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of flood risks [35], the Directive on the protection of groundwater against pollution
and deterioration [36], and the Directive on environmental quality standards in the
field of water policy [37].
The concept of Integrated Water Resources Management, which constitutes the
basis of water policy, has been introduced into national planning documents: the
national water and environmental programme, water development plans for drainage
basins, flood risk management plans, plans concerned with counteracting the effects
of drought, and conditions governing usage of waters from water regions and catchment areas (Fig. 18.2). In water governance, planning is just one of the instruments of
water resources management; others include water permits, fees and charges by way
of the usage of waters and the water infrastructure, the water cadastre, and control
of the development of waters.
The attainment of the strategic objectives set out in the EU and national documents is made possible by the execution of space and natural resources management
goals at the local level. Unfortunately developmental priorities at the local selfgovernment still too infrequently take into consideration the objectives of integrated
water management. The lack of effective legal and planning tools continues also to
be felt [38–40]. Strategic programmes elaborated at the level of communes and cities
constitute the basis for efficient action on “one’s own” area. However these should
be supported through the use of legal and strategic tools—European, national, and
regional. According to [39], strategic documents at the national and regional level
currently take into consideration the principles of IWRM. However problems with
the implementation of the principles of the concept appear at the level of local spatial
planning. Effective action in this regards requires an efficient institutional and legal
base, as well as representative and competent local authorities [10, 41].
18.3.2 Concepts and Strategies
The multifaceted (multidimensional) model of water resources management is based
on the fundamental concepts set forward in the assumptions of the Water Framework
Directive [14]—Fig. 18.4: the concept of integration, of “catchment area” management, of multiplanar and multilevel management (governance), and of “iterative”
management. The adopted concepts (principles) serve to determine a set of guidelines
for the taking of decisions and actions pertaining to individual fields in a coordinated
manner, with reference to the volume and quality of resources, changes therein, and
time-frames for implementation.
The integrated approach in water resources development constitutes a method for
the comprehensive definition of problems connected with various aspects of the functioning of metropolitan areas. The concept of integration determines aspects relating
to the efficient execution of environmental goals and points to the necessity of treating
surface water and groundwater resources as a whole, of combining the applications of
waters, their environmental functions and values, and also of integrating disciplines,
analyses used, and geospatial data. The Integrated Water Resources Management
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of flood risks [35], the Directive on the protection of groundwater against pollution
and deterioration [36], and the Directive on environmental quality standards in the
field of water policy [37].
The concept of Integrated Water Resources Management, which constitutes the
basis of water policy, has been introduced into national planning documents: the
national water and environmental programme, water development plans for drainage
basins, flood risk management plans, plans concerned with counteracting the effects
of drought, and conditions governing usage of waters from water regions and catchment areas (Fig. 18.2). In water governance, planning is just one of the instruments of
water resources management; others include water permits, fees and charges by way
of the usage of waters and the water infrastructure, the water cadastre, and control
of the development of waters.
The attainment of the strategic objectives set out in the EU and national documents is made possible by the execution of space and natural resources management
goals at the local level. Unfortunately developmental priorities at the local selfgovernment still too infrequently take into consideration the objectives of integrated
water management. The lack of effective legal and planning tools continues also to
be felt [38–40]. Strategic programmes elaborated at the level of communes and cities
constitute the basis for efficient action on “one’s own” area. However these should
be supported through the use of legal and strategic tools—European, national, and
regional. According to [39], strategic documents at the national and regional level
currently take into consideration the principles of IWRM. However problems with
the implementation of the principles of the concept appear at the level of local spatial
planning. Effective action in this regards requires an efficient institutional and legal
base, as well as representative and competent local authorities [10, 41].
18.3.2 Concepts and Strategies
The multifaceted (multidimensional) model of water resources management is based
on the fundamental concepts set forward in the assumptions of the Water Framework
Directive [14]—Fig. 18.4: the concept of integration, of “catchment area” management, of multiplanar and multilevel management (governance), and of “iterative”
management. The adopted concepts (principles) serve to determine a set of guidelines
for the taking of decisions and actions pertaining to individual fields in a coordinated
manner, with reference to the volume and quality of resources, changes therein, and
time-frames for implementation.
The integrated approach in water resources development constitutes a method for
the comprehensive definition of problems connected with various aspects of the functioning of metropolitan areas. The concept of integration determines aspects relating
to the efficient execution of environmental goals and points to the necessity of treating
surface water and groundwater resources as a whole, of combining the applications of
waters, their environmental functions and values, and also of integrating disciplines,
analyses used, and geospatial data. The Integrated Water Resources Management