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Ole Mark - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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integration of research advances in modelling and monitoring in support of wfd river basin Management Planning in the context of climate change
Science of The Total Environment, 2012Co-Authors: Philippe Quevauviller, Damia Barcelo, Martin Beniston, Slobodan Djordjevic, Richard Harding, Ana Iglesias, Ralf Ludwig, Antonio Navarra, Alicia Ortega, Ole MarkAbstract:The integration of scientific knowledge about possible climate change impacts on water resources has a direct implication on the way water policies are being implemented and evolving. This is particularly true regarding various technical steps embedded into the EU Water Framework Directive river basin Management Planning, such as risk characterisation, monitoring, design and implementation of action programmes and evaluation of the “good status” objective achievements (in 2015). The need to incorporate climate change considerations into the implementation of EU water policy is currently discussed with a wide range of experts and stakeholders at EU level. Research trends are also on-going, striving to support policy developments and examining how scientific findings and recommendations could be best taken on board by policy-makers and water managers within the forthcoming years. This paper provides a snapshot of policy discussions about climate change in the context of the WFD river basin Management Planning and specific advancements of related EU-funded research projects. Perspectives for strengthening links among the scientific and policy-making communities in this area are also highlighted.
K M Marshall - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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linking process to outcomes internal and external criteria for a stakeholder involvement in river basin Management Planning
Ecological Economics, 2012Co-Authors: Kirsty Blackstock, Kerry A Waylen, Jill Dunglinson, K M MarshallAbstract:Within the natural resource Management and environmental governance literature, a number of authors have argued that there is a need to pay better attention to how the social processes of Planning and Management influence the outcomes of such processes. These outcomes are often measured through the quality of their outputs (plans or strategies) as well as whether the objectives of the plans or strategies are achieved. This paper contributes to this debate by reporting on a longitudinal evaluation of stakeholder engagement in developing and implementing River Basin Management Planning (RBMP) in Scotland. We illustrate how many of the process and outcome criteria promoted in the literature (the external perspective) appear to be less important to stakeholders than would be expected (the internal perspective). The paper argues that a combination of internal and external criteria is best placed to understand how to judge a ‘good’ process. This paper draws on literature from water Management, other natural resource Management sectors, spatial Planning and environmental Management,, so the findings are of interest to scholars interested in evaluation, participation, environmental or natural resource Management, as well as those specifically interested in RBMP under the Water Framework Directive (WFD).
Philippe Quevauviller - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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integration of research advances in modelling and monitoring in support of wfd river basin Management Planning in the context of climate change
Science of The Total Environment, 2012Co-Authors: Philippe Quevauviller, Damia Barcelo, Martin Beniston, Slobodan Djordjevic, Richard Harding, Ana Iglesias, Ralf Ludwig, Antonio Navarra, Alicia Ortega, Ole MarkAbstract:The integration of scientific knowledge about possible climate change impacts on water resources has a direct implication on the way water policies are being implemented and evolving. This is particularly true regarding various technical steps embedded into the EU Water Framework Directive river basin Management Planning, such as risk characterisation, monitoring, design and implementation of action programmes and evaluation of the “good status” objective achievements (in 2015). The need to incorporate climate change considerations into the implementation of EU water policy is currently discussed with a wide range of experts and stakeholders at EU level. Research trends are also on-going, striving to support policy developments and examining how scientific findings and recommendations could be best taken on board by policy-makers and water managers within the forthcoming years. This paper provides a snapshot of policy discussions about climate change in the context of the WFD river basin Management Planning and specific advancements of related EU-funded research projects. Perspectives for strengthening links among the scientific and policy-making communities in this area are also highlighted.
Hasan Yazicigil - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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susceptibility indexing method for irrigation water Management Planning applications to k menderes river basin turkey
Journal of Environmental Management, 2009Co-Authors: Tolga O Pusatli, Zeki M Camur, Hasan YazicigilAbstract:Abstract A susceptibility indexing method was developed based on vulnerability and quality indices. The contamination susceptibility index (SI) at a given location was calculated by taking the product of the vulnerability index (VI) and the quality index (QI): SI = VI × QI. This method incorporates both hydrogeological and hydrochemical data for a comprehensive index mapping. The DRASTIC index methodology was used for the hydrogeological data evaluations. The quality index calculation procedure based on a water quality classification scheme was introduced to evaluate hydrochemical data. The suggested susceptibility indexing method was applied to the Kucuk Menderes river basin located in western Turkey. The susceptibility index map shows both hydrogeological and hydrochemical data related to the contamination problem including areas that should be taken into consideration during water Management Planning. The index map indicates that the most susceptible groundwater is located along the river channel between Kiraz and Tire towns, in the Selcuk area and along the Fertek stream channel to the north of Torbali town. The results indicate that the incorporation of both hydrogeological and hydrochemical datasets enables more realistic evaluations than those of an individual dataset to estimate the groundwater contamination susceptibility of an aquifer. The numerical procedure applied could be extended further by including other parameters such as retardation, potential contaminant sources, etc. that affect the water quality in a given basin.
Fabrizio Di Gregorio - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a waste Management Planning based on substance flow analysis
Resources Conservation and Recycling, 2014Co-Authors: Umberto Arena, Fabrizio Di GregorioAbstract:Abstract The paper describes the results of a municipal solid waste Management Planning based on an extensive utilization of material and substance flow analysis, combined with the results of specific life cycle assessment studies. The mass flow rates of wastes and their main chemical elements were quantified with a view to providing scientific support to the decision-making process and to ensure that the technical inputs to this process are transparent and rigorous. The role of each waste Management option (recycling chains, biological and thermal treatments), as well as that of different levels of household source separation and collection (SSC), was quantitatively determined. The plant requirements were consequently evaluated, by assessing the benefits afforded by the application of high quality SSC, biological treatment of the wet organic fraction, and thermal treatment of unsorted residual waste. Landfill volumes and greenhouse gas emissions are minimized, toxic organic materials are mineralized, heavy metals are concentrated in a small fraction of the total former solid waste volume, and the accumulation of atmophilic metals in the air pollution control residues allows new recycling schemes to be designed for metals. The results also highlight that the sustainability of very high levels of SSC is reduced by the large quantities of sorting and recycling residues, amounts of toxic substances in the recycled products, as well as logistic and economic difficulties of obtaining very high interception levels. The combination of material and substance flow analysis with an environmental assessment method such as life cycle assessment appears an attractive tool-box for comparing alternative waste Management technologies and scenarios, and then to support waste Management decisions on both strategic and operating levels.
