Participatory evaluation of water management options for climate change adaptation in river basins
Sánchez Plaza, Anabel (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
Broekman, Annelies (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
Retana Alumbreros, Javier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia)
Bruggeman, Adriana (The Cyprus Institute. Energy, Environment and Water Research Center)
Giannakis, Elias (The Cyprus Institute. Energy, Environment and Water Research Center)
Jebari, Sihem (National Research Institute of Rural Engineering, Water and Forests)
Krivograd-Klemenčič, Aleksandra (Univerza V Ljubljani)
Libbrecht, Steven (Prospex BVBA)
Magjar, Manca (Inštitut za vode Republike Slovenije)
Robert, Nicolas (European Forest Institute. Mediterranean Regional Office)
Verkerk, Pieter Johannes (European Forest Institute. Mediterranean Regional Office)

Date:	2021
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.
Grants:	European Commission 612385
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Adaptation ; Climate change ; Stakeholder engagement ; Participatory evaluation ; River basin ; Water management
Published in:	Environments, Vol. 8, Issue 9 (September 2021) , art. 93, ISSN 2076-3298

DOI: 10.3390/environments8090093

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