Anabel Sanchez-Plaza (Author), Annelies Broekman (Author), Javier Retana (Author), Adriana Bruggeman (Author), Elias Giannakis (Author), Sihem Jebari (Author), Aleksandra Krivograd-Klemenčič (Author), Steven Libbrecht (Author), Manca Magjar (Author), Nicolas Robert (Author), Pieter Johannes Verkerk (Author)

Abstract

Climate and other human-induced changes will increase water scarcity in world areas such as in the Mediterranean. Adaptation principles need to be urgently incorporated into water management and stakeholder engagement needs to be strengthened at all steps of the management cycle. This study aimed to analyse and compare stakeholder-preferred water management options (WMOs) to face climate change related challenges and to foster adaptation in four Mediterranean river basins. The challenges and WMOs of the four river basins identified by stakeholders were analysed examining to what extent the WMOs tackled the identified challenges. The impact of the WMOs resulting from a participatory modelling method was included in a comparative analysis of the stakeholders WMOs preferences. The results indicate the participatory approach that was applied allowed local priorities and real-world challenges to be defined with adequate detail as well as the definition of tailored responses. The participatory impact analysis provided an integrated view of the river basin as an interrelated system. The participatory evaluation of the WMOs was able to consider a wide range of elements and was able reflect the combined preferences of the stakeholders. Moreover, it allowed groups of basin actors with highly diverse profiles and concerns to further promote sets of these WMOs as input into decision making processes.

Keywords

prilagajanje;klimatske spremembe;vključevanje deležnikov;porečje;upravljanje voda;adaptation;climate change;stakeholder engagement;river basin;water management;

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Language: English
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Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization: UL FGG - Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering
Publisher: MDPI
UDC: 502/504:556
COBISS: 76535811 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 2076-3298
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Secondary language: Slovenian
Secondary keywords: prilagajanje;klimatske spremembe;vključevanje deležnikov;porečje;upravljanje voda;
Type (COBISS): Scientific work
Pages: [18] str.
Volume: ǂiss. ǂ9
Issue: ǂVol. ǂ8
Chronology: 2021
DOI: 10.3390/environments8090093
ID: 13505851
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