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implementation and operation of water engineering projects and may serve as a
general evaluation guideline.
Considering and investigating every aspect of this analytical framework will in
many cases go beyond the scope of standard evaluation and monitoring approaches,
depending on the size, scope and context-dependency of the project of concern.
Therefore, according analyses will have to concentrate on the main relevant subsystems and outcomes applying in specifi c situations. Nevertheless, we are convinced that general recommendations can be derived if this interpretative and
comprehensive framework is applied. Important issues with regard to the volume at
hand are the institutional frame settings and the challenges that MWEPs pose to the
management of natural resources. Particular emphasis will be on the evaluation and
weighing up of the benefi ts and costs and their distribution among the different
stakeholders – e.g. when comparing the implementation of the Red Sea – Dead Sea
Conveyance Project in the Middle East and its potential alternatives (see Part IV of
this volume).
Open Access This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution
Noncommercial License, which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in
any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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quantity. Department of Sustainability Environment Water Population and Communities,
Canberra
Barros N, Cole JJ, Tranvik LJ et al (2011) Carbon emission from hydroelectric reservoirs linked to
reservoir age and latitude. Nat Geosci 4:593–596. doi: 10.1038/ngeo1211
Becker N (2010) Desalination and alternative water-shortage mitigation options in Israel: a comparative cost analysis. J Water Res Prot 02:1042–1056. doi: 10.4236/jwarp.2010.212124
Becker N, Helgeson J, Katz DL (2014) Once there was a river: a benefi t-cost analysis of rehabilitation of the Jordan River. Reg Environ Chang 14:1303–1314. doi: 10.1007/s10113-013-0578-4
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edn. IUCN, Gland
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System Erde 3:50–55. doi: 10.2312/GFZ.syserde.03.02.8
Hoekstra AY, Mekonnen MM (2012) The water footprint of humanity. Proc Natl Acad Sci
109:3232–3237. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1109936109
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s00271-007-0060-5
Leuven RSEW, Velde G, Baijens I et al (2009) The River Rhine: a global highway for dispersal of
aquatic invasive species. Biol Invasions 11:1989–2008. doi: 10.1007/s10530-009-9491-7
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problems of irrigation.”. Am Econ Rev 101:64–80. doi: 10.1257/aer.101.1.64
S. Hoechstetter et al.
implementation and operation of water engineering projects and may serve as a
general evaluation guideline.
Considering and investigating every aspect of this analytical framework will in
many cases go beyond the scope of standard evaluation and monitoring approaches,
depending on the size, scope and context-dependency of the project of concern.
Therefore, according analyses will have to concentrate on the main relevant subsystems and outcomes applying in specifi c situations. Nevertheless, we are convinced that general recommendations can be derived if this interpretative and
comprehensive framework is applied. Important issues with regard to the volume at
hand are the institutional frame settings and the challenges that MWEPs pose to the
management of natural resources. Particular emphasis will be on the evaluation and
weighing up of the benefi ts and costs and their distribution among the different
stakeholders – e.g. when comparing the implementation of the Red Sea – Dead Sea
Conveyance Project in the Middle East and its potential alternatives (see Part IV of
this volume).
Open Access This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution
Noncommercial License, which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in
any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
References
Australian Government (2013) Characterising the relationship between water quality and water
quantity. Department of Sustainability Environment Water Population and Communities,
Canberra
Barros N, Cole JJ, Tranvik LJ et al (2011) Carbon emission from hydroelectric reservoirs linked to
reservoir age and latitude. Nat Geosci 4:593–596. doi: 10.1038/ngeo1211
Becker N (2010) Desalination and alternative water-shortage mitigation options in Israel: a comparative cost analysis. J Water Res Prot 02:1042–1056. doi: 10.4236/jwarp.2010.212124
Becker N, Helgeson J, Katz DL (2014) Once there was a river: a benefi t-cost analysis of rehabilitation of the Jordan River. Reg Environ Chang 14:1303–1314. doi: 10.1007/s10113-013-0578-4
Dyson M, Bergkamp G, Scanlon J (eds) (2003) Flow – the essentials of environmental fl ows, 2nd
edn. IUCN, Gland
FAO (2010) Aquastat – the FAO’s global water information system. Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO). http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/main/index.
stm . Accessed 10 Feb 2015
Farrajota MM (2009) International cooperation on water resources. In: Dellapenna JW, Gupta J
(eds) The evolution of the law and politics of water. Springer, Dordrecht, pp 337–352
Hoechstetter S, Bens O, Bismuth C (2013) Konfl ikte um die Georessource Wasser in Zentralasien.
System Erde 3:50–55. doi: 10.2312/GFZ.syserde.03.02.8
Hoekstra AY, Mekonnen MM (2012) The water footprint of humanity. Proc Natl Acad Sci
109:3232–3237. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1109936109
Jensen ME (2007) Beyond irrigation effi ciency. Irrig Sci 25:233–245. doi: 10.1007/
s00271-007-0060-5
Leuven RSEW, Velde G, Baijens I et al (2009) The River Rhine: a global highway for dispersal of
aquatic invasive species. Biol Invasions 11:1989–2008. doi: 10.1007/s10530-009-9491-7
Libecap GD (2011) Institutional path dependence in climate adaptation: Coman’s “Some unsettled
problems of irrigation.”. Am Econ Rev 101:64–80. doi: 10.1257/aer.101.1.64
S. Hoechstetter et al.