BOOK
Environmental Information in European Transboundary Water Management
Jos G. Timmerman | Sindre Langaas
(2005)
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Abstract
Environmental Information in European Transboundary Water Management aims to examine the role of information in transboundary river basin and water management, and the way it is used (or not) in policy and decision and decision-making within the wider European area. While having forward-looking perspective justified by the ongoing implementation of the EU water Framework Directive among EU Member States and Candidates Countries, many of the chapters draw on the experiences gained from the past and existing transboundary river basin co-operation experiences. Chapters are organised according to a framework that shows the sharing of water resources to be based upon a foundation of integrated water resources management, supported by three pillars: Politics - concerned with the enabling of sharing water resources, including the recognition of differences in riparian interests and international collaboration. Technical cooperation - concerned with concrete co-operation including exchange of information; tools and techniques to produce, use and disseminate information; joint research programmes; joint river basin plans; and joint ventures i.e. jointly performed water management actions. Legal-institutional - dealing with institutions and legal instruments that support the vision of fair and equitable sharing of international water resources; this pillar finds its basis in internationally laid down principles of cross border co-operation. Environmental Information in European Transboundary Water Management will appeal to professionals involved in the various aspects of transboundary river basin co-operation, both on strategic and operational levels, but also to the academic community concerned with the study of transboundary river basin or water management. It will also be an important source for graduate students in (transboundary) river basin management.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contents | 6 | ||
| Preface | 8 | ||
| Contributors | 10 | ||
| 1.0 Introduction | 14 | ||
| 1.1 EUROPEAN TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER BASINS: NEW MANAGEMENT UNIT | 14 | ||
| 1.2 ENVIRONMENTAL RIVER BASIN INFORMATION: WHAT IS IT? | 18 | ||
| 1.3 THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK | 20 | ||
| 1.4 THE STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF THE BOOK | 20 | ||
| 1.5 REFERENCES | 24 | ||
| 2.0 The communication of scientific information in institutional contexts | 26 | ||
| 2.1 INTRODUCTION | 26 | ||
| 2.2 THE INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT | 29 | ||
| 2.3 THE POLICY AND IMPLEMENTATION PROCESSES | 32 | ||
| 2.4 THE COMMUNICATION OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION | 33 | ||
| 2.5 TOWARDS A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR COMMUNICATION IN TRANSBOUNDA | 37 | ||
| 2.6 REFERENCES | 39 | ||
| 3.0 Generation of usable knowledge in implementation of the European water policy | 43 | ||
| 3.1 INTRODUCTION | 43 | ||
| 3.2 GOAL AND OBJECTIVE | 46 | ||
| 3.3 DEFINITION OF ‘USABLE KNOWLEDGE’ | 46 | ||
| 3.4 USABLE KNOWLEDGE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL POL | 47 | ||
| 3.5. A PILOT STUDY ON EXPERT INFORMATION DISSEMINATION IN TH | 48 | ||
| 3.5 CONCLUSIONS | 53 | ||
| 3.6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 55 | ||
| 3.7 REFERENCES | 55 | ||
| 4.0 Dialogue and transboundary water resources management | 57 | ||
| 4.1 INTRODUCTION | 57 | ||
| 4.2 TRANSBORDER WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT – A COMPLEX HUMAN | 59 | ||
| 4.3 ON DIALOGUE AND SOCIAL LEARNING | 60 | ||
| 4.4 TOWARDS A FRAMEWORK FOR FACILITATING DIALOGUE AND SOCIAL LEA | 62 | ||
| 4.4.1 Theoretical foundations – from paradigms to practice | 62 | ||
| 4.4.2 Designing interactive learning processes | 65 | ||
| 4.4.3 Creating supportive institutions | 67 | ||
| 4.4.4 Developing facilitation and leadership capacity | 68 | ||
| 4.5 CONCLUSIONS | 69 | ||
| 4.6 REFERENCES | 70 | ||
| 5.0 Legal aspects of information in transboundary river basin managment | 73 | ||
