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18.3 The Multidimensional Model of Water Resources
Management
Multidimensionality is the identifier of the structurally and functionally complex
socio-economic systems known as metropolitan areas. Interconnected facts and their
temporal and spatial measures are represented by the multidimensional model, which
constitutes an integral part of the synthesis of data and the decision-making process.
It is used among others in environmental management, which also has a complex
dimension. One of its aspects is water resources management (development), which
consists in their rational shaping and utilisation, taking into consideration their quantity and quality, and also the needs of users and consumers of water, and of waterdependent ecosystems. These actions are conducted within the framework of sustainable water management, which makes it possible to minimise the risk of occurrence
of threats to the health and life of residents of metropolises, and to tangible property
[30, 31].
The necessity of implementing many objectives on the territorially cohesive
metropolitan area determines the need to introduce the appropriate strategies, models
and programmes which facilitate the taking of correct decisions and the execution
of planned tasks. One of the methods of resolving disputes—apart from compromises and domination—is integration, which consists in the unification of conflicted
subjects and interests in order to solve a common problem. Integration is discussed in
numerous dimensions, for example in the political, cultural, economic, or even European aspects. As regards the aspect of water management, integration constitutes a
key element of the concept of integration as set out in the Water Framework Directive
[14]. She is perceived as the basis for implementing water policy and coordinating
activities in the field of management the quantity and quality of water resources in
catchment areas and drainage basins (see Fig. 18.4).
The Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) refers to the coordination
of political, economic and social actions connected with the implementation of the
concept of sustainable development and the management of water, space and other
resources. These actions have as their objective increasing the social and economic
advantages in an equiponderant way, without it being necessary to disturb the natural
equilibrium [6, 33]. The strategy of integrated water management is a complex
process of reacting, which makes it possible to create and maintain the appropriate
relations between the objectives of water management and water resources, and
variable external conditions (e.g. environmental or climatic conditions)—Fig. 18.4.
Water resources management should also be integrated with specific directional
actions, which are indispensable for the attainment of goals connected with the
spatial development of the metropolitan area. The essence of the IWRM concept is
a systemic approach to the solution of water management problems, particularly on
urbanised areas (IUWM—Integrated Urban Water Management, SUWM—Sustainable Urban Water Management, MWM—Metropolitan Water Management) with
a large population density and a high degree of investment, which results in the
creation of new and qualitatively different water resources development systems.
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18.3 The Multidimensional Model of Water Resources
Management
Multidimensionality is the identifier of the structurally and functionally complex
socio-economic systems known as metropolitan areas. Interconnected facts and their
temporal and spatial measures are represented by the multidimensional model, which
constitutes an integral part of the synthesis of data and the decision-making process.
It is used among others in environmental management, which also has a complex
dimension. One of its aspects is water resources management (development), which
consists in their rational shaping and utilisation, taking into consideration their quantity and quality, and also the needs of users and consumers of water, and of waterdependent ecosystems. These actions are conducted within the framework of sustainable water management, which makes it possible to minimise the risk of occurrence
of threats to the health and life of residents of metropolises, and to tangible property
[30, 31].
The necessity of implementing many objectives on the territorially cohesive
metropolitan area determines the need to introduce the appropriate strategies, models
and programmes which facilitate the taking of correct decisions and the execution
of planned tasks. One of the methods of resolving disputes—apart from compromises and domination—is integration, which consists in the unification of conflicted
subjects and interests in order to solve a common problem. Integration is discussed in
numerous dimensions, for example in the political, cultural, economic, or even European aspects. As regards the aspect of water management, integration constitutes a
key element of the concept of integration as set out in the Water Framework Directive
[14]. She is perceived as the basis for implementing water policy and coordinating
activities in the field of management the quantity and quality of water resources in
catchment areas and drainage basins (see Fig. 18.4).
The Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) refers to the coordination
of political, economic and social actions connected with the implementation of the
concept of sustainable development and the management of water, space and other
resources. These actions have as their objective increasing the social and economic
advantages in an equiponderant way, without it being necessary to disturb the natural
equilibrium [6, 33]. The strategy of integrated water management is a complex
process of reacting, which makes it possible to create and maintain the appropriate
relations between the objectives of water management and water resources, and
variable external conditions (e.g. environmental or climatic conditions)—Fig. 18.4.
Water resources management should also be integrated with specific directional
actions, which are indispensable for the attainment of goals connected with the
spatial development of the metropolitan area. The essence of the IWRM concept is
a systemic approach to the solution of water management problems, particularly on
urbanised areas (IUWM—Integrated Urban Water Management, SUWM—Sustainable Urban Water Management, MWM—Metropolitan Water Management) with
a large population density and a high degree of investment, which results in the
creation of new and qualitatively different water resources development systems.