and decisions.
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The other three volumes in the Water Framework Directive Series are:
- Water Framework Directive: Model supported Implementation - A Water Manager’s Guide edited by Fred Hattermann and Zbigniew W Kundzewicz
- Modelling Aspects of Water Framework Directive Implementation - Volume 1 edited by Prof. Peter A. Vanrolleghem
- Integrated Assessment for WFD implementation: Data, economic and human dimension - Volume 2 edited by Peter A. Vanrolleghem
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Half title page | ii | ||
| Title page | iv | ||
| Copyright page | v | ||
| Contents page | vi | ||
| Preface | xii | ||
| Guidance Report III.1 | 410 | ||
| 1. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 411 | ||
| 2.EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | 412 | ||
| 2.1. objective | 412 | ||
| 2.2. Interaction between the Common Agricultural Policy and the Water Framework Directive | 412 | ||
| 2.3. Categorization of existing tools and models | 413 | ||
| 2.4. Examples of good application | 414 | ||
| 2.5. Models and tools to support the participatory implementation process of the WFD | 414 | ||
| 3. INTRODUCTION | 415 | ||
| 4. THE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE AND THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY | 419 | ||
| 4.1. Water use and agriculture | 419 | ||
| 4.2. The Common Agricultural Policy reform | 423 | ||
| 4.3 The Water Framework Directive | 425 | ||
| 4.4 The CAP and the WFD | 427 | ||
| 5. CATEGORISATION OF EXISTING TOOLS AND MODELS RELATED TO WATER AND AGRICULTURE | 430 | ||
| 5.1 Agronomic tools | 432 | ||
| 5.2 H ydrology and water quality tools | 435 | ||
| 5.3 Land use and economic tools | 443 | ||
| 5.4 Web portal on water-related tools | 452 | ||
| 6. CASE STUDIES: EXAMPLES OF GOOD APPLICATION | 459 | ||
| 6.1 ARID cluster and WaterStrategyMan | 460 | ||
| 6.2 The German Elbe River Basin case study30 | 461 | ||
| 6.3 The case study of the Piave River Basin in Italy | 463 | ||
| 7. CONCLUSIONS | 466 | ||
| 8. REFERENCES | 470 | ||
| 9. ANNEXES | 475 | ||
| 9.1 Annex 1 eu-funded projects related to water and agricultural modeling | 475 | ||
| 9.2 Annex 2: The Common Agricultural Policy | 478 | ||
| 9.3 Annex 3: Measures to implement the WFD and the CAP | 481 | ||
| 9.4 Annex 4: Monetary valuation | 484 | ||
| 9.5 Annex 5: A categorisation of tools and models for water management and agriculture | 485 | ||
| Guidance Report III.2 | 516 | ||
| 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | 517 | ||
| 1.1. Water Management DSS | 517 | ||
| 1.2. Models, DSS tools and Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) | 518 | ||
| 1.3. The perspectives of DSS end users | 519 | ||
| 1.4. Bridging the science and policy gap? | 520 | ||
| 1.5. The guidelines for DSS development and implementation | 521 | ||
| 2. INTRODUCTION | 522 | ||
| 2.1. Preamble | 522 | ||
| 2.2 What is a DSS tool? | 524 | ||
| 3. METHODOLOGICAL BACKGROUND AND LITERATURE REVIEW | 527 | ||
| 4. THE PERSPECTIVES OF DSS’ END-USERS | 533 | ||
| 4.1 The review | 533 | ||
| 4.2 The selected tools | 535 | ||
| 4.3 The questionnaire | 535 | ||
| 5. REVIEW OF POTENTIAL END USERS’ NEEDS THAT COULD BE MET BY DSS TOOLS | 539 | ||
| 6. DRIVERS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION SUCCESS OR FAILURE | 542 | ||
| 6.1 Defining success | 542 | ||
| 6.2 Critical success factors | 543 | ||
| 7. GUIDELINES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND APPLICATION OF DSS TOOLS | 545 | ||
| 7.1 Phase A: before the development or acquisition of a DSS tool | 546 | ||
| (1) Investigate and describe the problem at hand, the resources available and the data issue | 546 | ||
| (2) Identify the actors involved in the decision and explore the social context | 547 | ||
| (3) U nderstand the institutional and normative context | 548 | ||
| (4) Identify possible constraints | 548 | ||
| (5) Raise users’ interest and initial commitment | 549 | ||
| (6) Identify and clearly communicate reasonable expectations | 550 | ||
| (7) Decide whether or not a DSS may be useful for the purposes of the case | 550 | ||
| 7.2 Phase B: the development of the DSS tool, or acquisition adaptation of existing ones | 552 | ||
| (8) Involve end users throughout the process of the DSS development | 552 | ||
| (9) Define a clear strategy and work programme and include quality assurance | 553 | ||
| (10) Adapt tools to the needs and not vice-versa | 553 | ||
| (11) Refine users’ requirements during the development phase | 554 | ||
| (12) Assure flexibility | 554 | ||
| (13) Accurately manage and communicate uncertainty | 555 | ||
| 7.3 Phase C: DSS implementation and application in the decision case | 555 | ||
| (14) Provide a coherent methodological framework in which the DSS tool should operate | 555 | ||
| (15) Provide effective documentation of the limitations of the results provided | 556 | ||
| (16) Provide adequate documentation and support materials all together with the DSS tool | 556 | ||
| (17) Train users | 556 | ||
| (18) E xploit the full potential of the tool in supporting the whole process | 557 | ||
| (19) Provide the basis for maintenance and further development | 557 | ||
| (20) Adopt strategies for dissemination and technology transfer | 558 | ||
| 8. OUTLOOK | 560 | ||
| 9. REFERENCES | 561 | ||
| 10. APPENDICES | 566 | ||
| 10.1. Appendix 1: Comprehensive list of DSS tools examined | 566 | ||
| 10.2. Appendix 2: Presentation of short-listed DSS tools | 572 | ||
| 10.3. Appendix 3. Questionnaire for DSS end users A) DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION AND APPLICATION CONTEXT | 593 | ||
| A) DeveLoPMenT, ACQuISITIon AnD APPLICATIon ConTexT | 593 | ||
| B) YOUR PERSONAL BACKGROUND | 594 | ||
| C) IMPLEMENTATION, USE AND MAINTENANCE | 595 | ||
| D) BENEFITS AND SATISFACTION | 596 | ||
| 10.4 Appendix 4. Results of the Questionnaire for DSS End Users | 597 | ||
| A) DeveLoPMenT, ACQuISITIon AnD APPLICATIon ConTexT | 597 | ||
| B) YOUR PERSONAL BACKGROUND | 600 | ||
| C) IMPLEMENTATION, USE AND MAINTENANCE | 603 | ||
| D) BENEFITS AND SATISFACTION | 605 |