Environmental Flows in Water Resources

This book advances the understanding and integration in operational terms of environmental flows (water allocation) into integrated water resources management (IWRM). Based on an in-depth analysis of 17 global water policy, plan, and project case studies, it addresses the highly contested complexities of environmentally responsible water resources development, broadens the global perspectives on "equitable sharing" and "sustainable use" of water resources, and expands the definitions of "benefits sharing" in high-risk water resources development. The book fills a major gap in knowledge on IWRM and forms an important contribution to the ongoing discourse on climate change adaptation in the water sector.

Foreword	p. ix
About the Authors	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Abbreviations	p. xvii
Overview	p. 1
Environmental Flows: Science, Decision Making, and Development Assistance	p. 2
Environmental Flow Implementation Case Studies	p. 4
Mainstreaming Implications	p. 6
Notes	p. 9
Context and Rationale
Introduction	p. 13
The World Bank and Environmental Flows	p. 17
Objectives of the Report	p. 20
Methodology	p. 21
Organization of Report	p. 22
Notes	p. 22
Environmental Flows: Science, Decision Making, and Development Assistance
Environmental Flows in Water Resources Decision Making	p. 27
Water-Dependent Ecosystem Services	p. 31
Environmental Flows: Adoption and Methods	p. 33
Environmental Flows and Decision Making	p. 34
Environmental Flows in Policies, Plans, and Projects	p. 37
Environmental Flows, IWRM, and Environmental Assessment	p. 38
Notes	p. 40
Environmental Flows and the World Bank	p. 41
Country Water Resources Assistance Strategies	p. 43
Bank-Netherlands Water Partnership Program	p. 49
World Bank Safeguard Policies	p. 55
Partner Agency Collaboration	p. 55
Notes	p. 58
Case Studies of Environmental Flow Implementation
Case Study Assessment	p. 61
Good-Practice Criteria	p. 61
Institutional Drivers	p. 62
Policy Case Studies: Lessons	p. 67
Assessment of Effectiveness	p. 67
Institutional Drivers	p. 77
Summary of Policy Lessons	p. 79
Notes	p. 82
Basin Plan Case Studies: Lessons	p. 83
Assessment of Effectiveness	p. 83
Institutional Drivers	p. 90
Summary of Plan Lessons	p. 92
Note	p. 92
Project Case Studies: Lessons	p. 93
Assessment of Effectiveness	p. 99
Institutional Drivers	p. 110
Summary of Project Lessons	p. 115
Note	p. 116
Mainstreaming Implications
Achievements and Challenges	p. 119
Scientific Achievements	p. 120
Integrating Environmental Flows into Decisions	p. 124
Plan Achievements	p. 124
Infrastructure Projects	p. 125
Notes	p. 128
Framework for Mainstreaming Environmental Flows	p. 129
The Way Forward	p. 129
A Framework for Bank Action	p. 132
Appendixes
The Brisbane Declaration	p. 139
Infrastructure Design Features for Environmental Flows from Dams	p. 143
Background to Environmental Flows	p. 149
Water Environmental Issues in Country Water Resources Assistance Strategies	p. 155
Environmental Flow Programs of International Development Organizations and NGOs	p. 165
References	p. 177
Index	p. 183
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