Developments in integrated environmental assessment Volume 1b. Integrated and participatory water resources management: practice

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0iii_Volume-Editors......Page 1 0iv_Copyright-page......Page 2 CONTENTS......Page 3 Introduction......Page 9 The aim of this book......Page 10 Methodological novelties......Page 11 Three levels of reading......Page 12 Where to begin......Page 13 Post-scriptum of June 2006......Page 14 Authors......Page 15 Translator's note......Page 17 Making decisions: a difficult problem......Page 19 A first example: the Egyptian Water Plan......Page 21 The Egyptian Water Plan......Page 22 A second example: controlling hydraulic risk......Page 24 Actions and decisions......Page 25 Planning and management actions......Page 26 Difficulties and keys to their solutions......Page 28 The participatory process......Page 30 Integration......Page 32 Rationalization......Page 33 Planning: the PIP procedure......Page 34 The phases......Page 36 Remarks......Page 44 Data......Page 45 The decision-making levels......Page 46 A multi-level MODSS: TWOLE......Page 47 Monitoring......Page 48 Reconnaissance: territory, Stakeholders and regulation......Page 49 The catchment......Page 50 The downstream territory......Page 54 The Stakeholders......Page 56 The socio-economic system......Page 57 The regulation of the lake......Page 59 The Regulation Licence......Page 63 The effects of regulation......Page 64 Dissatisfaction......Page 67 The Goal......Page 68 Modifying the outlet......Page 69 The relation +300......Page 72 The relation +600......Page 73 Norms for hydropower reservoirs......Page 74 Modifying the regulation range gray50 see companion website......Page 75 Minimum environmental flow......Page 77 Designing a different regulation......Page 79 Actions and alternatives......Page 82 Alternative A0......Page 83 Criteria and indicators......Page 85 Sectors......Page 88 Upstream Flooding......Page 91 Upstream Tourism......Page 93 Upstream Fishing......Page 94 Downstream Flooding......Page 95 Irrigation......Page 97 East Sesia Power......Page 99 Downstream Environment......Page 100 Examples of indicators......Page 101 ENEL Power......Page 102 Upstream Flooding......Page 104 Downstream Environment......Page 108 Irrigation......Page 112 Alternatives, indicators and indices......Page 115 Factors that influence the choice of the indicators......Page 118 The indicators of the Verbano Project......Page 120 Types of actions......Page 121 The regulation policy......Page 123 Set-valued policies......Page 127 The control......Page 128 The design indicators......Page 129 The information system......Page 131 The constraints......Page 135 Formulating the Control Problem: a draft......Page 136 Stage-discharge relation......Page 137 Regulation range......Page 138 The MEF......Page 141 Solving the Design Problem......Page 142 The first step......Page 149 The second step......Page 150 Why this procedure is valid......Page 153 The structure of the model......Page 155 The models of the single units......Page 157 The time step......Page 160 The notation......Page 161 The catchment......Page 162 Classes of stochastic models......Page 163 Analysing stationarity and standardization......Page 164 Criteria for choosing the model......Page 166 The inflow process model......Page 167 Use of precipitation data......Page 168 The lake storage......Page 170 The lake surface profile......Page 171 The release......Page 175 The release decision......Page 178 The diversion nodes......Page 179 The users' distribution node......Page 180 The distribution policy......Page 181 Use of the distribution policy in the alternatives design......Page 184 The sectors and the indicators......Page 185 The model of Downstream Flooding......Page 187 Analysing the available time series......Page 188 Inputs and outputs of the neural network......Page 191 The model of Irrigation......Page 193 The model of Verbano water system......Page 194 The design time horizon......Page 196 How a design indicator is identified......Page 198 Case I: separable indicators......Page 199 Case II: non-separable indicators......Page 202 Upstream Flooding sector......Page 204 Irrigation sector......Page 207 Downstream Environment sector......Page 211 The design scenario......Page 212 The objectives......Page 213 Stochasticity......Page 215 The Lexicographic Control Problem......Page 216 Solving the Control Problem: SDP......Page 218 The algorithm......Page 220 The classes of state......Page 222 The classes of control......Page 223 The classes of disturbance......Page 225 Computing the storage bounds......Page 226 Uncertainty and stochasticity......Page 227 Uncertainty......Page 228 Stochasticity......Page 230 Choosing the inflow series......Page 231 The evaluation scenario gray50 see companion website......Page 236 The extractor: the model of the Regulator......Page 238 Analysing the sensitivity of the indicators......Page 239 Reducing the computing time......Page 240 Validating the indicators......Page 242 Evaluation......Page 243 Multi-Attribute Value Theory......Page 244 The value functions......Page 245 Identifying the partial value functions......Page 248 Identifying the global value function......Page 251 Estimating the weights......Page 252 A special case: the value function for the ENEL Power sector......Page 253 Validating the value function......Page 254 The Comparison Method......Page 256 The Elementary Negotiation Procedure......Page 260 Initialization of ENP......Page 262 The reasonable alternatives......Page 263 Preliminaries to the Comparison phase......Page 264 Identification of alliances......Page 265 Identification of the reasonable alternatives......Page 267 Designing Alternatives......Page 269 Downstream Environment......Page 277 Downstream Flooding......Page 280 The release from Miorina dam......Page 281 Flow in the Po......Page 283 Conclusions......Page 284 Identifying the partial value functions......Page 286 Defining the weights......Page 288 The matrix of partial values......Page 291 Sharing the results of the evaluation......Page 294 Preliminary analysis......Page 297 Individual exploration......Page 298 A0's performance......Page 300 Negotiations......Page 303 The results of the first negotiations step......Page 307 Designing the alternatives......Page 309 Alternatives with time-invariant MEF......Page 312 Alternatives with time-variant MEF......Page 314 Alternatives oriented to Downstream Environment......Page 315 A comment......Page 316 The least-bad alternatives......Page 317 The effects on Downstream Flooding......Page 322 Mitigation measures for Downstream Flooding......Page 325 The REDUCTION action......Page 327 Design or simulation?......Page 329 Threshold r equal to 2000 m3/s......Page 330 The REDUCTION WITH PO action......Page 334 Persistent predictor......Page 336 The flood of October 2000......Page 339 Designing mitigation measures......Page 341 Mitigation for Upstream Environment......Page 343 The effects of BOLLE RESERVE measure......Page 346 Mitigation for the other sectors......Page 348 The third negotiation step......Page 349 The Problem......Page 352 The development of the Project......Page 355 The reasonable and least-bad alternatives......Page 361 Alternative A34......Page 367 Alternative A54......Page 369 Other alternatives in the (SD+600/RANGEENL) class: A81, A110 and A122......Page 371 Other alternatives in the (SD+600/RANGECUR) class: A168......Page 374 Mitigation for the Downstream Flooding sector......Page 376 Mitigation for the Upstream Environment sector......Page 381 Monitoring......Page 382 A two Decision Makers game: Italy and Switzerland......Page 383 Which future for the decision?......Page 388 Which studies?......Page 389 Designing other interventions......Page 391 Management and the POLFC scheme......Page 392 0393_References......Page 396 0401_Index......Page 403