Chapter 18
The Multidimensional Aspect of Water
Resources Management in Metropolitan
Areas (a Case Study of the Pozna ´
n
Metropolis)
Renata Graf and Krzysztof Pyszny
Abstract Metropolitan areas are characterised by a high density of population,
which implies increasing problems related to the development and functioning of the
urbanised area. These include problems concerning water supply, the use and protection of water resources, the collection and purification of wastewater and sewage,
and also the protection of citizens from extraordinary hydrological and climatic
phenomena. The implementation of water management goals in harmony with environmental protection objectives is known to evoke negative phenomena and strong
conflicts. A characteristic feature of metropolitan areas is the continuous transformation instigated by a multitude of factors—political, economic and demographic, but
also technological and environmental. The need of achieving a number of goals in
the same area implies their necessary integration and the implementation of appropriate strategies, concepts and models or programs which make it possible to take
correct decisions and realise planned tasks. It is in this specific regard that the model
of integrated management of water resources, the concept of iterative and multilevel e-governance, and the so-called “catchment area” management concept have
been presented and discussed. Moreover, consideration was given to the problem
of limiting anthropogenic pressure with reference to the protection of disposable
resources (mainly useful aquifers), of the quality of waters as regards reducing the
risk of non-attainment of environmental objectives, and of the integrated minimisation of flood risk on the example of the Pozna´ n metropolis. The analysis was
performed in the context of the EU Water Framework Directive, river basin management plans, and flood risk management plans. The multidimensional nature of water
resources management in a metropolitan area was considered in its spatial, functional,
ecological and social aspects as an activity that includes the planning, development,
distribution and optimisation of usage of water resources.
R. Graf (B)
Department of Hydrology and Water Management, Institute of Physical Geography and
Environmental Planning, Adam Mickiewicz University, Bogumiła Krygowskiego 10, 61-680
Pozna´ n, Poland
e-mail: rengraf@amu.edu.pl
K. Pyszny
EnviMap, Pi˛ atkowska 118/31, 60-649 Pozna´ n, Poland
e-mail: pyszny@envimap.pl
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The Multidimensional Aspect of Water
Resources Management in Metropolitan
Areas (a Case Study of the Pozna ´
n
Metropolis)
Renata Graf and Krzysztof Pyszny
Abstract Metropolitan areas are characterised by a high density of population,
which implies increasing problems related to the development and functioning of the
urbanised area. These include problems concerning water supply, the use and protection of water resources, the collection and purification of wastewater and sewage,
and also the protection of citizens from extraordinary hydrological and climatic
phenomena. The implementation of water management goals in harmony with environmental protection objectives is known to evoke negative phenomena and strong
conflicts. A characteristic feature of metropolitan areas is the continuous transformation instigated by a multitude of factors—political, economic and demographic, but
also technological and environmental. The need of achieving a number of goals in
the same area implies their necessary integration and the implementation of appropriate strategies, concepts and models or programs which make it possible to take
correct decisions and realise planned tasks. It is in this specific regard that the model
of integrated management of water resources, the concept of iterative and multilevel e-governance, and the so-called “catchment area” management concept have
been presented and discussed. Moreover, consideration was given to the problem
of limiting anthropogenic pressure with reference to the protection of disposable
resources (mainly useful aquifers), of the quality of waters as regards reducing the
risk of non-attainment of environmental objectives, and of the integrated minimisation of flood risk on the example of the Pozna´ n metropolis. The analysis was
performed in the context of the EU Water Framework Directive, river basin management plans, and flood risk management plans. The multidimensional nature of water
resources management in a metropolitan area was considered in its spatial, functional,
ecological and social aspects as an activity that includes the planning, development,
distribution and optimisation of usage of water resources.
R. Graf (B)
Department of Hydrology and Water Management, Institute of Physical Geography and
Environmental Planning, Adam Mickiewicz University, Bogumiła Krygowskiego 10, 61-680
Pozna´ n, Poland
e-mail: rengraf@amu.edu.pl
K. Pyszny
EnviMap, Pi˛ atkowska 118/31, 60-649 Pozna´ n, Poland
e-mail: pyszny@envimap.pl
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
M. Zeleˇ náková et al. (eds.), Quality of Water Resources in Poland, Springer Water,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64892-3_18
423