Analytical framework to assess the incorporation of climate change adaptation in water management : application to the Tordera River Basin Adaptation Plan
Sánchez Plaza, Anabel (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
Broekman, Annelies (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
Paneque, Pilar (Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Departamento de Geografía, Historia y Filosofía)

Date:	2019
Abstract:	Projections indicate that the Mediterranean region is an area where drastic changes in climate will occur, which will significantly affect water resources. In a context of increasing pressure on water resources as a result of the reduction in water availability, it is essential and urgent to structure water management in a way that allows for adaptation to the challenges that the changing climate will bring to an already water scarce region. It is necessary to generate experiences and methodologies that are based on real case studies that will lay the foundations for the generalisation of practices of climate change adaptation in water management. In this study, we have developed a ready to use analytical framework to evaluate the coherence of water management plans and programs with climate change adaptation principles. We have tested the applicability of the framework that was developed on the Tordera River Basin Adaptation Plan (TRBAP). The analytical framework has proven to be easy to apply and to allow for identifying the inclusion or exclusion of key climate change adaptation features appropriately. We have structured this analytical framework as a starting point contributing to further assessments of how climate change adaptation is incorporated in water management.
Grants:	European Commission 612385
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Adaptation ; Climate change ; Water management ; Adaptive management ; Adaptive governance ; River basin
Published in:	Sustainability, Vol. 11, issue 3 (Feb. 2019) , art. 7622019, ISSN 2071-1050

DOI: 10.3390/su11030762

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