Environmental Information in European Transboundary Water Management

Jos G. Timmerman, Sindre Langaas

• Publisher: IWA Publishing
• Year: 2005
• ISBN:
  9781780402666
• Topic: Technik & Maschinenbau
• Subtopic: Angewandte Wissenschaften

Environmental Information in European Transboundary Water Managementaims 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 Managementwill 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

• Contents
• Preface
• Contributors
• 1.0 Introduction
• 2.0 The communication of scientific information in institutional contexts
• 3.0 Generation of usable knowledge in implementation of the European water policy
• 4.0 Dialogue and transboundary water resources management
• 5.0 Legal aspects of information in transboundary river basin managment
• 6.0 Environmental information, the legal context and a Scottish case study
• 7.0 The EU Water Framework Directive and public participation in transboundary river basin management
• 8.0 Incorporating user needs into environmental information systems
• 9.0 Addressing environmental information efforts
• 10.0 Towards GIS - and Internet-based information systems for transboundary river basins
• 11.0 Environmental information for sustainability, science and management
• 12.0 Integrated assessment in transboundary water management: a tentative framework
• 13.0 From the "we need more data" paradigm to indicators in transboundary water management
• 14.0 Information as a basis for co-operation in Lake Constance
• 15.0 The Spanish-Portuguese transboundary water information and management approach
• 16.0 A comparative study of information management in three transboundary water regimes in Europe
• 17.0 Conclusions
• Index