| 5.1 INTRODUCTION | 73 | ||
| 5.2 INTERNATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK | 75 | ||
| 5.3 THE AARHUS CONVENTION | 75 | ||
| 5.4 GENERIC EU LEGISLATION | 79 | ||
| 5.5 SPECIFIC PROVISIONS ON INFORMATION IN RIVER BASIN MANAGE | 82 | ||
| 5.6 DISCUSSION | 85 | ||
| 5.6.1 The human rights issue | 85 | ||
| 5.6.2 The property rights issue | 86 | ||
| 5.6.3 The security issue | 87 | ||
| 5.6.4 The transboundary dimension | 88 | ||
| 5.7 REFERENCES | 89 | ||
| 6.0 Environmental information, the legal context and a Scottish case study | 91 | ||
| 6.1 INTRODUCTION | 91 | ||
| 6.2 LEGISLATIVE PROVISION FOR ACCESS TO ENVIRONMENTAL INFORM | 92 | ||
| 6.3 PUBLIC REGISTERS AND INVENTORIES – LEGISLATIVE PROVISION | 94 | ||
| 6.4 ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION UNDER THE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRE | 95 | ||
| 6.4.1 The Water Framework Directive and provision of informa | 98 | ||
| 6.5 THE SCOTTISH EXPERIENCE | 99 | ||
| 6.6 CONCLUSIONS | 102 | ||
| 6.7 REFERENCES | 103 | ||
| 7.0 The EU Water Framework Directive and public participation in transboundary river basin management | 105 | ||
| 7.1 INTRODUCTION | 105 | ||
| 7.2 THE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE | 106 | ||
| 7.2.1 The EU water policy context | 106 | ||
| 7.2.2 Goals: good water status | 108 | ||
| 7.2.3 Institutional structure: the river basin authorities a | 110 | ||
| 7.2.4 Tools | 110 | ||
| 7.2.5 The WFD and environmental information demands | 111 | ||
| 7.3 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER BASIN MANAGE | 113 | ||
| 7.3.1 Guidance on public participation | 114 | ||
| 7.3.2.1 Active involvement | 116 | ||
| 7.3.2.2 Consultation (in transboundary RBDs) | 117 | ||
| 7.3.2.3 Information Supply (in international RBDs) | 118 | ||
| 7.4 CONCLUSIONS | 118 | ||
| 7.5 REFERENCES | 119 | ||
| 8.0 Incorporating user needs into environmental information systems | 121 | ||
| 8.1 INTRODUCTION | 121 | ||
| 8.2 TRANSBOUNDARY WATER MANAGEMENT | 122 | ||
| 8.3 CHARACTERISTICS OF INFORMATION | 124 | ||
| 8.4 THE PURPOSES OF INFORMATION IN TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER BASIN | 126 | ||
| 8.5 THE INFORMATION CYCLE | 127 | ||
| 8.6 THE USE OF ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION IN DECISION-MAKING | 129 | ||
| 8.7 SPECIFICATION OF INFORMATION NEEDS | 130 | ||
| 8.8 APPLICATION OF THE INFORMATION CYCLE IN A TRANSBOUNDARY | 131 | ||
| 8.9 DISCUSSION | 133 | ||
| 8.10 REFERENCES | 135 | ||
| 9.0 Addressing environmental information efforts | 138 | ||
| 9.1 INTRODUCTION | 138 | ||
| 9.2 IMPACT-OF-INFORMATION CHAIN | 139 | ||
| 9.3 LIFE IN A PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL ADMINISTRATION OFFICE | 141 | ||
| 9.4 INVERTING THE CHAIN | 143 | ||
| 9.5 CONCLUSIONS | 144 | ||
| 9.6 REFERENCES | 147 | ||
| 10.0 Towards GIS - and Internet-based information systems for transboundary river basins | 148 | ||
| 10.1 INTRODUCTION | 148 | ||
| 10.2 THE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE AND GIS | 150 | ||
| 10.3 EXPERIENCES IN DEVELOPING TRANSBOUNDARY GIS DATABASES I | 153 | ||
| 10.3.1 The Baltic Drainage Basin GIS, Maps and Statistical D | 154 | ||
| 10.3.2 The Lake Peipsi/Narva River Catchment GIS database | 157 | ||
| 10.4 FROM GIS TO RIVER BASIN INFORMATION SYSTEM (RBIS) | 159 | ||
| 10.5 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS | 162 | ||
| 10.6 REFERENCES | 164 | ||
| 11.0 Environmental information for sustainability, science and management | 166 | ||
| 11.1 INTRODUCTION | 166 | ||
| 11.2 INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (IEA) FOR WATER RES | 167 | ||
| 11.3 THE NEED FOR AN EXTENSIVE SPATIAL SCALE OF ANALYSIS | 170 | ||
| 11.4 IEA AS A CONTINUOUS PROCESS AND DIALOGUE | 171 | ||
| 11.5 SOCIO-ECONOMIC DATA COLLECTION | 173 | ||
| 11.6 TOWARDS AN ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM | 174 | ||
| 11.6.1 Scoping problem auditing and analytical methods selec | 175 | ||
| Stakeholder mapping | 175 | ||
| Scenario analysis | 176 | ||
| Indicators and critical thresholds | 177 | ||
| 11.6.2 Data collection, monitoring and indicators | 178 | ||
