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1. Adding value through stakeholder processes in integrated coastal management and sea port development in data-poor environments

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Vreugdenhil, H.S.I., Slinger, J, de Boer, W.P., Ker Rault, PA, ottow, bouke, Giardino, Alessio, and Briere, Christophe

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A867Sustainable port development and integrated coastal management (ICM) require: (i) ecosystem-based or integrated design, (ii) a future orientation, (iii) stakeholder-inclusive processes. Stakeholder-inclusive processes, the focus of this paper, increase the diversity of knowledge and the availability of information, and expand the pool of creativity in a development initiative. As such, they address the bounded rationality of a single actor or group of actors with limited information on their coastal (port) system and limited ability to explore and process all potential options for such a system. Stakeholder participation is also considered ‘good governance’, and forms an inherent component of ICM. In this paper we investigate the added value of stakeholder-inclusive processes conducted in the scoping phases of several coastal and port projects in data-poor environments. We evaluate 5 cases: Sustainable port development in Tema (Ghana), ICM in Sao Tome, ICM in Guinee for the island of Kaback, for Grand Bassam (Ivory Coast),and Richards Bay/ Mhlatuze in terms of 7 categories of added value, namely: 1. Data collection/ Ground-truthing: biogeophysical and social aspects 2. System understanding: governance, social and biogeophysical aspects 3. Insight in past and current actions/ strategies 4. Eliciting problem perceptions, values and priorities 5. Developing new solutions/ Creativity: changing scale, issues involved, future visions 6. Process design preferences: who should be involved, how and when 7. Increased support for new coastal and port development strategies. Overall, we determine that although scoping was the primary focus of the cases, the participatory processes contributed to generating potential solution options, and preparing for evaluation and decision making. The range of potential solution options broadened– more issues were identified, and the fit with the local needs improved. The added value of the participatory process is clarified further by comparing with earlier non-participatory initiatives in some of the case studies. Then, the implemented ‘solutions’ came as a surprise to the local community as stakeholders were not engaged, nor informed about the measures that were implemented.Finally, the lessons learned from the case studies regarding the added value of stakeholder inclusive approaches within the scoping phase of ICZM and seaport development projects are linked explicitly to data poor situations. In particular, we find indications that data gathering and ground-truthing and developing a shared system understanding and insights on the effects of past and present actions, are particularly valuable.

Published
2018

2. Adding value through stakeholder processes in integrated coastal management and sea port development in data-poor environments

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Vreugdenhil, H.S.I. (author), Slinger, J (author), de Boer, W.P. (author), Ker Rault, PA (author), ottow, bouke (author), Giardino, Alessio (author), Briere, Christophe (author), Vreugdenhil, H.S.I. (author), Slinger, J (author), de Boer, W.P. (author), Ker Rault, PA (author), ottow, bouke (author), Giardino, Alessio (author), and Briere, Christophe (author)

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A867 Sustainable port development and integrated coastal management (ICM) require: (i) ecosystem-based or integrated design, (ii) a future orientation, (iii) stakeholder-inclusive processes. Stakeholder-inclusive processes, the focus of this paper, increase the diversity of knowledge and the availability of information, and expand the pool of creativity in a development initiative. As such, they address the bounded rationality of a single actor or group of actors with limited information on their coastal (port) system and limited ability to explore and process all potential options for such a system. Stakeholder participation is also considered ‘good governance’, and forms an inherent component of ICM. In this paper we investigate the added value of stakeholder-inclusive processes conducted in the scoping phases of several coastal and port projects in data-poor environments. We evaluate 5 cases: Sustainable port development in Tema (Ghana), ICM in Sao Tome, ICM in Guinee for the island of Kaback, for Grand Bassam (Ivory Coast),and Richards Bay/ Mhlatuze in terms of 7 categories of added value, namely: 1. Data collection/ Ground-truthing: biogeophysical and social aspects 2. System understanding: governance, social and biogeophysical aspects 3. Insight in past and current actions/ strategies 4. Eliciting problem perceptions, values and priorities 5. Developing new solutions/ Creativity: changing scale, issues involved, future visions 6. Process design preferences: who should be involved, how and when 7. Increased support for new coastal and port development strategies. Overall, we determine that although scoping was the primary focus of the cases, the participatory processes contributed to generating potential solution options, and preparing for evaluation and decision making. The range of potential solution options broadened– more issues were identified, and the fit with the local needs improved. The added value of the par, Policy Analysis, Rivers, Ports, Waterways and Dredging Engineering

Published
2018

3. Down scaling of climate change scenarii to river basin level: A transdisciplinary methodology applied to Evrotas river basin, Greece.

