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Integrated Evaluation for Sustainable River Basin Governance
Nuno Videira | Giorgos Kallis | Paula Antunes | Rui Santos | Peter A. Vanrolleghem | John B. Copp
(2007)
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Abstract
This Report synthesizes the main results obtained throughout the ADVISOR research project ("Integrated Evaluation for Sustainable River Basin Governance") funded by the European Commission, under the - 'Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development' theme of the 5th Framework Research Programme. The aim of ADVISOR was to improve the understanding of evaluation processes as part of river basin planning and management and to provide a framework supported by a toolkit for the conduct of integrated and participatory evaluations.
The project comprised four work-packages. Work Package 1 examined past water project or plan evaluation cases in five EU states and drew insights on the problems of past evaluation practices. Work Package 2 interpreted these past experiences from different analytical angles leading to a theory for an integrated evaluation process, emphasising issues of deliberation, multiple values, quality in the use of information and governance. Work Package 3 moved from theory to practice. Different tools which could contribute to integrated evaluation processes were tested in experimental case applications. These included scenario workshops, mediated modelling supported by a quality assurance protocol, social multi-criteria evaluation, cost-effectiveness analyses and monetary valuation. Work Package 4 aimed at transferring the experience and lessons learned during the ADVISOR project to policy makers, contributing especially to the implementation process of the Water Framework Directive.
A guidance document for designing and implementing Integrated Deliberative Decision Processes (IDDP) was developed, detailing a step-by-step procedure to achieve integrated evaluations. The synthesis of the main results achieved throughout the ADVISOR project is presented in this report in three parts: Part A sets the stage for the role of integrated evaluations in river basin planning and management; Part B unfolds the set of relevant principles and tools developed in the project and Part C concludes with futures challenges for integrated evaluation processes.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contents | vi | ||
| Editors and Contributing Authors | viii | ||
| Foreword | x | ||
| Acronyms | xi | ||
| Glossary | xii | ||
| Chapter 1: Advisor Project Overview | 1 | ||
| 1.1. Objectives and Methodology | 1 | ||
| PART A: INTEGRATED EVALUATION FOR SUSTAINABLE RIVER BASIN GOVERNANCE | 5 | ||
| Chapter 2: Integrated Evaluation in the Water Framework Directive | 6 | ||
| 2.1.The WFD in brief | 6 | ||
| 2.2. Evaluation in the WFD | 8 | ||
| 2.3. Public Participation in the WFD | 10 | ||
| 2.4. The Challenge of Integrated Evaluation | 10 | ||
| Chapter 3: Quality of river basin governance processes: Outcomes, patterns and requirements for future design and implementatio | 12 | ||
| 3.1. The Case Studies: Searching for Patterns | 12 | ||
| 3.2. Patterns & Linkages | 19 | ||
| 3.3. Contexts of Evaluation: in Pursuit of Justifications | 24 | ||
| 3.4. Evaluation Processes: 3 pillars and 1 beam | 26 | ||
| PART B: PRINCIPLES AND TOOLS FOR INTEGRATED EVALUATION | 30 | ||
| Chapter 4: Framework for Integrated and Participatory Evaluations | 31 | ||
| 4.1. Participation in Water Resource Planning and Management: Learning from Past Experiences | 31 | ||
| 4.2. Integrated Deliberative Decision Processes Framework | 35 | ||
| Chapter 5: Knowledge Assessment: Protocol for Quality Assurance by Extended Peer Review | 38 | ||
| 5.1. Information Flows Model | 38 | ||
| 5.2. Quality Diagnosis: The Case Studies | 39 | ||
| 5.3. Finding Patterns | 47 | ||
| 5.4. Protocol for Knowledge Quality Assurance of Water Planning and Governance Processes | 49 | ||
| Chapter 6: Combined CBA and CEA Framework for Flood Protection | 55 | ||
| 6.1. Introduction | 55 | ||
| 6.2. Description of CBA and CEA methodologies | 56 | ||
| 6.3. Project description of the case study: Space for the River | 59 | ||
| 6.4. Cost benefit analysis | 62 | ||
| 6.5. Social cost effectiveness analysis | 65 | ||
| 6.6. Introducing public participation into the proposed framework | 68 | ||
| 6.7. Summary and conclusions | 71 | ||
| Chapter 7: Understanding the Value of Biodiversity in Water Ecosystems: Economics, Ethics and Social Psychology | 73 | ||
| 7.1. Introduction | 73 | ||
| 7.2. Survey Design | 78 | ||
| 7.3. Main Survey Basic Results | 82 | ||
| 7.4. Testing the New Model of Environmental Valuation | 87 | ||
| 7.5. Conclusions | 93 | ||
| Chapter 8: Scenario Workshops as a Tool for Sustainable Water Resource Governance: The Case of the Island of Naxos, Greece | 95 | ||
| 8.1. Introduction | 95 | ||
| 8.2. Methodology | 101 | ||
| 8.3. Workshop outcomes | 106 | ||
| 8.4. Discussion | 108 | ||
| 8.5. Conclusions | 112 | ||
| Chapter 9: Mediated Modelling To Support Public and Stakeholder Participation in Water Resources Planning and Management: the | 115 | ||
| 9.1. Introduction | 115 | ||
| 9.2. Mediated Modelling | 117 | ||
| 9.3. Participatory Modelling in the Baixo Guadiana | 118 | ||
| 9.4. Results and Discussion | 120 | ||
| 9.5. Conclusions | 129 | ||
| Chapter 10: Social Multi-Criteria Analysis for the Evaluation of Water Management Alternatives. The Case of the Costa del Sol | 132 | ||
| 10.1. Integrated Evaluation, Multi-Criteria Evaluation and the Water Framework Directive | 132 | ||
| 10.2. Institutional Analysis, Social Research and the Naiade Model | 133 | ||
| 10.3. Evaluation of Alternative Options for Water Supply of the Costa Del Sol (Spain) | 135 | ||
| 10.4. General Outcome: Social Multi-Criteria Analysis for Integrated and Participatory Evaluation of River Basin Governance | 144 | ||
| PART C: THE WAY AHEAD | 149 | ||
| Chapter 11: Future Challenges | 150 | ||
| Challenge 1 - Improving / combining deliberative tools | 150 | ||
| Challenge 2 - Testing IDDPs in practice | 150 | ||
| Challenge 3 - Improving the use of scientific information in deliberative processes | 150 | ||
| Challenge 4 - Increasing the decision impact of IDDPs | 151 | ||
| Challenge 5 - Changing governance structures | 151 | ||
| Annexes | 152 | ||
| Annex I: Protocol for Information used in ADVISOR | 153 | ||
| Annex II: Protocol for Information used in River Basin Assessment Studies | 161 | ||
| Annex III: Definitions of Criteria used in Quality Assurance Protocols | 165 | ||
| Annex IV: Problems in Contingent Valuation | 171 | ||
| Annex V: Population and Sample Statistics | 175 |