Follow-up activities:
- NeWater expertise sought to support Mexico’s Agenda del Agua 2030
- Twin2Go project - Synthesizing European research on water governance
Recent publications:
- From applying panaceas to mastering complexity: Toward adaptive water governance in river basins (article)
- Maturing the New Water Management Paradigm: Progressing from Aspiration to Practice (article)
- Water governance in times of change (special issue)
Welcome to the NeWater project!
For more than four years, NeWater studied and fostered Adaptive Integrated Water Resources Management (AWM) as a concept guiding theory and practice. Taking up the interdisciplinary challenge of managing the river basins as social-ecological systems, NeWater reflected the diversity of perspectives and potential through 37 project partners from Europe, Africa and Central-Asia. We have supported the capacity building of the stakeholders in our seven different case study basins. In addition, and as researchers, we have gone through a productive learning process - manifesting e.g. in various modelling prototypes, and the high number of scientific publications, reports, and PhD or Master Theses.
Updated NeWater Flyer is available in different languages:
English, Uzbek, Russian, Spanish, Danish, Italian, French, Swedish, German, Portuguese, Czech, Ukrainian and Hungarian
NeWater Brochure: "Adaptive Integrated Water Resources Management (AWM): Explicitly addressing today’s challenges" summarizes all central results of more than 200 deliverables on 15 pages.
Adaptive Integrated Water Resources Management (AWM) - the core concept
AWM is a management approach that takes the complex socio-ecological nature of river basin environments into account in policy development and implementation. AWM addresses the inherent uncertainties associated with management and complexity by increasing and sustaining the capacity to learn while managing.
Learning is sustained by an iterative process of testing and improving methods of analysis and management policies and practices. This process also responds to insights gained from monitoring outcomes. Management strategies should be robust and perform well under a range of potential but initially uncertain future developments. This implies an increased use of scenario planning. For more then four years, NeWater studied and fostered Adaptive Integrated Water Resources Management (AWM) as a concept guiding theory and practice. Taking up the interdisciplinary challenge of managing the river basins as social-ecological systems, NeWater reflected the diversity of perspectives and potential through 37 project partners from Europe, Africa and Central-Asia. We have supported the capacity building of the stakeholders in our seven different case study basins. In addition, and as researchers, we have gone through a productive learning process - manifesting e.g. in various modelling prototypes, and the high number of scientific publications, reports, and PhD or Master Theses.
Case Study Approach:
A guiding principle in NeWater was co-developing and co-applying knowledge and tools with stakeholders and scientists. As an example, NeWater directly supported the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the EU Water Initiative. Seven river basins (Amudarya, Elbe, Guadiana, Nile, Orange, Rhine and Tisza) were selected as case study areas. The stakeholders’ goals and requirements were carefully considered in collaboration with scientific partners and other experts. In the following, the case studies are briefly introduced. The case studies are introduced in the case study section.
For specific results on the Amudarya Basin, please check the case study booklet. Translations are available in Russian and in Uzbek.
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 NeWater_ResultsBrochure2009.pdfNeWater Results Brochure | 5274 kb | Ilke Borowski | 2009-05-04 11:14:34 |