Governance towards coordination for water resources management: The effect of governance modes

Lukat, Evelyn; Lenschow, Andrea; Dombrowsky, Ines; Meergans, Franziska; Schütze, Nora; Stein, Ulf; Pahl‐Wostl, Claudia

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2022.12.016

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“…Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) acknowledges the intricate nature of WRM, encompassing various factors, stakeholders, and short-and long-term implications across multiple sectors. Thus, WRM is often meant to be a holistic and integrated process, by nature [5,6]. Since water resources utilization is connected with multiple other uses and activities, WRM deals with complex problems that must take into account many different variables reflecting this complexity (different sources, different users, and gains from using water, as mentioned).…”

Section: Integrated Water Resources Management Optimization Applicationsmentioning

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Optimization Examples for Water Allocation, Energy, Carbon Emissions, and Costs

Alamanos,

Garcia

2024

Encyclopedia

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The field of Water Resources Management (WRM) is becoming increasingly interdisciplinary, realizing its direct connections with energy, food, and social and economic sciences, among others. Computationally, this leads to more complex models, wherein the achievement of multiple goals is sought. Optimization processes have found various applications in such complex WRM problems. This entry considers the main factors involved in modern WRM, and puts them in a single optimization problem, including water allocation from different sources to different uses and non-renewable and renewable energy supplies, with their associated carbon emissions and costs. The entry explores the problem mathematically by presenting different optimization approaches, such as linear, fuzzy, dynamic, goal, and non-linear programming models. Furthermore, codes for each model are provided in Python, an open-source language. This entry has an educational character, and the examples presented are easily reproducible, so this is expected to be a useful resource for students, modelers, researchers, and water managers.

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Section: Integrated Water Resources Management Optimization Applicationsmentioning

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Optimization Examples for Water Allocation, Energy, Carbon Emissions, and Costs

Alamanos,

Garcia

2024

Encyclopedia

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“…Planning for integrated energy is essential, considering the connections between energy, the environment, and socioeconomic development. To attain sustainable and inclusive results, developing nations can investigate cross-sectoral strategies that coordinate energy planning with agricultural, water management, and industrial development [57].…”

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Sustainable Energy Policies in Developing Countries: A Review of Challenges and Opportunities

Falcone

2023

Energies

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This contribution offers a thorough analysis of challenges and opportunities related to the adoption of sustainable energy policies in specific developing countries (i.e., Albania, Brazil, India, Kenya). The use of renewable energy sources must be increased if the world is to meet its climate goals and alleviate the negative effects of fossil fuel consumption. However, due to fiscal restrictions, institutional barriers, and technology limitations, developing countries face particular challenges in adopting such policies. In order to help these countries move towards a sustainable energy future, this study analyses these issues and suggests viable solutions for policymakers.

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Integrated water resources management and the land‐water nexus: A South African perspective

Locke

2024

World Water Policy

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As a source of diffuse pollution, land use/land cover (LULC) can have profound impacts on water quality. Accordingly, the importance of managing the land‐water nexus is often emphasized in the rhetoric of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). Several authors, however, have cautioned that this need is frequently overlooked in practice. This is partly because stakeholders and policymakers are not equipped with clear and accessible information about the impacts of LULC on water resources and the consequent need to manage both in a sustainable and coordinated manner. The result is persistent sectoral fragmentation in the management of these two resources, and a concomitant failure to develop proactive and data‐driven catchment management strategies. Aimed principally at academics, researchers, and policymakers, this article argues that there is an urgent need, especially in developing countries such as South Africa, for ongoing research into the impacts of LULC on water resources. More particularly, there is a need to develop accurate models that will provide stakeholders and policymakers with the motivation, knowledge, and understanding necessary to develop effective, informed, and coordinated management strategies. A failure to do so, as illustrated by the current situation in South Africa, may have dire socioeconomic and ecological consequences.

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Governance towards coordination for water resources management: The effect of governance modes

Cited by 30 publications

References 34 publications

Optimization Examples for Water Allocation, Energy, Carbon Emissions, and Costs

Optimization Examples for Water Allocation, Energy, Carbon Emissions, and Costs

Sustainable Energy Policies in Developing Countries: A Review of Challenges and Opportunities

Integrated water resources management and the land‐water nexus: A South African perspective

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