Involving stakeholders in integrated river basin planning in England and Wales |
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Authors: | Paula Orr John Colvin David King |
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Affiliation: | (1) King Environment Agency, Rio House, Waterside Drive, Aztec West,Almondsbury, Bristol, BS32 4UD, England |
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Abstract: | The European Water Framework Directive provides a new impetus to manage river catchments in more integrated, joined-up ways.
This article looks at the role of stakeholders in integrated catchment management. Taking the work of the Environment Agency
as a case study, the article begins by looking at recent successes at managing water related issues and the role of stakeholders
in this. It then looks at ways in which water environments continue to be vulnerable, particularly to diffuse pollution, some
development practices and climatic changes. It argues for the need for more integrated management responses, characterised
by collaborative and inter-disciplinary learning to manage the interdependencies, complexities and uncertainties of catchments
as integrated systems. This will require both the strengthening and streamlining of current approaches to stakeholder engagement,
as well as the development of new approaches. The article concludes by outlining recent work by the Environment Agency to
shape these new arrangements for stakeholder engagement, and by reflecting on the lessons learned from this. |
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Keywords: | Integrated catchment management Public participation Social learning Stakeholder involvement River basin management plans Water Framework Directive |
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