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List of Figures and Tables | p. ix |
Contributor Affiliations | p. xiii |
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations | p. xv |
Introduction-Making a Strong Case for AWM | p. 1 |
Challenges of river basin management | p. 1 |
Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) | p. 4 |
Adaptive Water Management in terms of development and application within IWRM | p. 7 |
Tools for adaptive management | p. 9 |
AWM concept in terms of training and capacity building | p. 11 |
Working Towards AWM | p. 17 |
Key outcomes and benefits of AWM | p. 17 |
Summary of outcomes from NeWater case river basins (outputs and benefits) | p. 22 |
Experiences and identification of lessons learned from piloting AWM | p. 32 |
Tools and Instruments for Adaptive Management | p. 33 |
Management of participatory processes | p. 33 |
Participatory modelling | p. 39 |
Uncertainty and policy making | p. 43 |
Indicators and monitoring to support AWM | p. 47 |
An introduction to analysing dynamic vulnerability | p. 53 |
Integrated assessment tools and decision support systems | p. 57 |
Climate change impacts on water resources and adaptation options | p. 62 |
Management and Transition Framework | p. 67 |
Internet portals and services for knowledge transfer | p. 70 |
Capacity Building and Knowledge Transfer | p. 81 |
Introduction | p. 81 |
Aims of the training courses | p. 81 |
Target audience for training | p. 82 |
Obstacles encountered | p. 82 |
The 'broker concept' | p. 82 |
Train-the-trainer workshops | p. 83 |
Train-the-practitioner workshops | p. 83 |
AWM in academic education | p. 84 |
Lessons learned in academic education | p. 85 |
Involvement of organizations outside the project consortium | p. 86 |
Case Study: Elbe | p. 89 |
Background | p. 89 |
Selected themes | p. 90 |
Research and tools applied in the Elbe case study | p. 93 |
Outlook and policy summary | p. 98 |
Case Study: Guadiana | p. 103 |
Background | p. 103 |
Selected themes | p. 104 |
Groundwater modelling and management scenarios | p. 109 |
WEAP model | p. 109 |
The vulnerability analysis (CART analysis) | p. 110 |
Bayesian Belief Networks | p. 110 |
Water Footprint | p. 111 |
The Future | p. 112 |
Case Study: Rhine | p. 117 |
Introduction | p. 117 |
The Lower Rhine | p. 118 |
Kromme Rijn | p. 120 |
Wupper | p. 123 |
Comparison between the Wupper and Kromme Rijn regimes | p. 125 |
Conclusions | p. 126 |
Case Study: Tisza | p. 129 |
Background | p. 129 |
Major problems | p. 130 |
Lessons learnt and the future | p. 139 |
How can AWRM help and what tools are still needed | p. 140 |
Case Study: Amudarya | p. 143 |
Background | p. 143 |
Selected themes addressed in the Amudarya Case Study | p. 144 |
Tools developed and applied in the Amudarya case study | p. 151 |
The future | p. 154 |
Case Study: Nile | p. 157 |
Background | p. 157 |
Selected themes in the NeWater project | p. 160 |
Tools applied in NeWater | p. 160 |
Future of the Nile Basin | p. 167 |
Case Study: Orange | p. 169 |
Background | p. 169 |
Addressing issues of concern | p. 170 |
The institutional context in the Orange basin | p. 171 |
Tools and approaches applied in the Orange-Senqu case study | p. 171 |
Theme 1: A focus on ecosystem goods and services | p. 172 |
Theme 2: Investigating alternative possible futures through scenarios | p. 176 |
Conclusions | p. 180 |
Summary and Outlook | p. 183 |
What is adaptive management and why it matters | p. 183 |
How AWM can contribute to implementation of water policies | p. 185 |
Lessons learned and practical suggestions | p. 187 |
Index | p. 193 |
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