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Water Security Assessment: Integrating Governance and Freshwater Indicators

verfasst von: Emma S. Norman, Gemma Dunn, Karen Bakker, Diana M. Allen, Rafael Cavalcanti de Albuquerque

Erschienen in: Water Resources Management | Ausgabe 2/2013

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A new approach is developed for assessing water security status: the Water Security Status Indicators (WSSI) assessment method. The WSSI has four innovative aspects which address important gaps in the literature. First, it was developed in cooperation with end-users, whose participation enabled the design of a user-friendly assessment method. Second, this method is designed to be implemented at the local scale (small scale watershed or sub-watershed). Third, the WSSI is multivariate: it integrates variables pertaining to water quality and water quantity as they relate to aquatic ecosystems and human health. Fourth, the method provides concrete outputs for incorporation into water decision-making processes. In this paper, we document the WSSI assessment method and its application in a community in British Columbia (Canada), including the incorporation of community input into the development and application of the WSSI, and the integration of WSSI results into community water governance.

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Titel: Water Security Assessment: Integrating Governance and Freshwater Indicators
verfasst von: Emma S. Norman
Gemma Dunn
Karen Bakker
Diana M. Allen
Rafael Cavalcanti de Albuquerque
Publikationsdatum: 01.01.2013
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Water Resources Management / Ausgabe 2/2013
Print ISSN: 0920-4741
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-1650
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-012-0200-4

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