Analytical Framework for Integrated Water Resources Management: IHE monographs 2 / Edition 1

by Paul van Hofwegen, Frank G.W. Jaspers

Overview

This monograph provides a framework and guidelines for the assessment of institutional frameworks for integrated water resources management (IWRM). The framework and guidelines were developed to enable expert teams of the Inter-American Development Bank to incorporate capacity-building considerations into water-related projects. The framework and guidelines were tested in four countries with different physical, social and economic environments in Latin America and the Caribbean. Using this framework, it is possible to identify shortcomings in existing water management arrangements and to formulate interventions at and between the constitutional, organizational, and operational levels. To guide the formulation of interventions, an ideal IWRM situation is formulated. Due to the temporal and spatial specificity, a desired IWRM situation is formulated in a process which consists of ten operational steps. This process is based on an extensive consultation and participation of all relevant stakeholders. The fields of interventions concern awareness creation, policy development, legal and financial arrangements, human resources development and management information and decision support systems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789054104735
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/01/1999
Series:	Ihe Monographs
Edition description:	Student ed.
Pages:	110
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Paul van Hofwegen (Author) , Frank G. W. Jaspers (Author) , P. J. M. Vanjofwegen (Author) International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, Delft.

Table of Contents

The Analytical framework; Integrated water resources management- general principles; IWRM requirements for the functional levels; Interventions or IWRM capacity building, Application of the guidelines and lessons learned.

Editorial Reviews

The framework and guidelines were developed to help specialist teams of the Inter-American Development Bank incorporate considerations of capacity building into water related projects, and have been tested in four countries with different physical, social, and economic environments in Latin American and the Caribbean. The 10-step framework makes it possible to identify shortcomings in existing water management arrangements and formulate interventions at and between the constitutional, organizational, and operational levels. No index is provided. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

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