Chapter 4
Eifel-Rur: Old Water Rights and Fixed
Frameworks for Action
Rodrigo Vidaurre, Ulf Stein, Alison Browne, Maia Lordkipanidze,
Carina Furusho, Antje Goedeking, Herbert Polczyk
and Christof Homann
4.1 Introduction
This chapter summarises our analysis of drought governance in the Eifel-Rur region
of Germany. Within the Interreg IV-B project DROP a team of researchers from five
universities and knowledge institutes performed two field visits to the Eifel-Rur
region and held interviews with authorities and stakeholders. The visits were facilitated by the DROP project partner Eifel-Rur Waterboard (Wasserverband Eifel-Rur,
WVER). Interviews were both individual and in group settings; in the second visit
interim results were presented to stakeholders in a workshop. Stakeholders interviewed included representatives from drinking water producers, nature protection
authorities, industrial water users, farmer representatives, electricity generating
companies, environmental NGOs, fishermen, sailing schools, and local (municipal)
and regional (district) authorities in charge of water management. The analysis was
guided by a drought-specific Governance Assessment Tool (GAT), which uses five
governance dimensions (levels and scales, actors and networks, problem perceptions
and goal ambitions, strategies and instruments, responsibilities and resources) and
four governance criteria (extent, coherence, flexibility and intensity) in its analysis.
R. Vidaurre (&) Á U. Stein
Ecologic Institute, Pfalzburger Strasse 43/44, 10717 Berlin, Germany
e-mail: rodrigo.vidaurre@ecologic.eu
A. Browne
University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
M. Lordkipanidze
University of Twente, PO Box 7658, 8903 JR Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
C. Furusho
IRSTEA, Antony, France
A. Goedeking Á H. Polczyk Á C. Homann
Eifel-Rur Waterboard—WVER, Düren, Germany
© The Author(s) 2016
H. Bressers et al. (eds.), Governance for Drought Resilience,
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-29671-5_4
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Eifel-Rur: Old Water Rights and Fixed
Frameworks for Action
Rodrigo Vidaurre, Ulf Stein, Alison Browne, Maia Lordkipanidze,
Carina Furusho, Antje Goedeking, Herbert Polczyk
and Christof Homann
4.1 Introduction
This chapter summarises our analysis of drought governance in the Eifel-Rur region
of Germany. Within the Interreg IV-B project DROP a team of researchers from five
universities and knowledge institutes performed two field visits to the Eifel-Rur
region and held interviews with authorities and stakeholders. The visits were facilitated by the DROP project partner Eifel-Rur Waterboard (Wasserverband Eifel-Rur,
WVER). Interviews were both individual and in group settings; in the second visit
interim results were presented to stakeholders in a workshop. Stakeholders interviewed included representatives from drinking water producers, nature protection
authorities, industrial water users, farmer representatives, electricity generating
companies, environmental NGOs, fishermen, sailing schools, and local (municipal)
and regional (district) authorities in charge of water management. The analysis was
guided by a drought-specific Governance Assessment Tool (GAT), which uses five
governance dimensions (levels and scales, actors and networks, problem perceptions
and goal ambitions, strategies and instruments, responsibilities and resources) and
four governance criteria (extent, coherence, flexibility and intensity) in its analysis.
R. Vidaurre (&) Á U. Stein
Ecologic Institute, Pfalzburger Strasse 43/44, 10717 Berlin, Germany
e-mail: rodrigo.vidaurre@ecologic.eu
A. Browne
University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
M. Lordkipanidze
University of Twente, PO Box 7658, 8903 JR Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
C. Furusho
IRSTEA, Antony, France
A. Goedeking Á H. Polczyk Á C. Homann
Eifel-Rur Waterboard—WVER, Düren, Germany
© The Author(s) 2016
H. Bressers et al. (eds.), Governance for Drought Resilience,
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-29671-5_4
67