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Ker Rault PA, Koundouri P, Akinsete E, Ludwig R, Huber-Garcia V, Tsani S, Acuna V, Kalogianni E, Luttik J, Kok K, Skoulikidis N, and Froebrich J

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The Mediterranean region is anticipated to be (or, already is) one of the hot spots for climate change, where freshwater ecosystems are under threat from the effects of multiple stressors. Climate change is impacting natural resources and on the functioning of Ecosystem Services. The challenges about modelling climate change impact on water cycle in general and specifically on socio-economic dynamics of the society leads to an exponential amount of results that restrain interpretation and added value of forecasting at local level. One of the main challenges when dealing with climate change projections is the quantification of uncertainties. Modellers might have limited information or understanding from local river catchment management practices and from other disciplines with relevant insights on socio-economic and environmental complex relationship between biosphere and human based activities. Current General Circulation Models cannot fulfil the requirements of high spatial detail required for water management policy. This article reports an innovative transdisciplinary methodology to down scale Climate Change scenarii to river basin level with a special focus on the development of climate change narrative under SSP5-RCP8.5 combination called Myopic scenario and SSP1-RCP4.5 combination called Sustainable scenario. Local Stakeholder participative workshop in the Evrotas river basin provide perception of expected changes on water demand under to two developed scenario narratives., (Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier B.V.)

Published
2019
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4. Integrated technological and management solutions for wastewater treatment and efficient agricultural reuse in Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia.

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Frascari D, Zanaroli G, Motaleb MA, Annen G, Belguith K, Borin S, Choukr-Allah R, Gibert C, Jaouani A, Kalogerakis N, Karajeh F, Ker Rault PA, Khadra R, Kyriacou S, Li WT, Molle B, Mulder M, Oertlé E, and Ortega CV

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Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Agriculture, Recycling, Waste Disposal, Fluid methods, Waste Disposal, Fluid statistics & numerical data, Water Purification methods, Water Purification statistics & numerical data
Abstract

Mediterranean-African countries (MACs) face a major water crisis. The annual renewable water resources are close to the 500 m 3 /capita threshold of absolute water scarcity, and water withdrawals exceed total renewable water resources by 30%. Such a low water availability curbs economic development in agriculture, which accounts for 86% of freshwater consumption. The analysis of the current situation of wastewater treatment, irrigation, and water management in MACs and of the research projects targeted to these countries indicates the need for 1) an enhanced capacity to analyze water stress, 2) the development of water management strategies capable of including wastewater reuse, and 3) development of locally adapted water treatment and irrigation technologies. This analysis shaped the MADFORWATER project (www.madforwater.eu), whose goal is to develop a set of integrated technological and management solutions to enhance wastewater treatment, wastewater reuse for irrigation, and water efficiency in agriculture in Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia. MADFORWATER develops and adapts technologies for the production of irrigation-quality water from drainage canals and municipal, agro-industrial, and industrial wastewaters and technologies for water efficiency and reuse in agriculture, initially validated at laboratory scale, to 3 hydrological basins in the selected MACs. Selected technologies will be further adapted and validated in 4 demonstration plants of integrated wastewater treatment and reuse. Integrated strategies for wastewater treatment and reuse targeted to the selected basins are developed, and guidelines for the development of integrated water management strategies in other basins of the 3 target MACs will be produced. The social and technical suitability of the developed technologies and nontechnological tools in relation to the local context is evaluated with the participation of MAC stakeholders and partners. Guidelines on economic instruments and policies for the effective implementation of the proposed water management solutions in the target MACs will be developed. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2018;14:447-462. © 2018 The Authors. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry (SETAC)., (© 2018 The Authors. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry (SETAC).)

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2018
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