How integrated is river basin management? |
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Authors: | Peter W Downs Kenneth J Gregory Andrew Brookes |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Geography, University of Southampton, SO9 5NH Southampton, UK;(2) National Rivers Authority Thames Region, Kings Meadow House, Kings Meadow Road, RG1 8DQ Reading, Berks, UK |
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Abstract: | Land and water management is increasingly focused upon the drainage basin. Thirty-six terms recently used for schemes of “integrated
basin management” include reference to the subject or area and to the aims of integrated river basin management, often without
allusion to the multiobjective nature. Diversity in usage of terms has occurred because of the involvement of different disciplines,
of the increasing coherence of the drainage basin approach, and the problems posed in particular parts of the world. The components
included in 21 different approaches are analyzed, and, in addition to showing that components related broadly to water supply,
river channel, land, and leisure aspects, it is concluded that there are essentially five interrelated facets of integrated
basin management that involved water, channel, land, ecology, and human activity. Two aspects not fully included in many previous
schemes concern river channel changes and the dynamic integrity of the fluvial system. To clarify the terminology used, it
is suggested that the termcomprehensive river basin management should be used where a wide range of components is involved, whereasintegrated basin management can signify the interactions of components and the dominance of certain components in the particular area.Holistic river basin management is advocated as a term representing an approach that is both fully comprehensive and integrated but also embraces the energetics
of the river system and consideration of changes of river channels and of human impacts throughout the river system. The paradigm
of working with the river can be extended to one of working with the river in the holistic basin context. |
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Keywords: | Integrated river basin management Drainage basin management River channel changes Holistic river basin management |
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