Chapter Strengths and Weaknesses for Climate Change: Adaptation in Water Governance: A Comparison Across Six European Regions
This chapter comparatively analyses the policy and governance contexts of six European regions that are affected by different hydrological impacts of climate change. The results demonstrate that a major governance strength across regions lies in the organization of management capacities to deal with...
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| author | Bergsma, Emmy Alphen, H. Van Bruggeman, A. Giannakis, E. Koti, J. Kristvik, E. Loza, P. Martinez, M. Muthanna, T.M. Rocha, F. Viseu, T. Zoumides, C. |
| author_browse | Alphen, H. Van Bergsma, Emmy Bruggeman, A. Giannakis, E. Koti, J. Kristvik, E. Loza, P. Martinez, M. Muthanna, T.M. Rocha, F. Viseu, T. Zoumides, C. |
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| description | This chapter comparatively analyses the policy and governance contexts of six European regions that are affected by different hydrological impacts of climate change. The results demonstrate that a major governance strength across regions lies in the organization of management capacities to deal with existing water-related risks. For example, the Dutch context focuses on water safety, Cyprus has a clear policy framework to deal with water scarcity and in the Norwegian city of Bergen, wastewater is well managed. As a consequence of this focus on present-day risks, climate adaptation governance also focuses on historical risks. New or exacerbated risks posed by climate change remain largely untreated, and responsibilities for dealing with climate-related risks remain unspecified, as also becomes clear in the German and Spanish cases. A high degree of governmental fragmentation is identified as another point of weakness. Identified most clearly in the Portuguese case but recognizable in all regional contexts, different subdomains of water management are dealt with under separate policies and are governed by different responsible agencies. Consequently, information about current performance of the water system is scattered and coordinative efforts, which are key to developing adaptation strategies, are hampered. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-704662025-08-13T14:11:57Z Chapter Strengths and Weaknesses for Climate Change: Adaptation in Water Governance: A Comparison Across Six European Regions Bergsma, Emmy Alphen, H. Van Bruggeman, A. Giannakis, E. Koti, J. Kristvik, E. Loza, P. Martinez, M. Muthanna, T.M. Rocha, F. Viseu, T. Zoumides, C. water governance, climate change, regional impacts, adaptation thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBK Hydrology and the hydrosphere::RBKF Limnology (inland waters) thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBK Hydrology and the hydrosphere::RBKF Limnology (inland waters) This chapter comparatively analyses the policy and governance contexts of six European regions that are affected by different hydrological impacts of climate change. The results demonstrate that a major governance strength across regions lies in the organization of management capacities to deal with existing water-related risks. For example, the Dutch context focuses on water safety, Cyprus has a clear policy framework to deal with water scarcity and in the Norwegian city of Bergen, wastewater is well managed. As a consequence of this focus on present-day risks, climate adaptation governance also focuses on historical risks. New or exacerbated risks posed by climate change remain largely untreated, and responsibilities for dealing with climate-related risks remain unspecified, as also becomes clear in the German and Spanish cases. A high degree of governmental fragmentation is identified as another point of weakness. Identified most clearly in the Portuguese case but recognizable in all regional contexts, different subdomains of water management are dealt with under separate policies and are governed by different responsible agencies. Consequently, information about current performance of the water system is scattered and coordinative efforts, which are key to developing adaptation strategies, are hampered. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2021-06-02T10:11:26Z 2018 chapter ONIX_20210602_10.5772/intechopen.74401_401 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49287 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/70466 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/49287/1/59604.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/49287/1/59604.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/49287/1/59604.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/49287/1/59604.pdf InTechOpen 10.5772/intechopen.74401 10.5772/intechopen.74401 035ecc65-6737-43cf-a13a-6bdf67ce01f4 open access |
| spellingShingle | water governance, climate change, regional impacts, adaptation thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBK Hydrology and the hydrosphere::RBKF Limnology (inland waters) thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBK Hydrology and the hydrosphere::RBKF Limnology (inland waters) Bergsma, Emmy Alphen, H. Van Bruggeman, A. Giannakis, E. Koti, J. Kristvik, E. Loza, P. Martinez, M. Muthanna, T.M. Rocha, F. Viseu, T. Zoumides, C. Chapter Strengths and Weaknesses for Climate Change: Adaptation in Water Governance: A Comparison Across Six European Regions |
| title | Chapter Strengths and Weaknesses for Climate Change: Adaptation in Water Governance: A Comparison Across Six European Regions |
| title_full | Chapter Strengths and Weaknesses for Climate Change: Adaptation in Water Governance: A Comparison Across Six European Regions |
| title_fullStr | Chapter Strengths and Weaknesses for Climate Change: Adaptation in Water Governance: A Comparison Across Six European Regions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chapter Strengths and Weaknesses for Climate Change: Adaptation in Water Governance: A Comparison Across Six European Regions |
| title_short | Chapter Strengths and Weaknesses for Climate Change: Adaptation in Water Governance: A Comparison Across Six European Regions |
| title_sort | chapter strengths and weaknesses for climate change adaptation in water governance a comparison across six european regions |
| topic | water governance, climate change, regional impacts, adaptation thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBK Hydrology and the hydrosphere::RBKF Limnology (inland waters) thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBK Hydrology and the hydrosphere::RBKF Limnology (inland waters) |
| topic_facet | water governance, climate change, regional impacts, adaptation thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBK Hydrology and the hydrosphere::RBKF Limnology (inland waters) thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RB Earth sciences::RBK Hydrology and the hydrosphere::RBKF Limnology (inland waters) |
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