Identifying Uncertainty Guidelines for Supporting Policy Making inWater Management Illustrated for Upper Guadiana and Rhine Basins

Water Resources Management

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 3901-3938

  van der Keur, Peter ^a   Brugnach, M ^b,g   Dewulf, A ^e   Refsgaard, J C ^a   Zorilla, P ^f   Poolman, M ^d   Isendahl, N ^b   Raadgever, G T ^d   Henriksen, H J ^a   Warmink, J J ^g   Lamers, M ^h   Mysiak, J ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^h MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Integrated water resources management; Uncertainty guidelines; Upper Guadiana and Rhine river basins

Indexed keywords

INFORMED DECISION; INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT ISSUES; MANAGEMENT PROCESS; MODELLING PROCESS; POINT OF DEPARTURES; POLICY MAKERS; POLICY MAKING; RHINE BASIN; RHINE RIVER; ROBUST DECISIONS; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY GUIDELINES; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; WATER MANAGERS;

MANAGERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

DECISION MAKING;

IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; MODELING; POLICY MAKING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RIVER BASIN; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

GUADIANA RIVER; RHINE RIVER;

EID: 77957700655     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-010-9640-x     Document Type: Article

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