| 11.6.3 Evaluation of project, policy or programme options | 178 | ||
| 11.7 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS | 179 | ||
| 11.8 REFERENCES | 180 | ||
| 12.0 Integrated assessment in transboundary water management: a tentative framework | 181 | ||
| 12.1 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES | 181 | ||
| 12.2 INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT: WHAT IT IS AND WHY IT IS NEEDED | 182 | ||
| 12.2.1 What is the purpose of evaluation in general? | 183 | ||
| 12.2.2 Why must an assessment of water management be integr | 184 | ||
| 12.2.3 What makes integration so difficult? | 186 | ||
| 12.3 CONTOURS OF A FRAMEWORK FOR INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT | 188 | ||
| 12.4 CONCLUSIONS | 194 | ||
| 12.5 REFERENCES | 195 | ||
| 13.0 From the \"we need more data\" paradigm to indicators in transboundary water management | 197 | ||
| 13.1 INTRODUCTION | 197 | ||
| 13.2 ROLE OF INDICATORS IN RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT | 199 | ||
| 13.3 POTENTIAL PRESSURE-STATE-IMPACT-RESPONSE INDICATORS | 200 | ||
| 13.3.1 Pressure | 200 | ||
| 13.3.2 State | 201 | ||
| 13.3.3 Impact | 201 | ||
| 13.3.4 Response | 202 | ||
| 13.4 DATA AVAILABILITY | 203 | ||
| 13.5 APPLICATION OF PSIR INDICATORS IN RIVER BASIN MANAGEMEN | 204 | ||
| 13.6 COMPARISON WITH THE EUROPEAN WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE | 207 | ||
| 13.7 DISCUSSION | 208 | ||
| 13.8 REFERENCES | 210 | ||
| 14.0 Information as a basis for co-operation in Lake Constance | 212 | ||
| 14.1 Indroduction | 212 | ||
| 14.2 THE LAKE CONSTANCE REGION | 213 | ||
| 14.2.1 Historical background | 213 | ||
| 14.2.2 Steps towards international co-operation | 213 | ||
| 14.3 DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSBOUNDARY \x0BCO-OPERATION | 214 | ||
| 14.3.1 IBKF (Internationale Bevollmächtigtenkonferenz für d | 214 | ||
| 14.3.2 IBF (Internationaler Bodenseefischereiverband) | 215 | ||
| 14.3.3 IGKB (Internationale Gewässerschutzkommission für de | 215 | ||
| 14.3.4 AWBR (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wasserwerke Bodensee-R | 217 | ||
| 14.3.5 IBK (Internationale Bodenseekonferenz) | 217 | ||
| 14.3.6 ISKB (Internationale Schiffahrtskommission für den B | 218 | ||
| 14.3.7 Bodensee-Stiftung/Umweltrat Bodensee | 218 | ||
| 14.4 INFORMATION IN LAKE CONSTANCE | 219 | ||
| 14.4.1 Specification and timing of information | 219 | ||
| 14.4.2 ‘Prod-User’ Information at Lake Constance | 220 | ||
| 14.4.3 The Information Triangle | 222 | ||
| 14.5 CONCLUSION | 223 | ||
| 14.6 REFERENCES | 224 | ||
| 15.0 The Spanish-Portuguese transboundary water information and management approach | 226 | ||
| 15.1 INTRODUCTION | 226 | ||
| 15.2 THE SPANISH-PORTUGUESE CONVENTION INFORMATION APPROACH | 227 | ||
| 15.3 THE IBERAQUA PROJECT | 229 | ||
| 15.4 THE SPANISH-PORTUGUESE CONVENTION MANAGEMENT APPROACH | 231 | ||
| 15.5 THE GUADIANA RIVER CASE | 232 | ||
| 15.5.1 Flow regimes management in the Guadiana river basin | 232 | ||
| 15.5.2 Transboundary impact assessment (TIA) | 234 | ||
| 15.6 CONCLUSIONS | 235 | ||
| 15.7 REFERENCES | 236 | ||
| 16.0 A comparative study of information management in three transboundary water regimes in Europe | 237 | ||
| 16.1 INTRODUCTION | 237 | ||
| 16.2 FRAMEWORKS FOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT | 239 | ||
| 16.3 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IN THREE TRANSBOUNDARY WATER REG | 241 | ||
| 16.3.1 The case regions and transboundary water regimes | 241 | ||
| 16.3.2 Information needs and strategies | 243 | ||
| 16.3.3 Data collection | 245 | ||
| 16.3.4 Information use | 246 | ||
| 16.4 DISCUSSION | 247 | ||
| 16.4.1 On differences in information management in transboun | 247 | ||
| 16.4.2 On information for integrated water resources managem | 249 | ||
| 16.5 CONCLUSIONS | 250 | ||
| 16.6 REFERENCES | 251 | ||
| 17.0 Conclusions | 253 | ||
| 17.1 INTRODUCTION | 253 | ||
| 17.2 POLITICS | 254 | ||
| 17.3 TECHNICAL COOPERATION | 255 | ||
| 17.4 INSTITUTIONS | 256 | ||
| 17.5 INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT | 257 | ||
| 17.6 SHARING OF INTERNATIONAL WATER RESOURCES | 258 | ||
| 17.7 SUMMARY | 259 | ||
| Index | 260 |