Governance of Water Resources in the Phase of Change: A Case Study of the Implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive in Sweden |
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Authors: | Monica Hammer Berit Balfors Ulla Mörtberg Mona Petersson Andrew Quin |
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Institution: | 1.School of Life Sciences, Södertörn University, 141 89 Huddinge, Sweden ;2.Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden |
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Abstract: | In this article, focusing on the ongoing implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive, we analyze some of the opportunities
and challenges for a sustainable governance of water resources from an ecosystem management perspective. In the face of uncertainty
and change, the ecosystem approach as a holistic and integrated management framework is increasingly recognized. The ongoing
implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) could be viewed as a reorganization phase in the process of change in
institutional arrangements and ecosystems. In this case study from the Northern Baltic Sea River Basin District, Sweden, we
focus in particular on data and information management from a multi-level governance perspective from the local stakeholder
to the River Basin level. We apply a document analysis, hydrological mapping, and GIS models to analyze some of the institutional
framework created for the implementation of the WFD. The study underlines the importance of institutional arrangements that
can handle variability of local situations and trade-offs between solutions and priorities on different hierarchical levels. |
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Keywords: | Ecosystem management GIS Hydrological mapping Information management Stakeholder participation |
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