Integrating Sustainable Water Resource Management and Land Use Decision-Making

Abstract

Human uses of land and water are directly linked and must, therefore, be managed with each other in mind. This paper puts forward an approach for integrating sustainable water resource management into local land use decision-making in the Potomac basin. The approach includes developing a clear understanding of the current regulatory, programmatic, and financial approaches to land use management; identifying opportunities from innovation; and developing a flexible, stakeholder-based framework for moving forward. Four opportunities for innovation were identified in the Potomac basin utilizing this approach, including enhancing coordination and access to information, promoting incentives to achieve desired outcomes, encouraging and promoting innovation, and integrating programs to achieve multiple objectives. The successful integration of land and water decision-making requires a sustained, long-term commitment to improvement rather than a one-time fix mentality. Initial steps for implementation include identifying and engaging diverse partners, as well as establishing channels for information dissemination. The lessons learned from this work may prove valuable to decision-makers in other regions to holistically manage diverse land and water resources.

Integrating Land Use Planning and Water Management in U.S. Cities: A Literature Review

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“…This effort helped gain public support for water conservation and efficiency, despite a lack of legal enforcement for the Plan's goals. Citizen education and other grassroots efforts can help inform local decision-makers and promote improved integration of land and water planning through advocacy and support for new legislation (Moltz et al 2020).…”

“…Citizen education and other grassroots efforts can help inform local decision‐makers and promote improved integration of land and water planning through advocacy and support for new legislation (Moltz et al. 2020).…”

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“…Because the river basin governance is typically a cross-organization activity that requires governance across boundaries, many researchers had specifically explored and examined the various organizational types of river basin governance, in an attempt to address the problems faced by the traditional governance across boundaries and improve governance effectiveness (Paisley & Henshaw, 2013;Pritchett, 2014;Lee, 2016). In addition, numerous empirical studies were mainly focused on the implementation of the river basin governance, carrying out different basin management methods according to the characteristics of river basins, for example, Nebraska Natural Resources Districts (Gilmore et al, 2019) and Potomac Watershed Partnership (Moltz et al, 2020).…”