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The Adaptiveness of IWRM
Analysing European IWRM research
Authors: Jos G. Timmerman, Claudia Pahl-Wostl, Jorn Moltgen
The Adaptiveness of IWRM provides new insights and knowledge on the challenges and
solutions that current water management faces in a situation of complexity and uncertainty.
Drawing on the available results from a wide range of European research projects under
several framework programmes, the book provides an overview of the state of the art in
European research on Integrated Water Resources Management on the topics of Participation,
Transboundary regimes, Economics, Vulnerability, Climate change, Advanced monitoring,
Spatial planning, and the Social dimensions of water management. The achievements of EU
research projects are considered in view of the extent to which IWRM responds to the current
complexity and uncertainty water management is facing. These achievements are positioned
in a wider context of worldwide developments in the respective topics which account for the
future challenges. From this, the book concludes with the required focus of European
research in the near future and promotes the concept of Adaptive Water Management as the
preferred direction for the development of IWRM.
The book presents the achievements of European IWRM research on a range of water
management topics and offers conclusions and recommendations for research foci that will be
invaluable to water managers, policy-makers and academic researchers working in the field
of IWRM.
This title belongs to the European Water Research Series
ISBN: 9781843391722 • April 2008 • 156 pages • Paperback
IWA Members price: £ 54.75 / US$ 109.50 / € 82.13
http://www.iwapublishing.com/template.cfm?name=isbn1843391724
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Restoring Floodplains in Europe
Editor: Timothy Moss and Jochen Monstadt
Floodplains represent some of the most species-rich and endangered ecosystems in Europe.
They are also hugely important for storing floodwaters, improving water quality, enhancing
riparian landscapes, producing economic goods (such as timber) and supporting recreational
pursuits.
This book explores the reasons behind the discrepancy between growing policy interest in
floodplains and limited instances of restoration. It presents original, comparative analysis of
the shifting policy contexts of floodplain restoration in the EU, Germany, France and
England and Wales, illustrating how recent reforms and re-thinking are creating new
opportunities for restoring floodplains. Case studies of six schemes to restore floodplains -
two from each of the countries studied - demonstrate how these opportunities are being
exploited, but also what difficulties are being encountered by project managers.
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