Open AccessIWRM In Practice: Lessons From Canadian Experiences
Author(s) -
Mitchell Bruce
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of contemporary water research and education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1936-704X
pISSN - 1936-7031
DOI - 10.1111/j.1936-704x.2006.mp135001006.x
Subject(s) - citation , library science , sociology , political science , management , computer science , economics
In Canada, IWRM has evolved from comprehensive river basin management in the 1940s, as an explicit way to integrate economic, social and environmental considerations, to incorporate the perspectives of stakeholders. IWRM is also designed to overcome ‘edge’ effects (overlap of responsibility and authority between two or more public agencies) as well as vertical and horizontal fragmentation. In this article, highlights from Canadian experience are provided, based on a review of international experience with IWRM to be published by the World Meteorological Organization in 2007 (Mitchell, in press).