Strategic Environmental Assessment : Improving Water Resources Governance and Decision Making

The overall goal of this report is to assist water resources and environment professionals within the Bank and client countries to use Strategic environmental assessment (SEAs) to effectively implement the principles of Integrated water resources management (IWRM). It (a) delineates environmental issues related IWRM; (b) identifies opportunities for SEAs to addressing these environmental issues; (c) uses the literature and ten Bank and non-Bank case studies to identify procedural and substantive factors and institutional drivers that lead to effective SEAs in the water sector at the policy, strategy, program, and plan levels; (d) reviews four national and state water policies to understand the inclusions of environment; (e) observes the introduction of SEAs in a developing country as an in-depth pilot study to identify practical issues arising from the introduction of SEAs for the water sector; and (f) recommends how the Bank can expand the use of SEAs to improve the integration of environmental issues in water resources investments.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Hirji, Rafik, Davis, Richard
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2009-04
Subjects:	ALGAL BLOOMS, ALTERNATIVE WATER USES, AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS, AQUATIC LIFE, AQUATIC SPECIES, AQUIFER, AQUIFER RECHARGE, AQUIFERS, BASIN MANAGEMENT, CATCHMENT, CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT, CATCHMENTS, CIVIL SOCIETY, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE VARIABILITY, COASTAL ZONES, COMMUNITY GROUPS, CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK, CONSERVATION, CONSERVATION OF NATURE, CONSUMPTIVE USES, COST OF WATER, COVERING, DAMS, DECISION MAKERS, DECISION MAKING, DECISION­MAKING, DECISION­MAKING PROCESS, DEMAND FOR WATER, DEMAND MANAGEMENT, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS, DISCHARGE, DRAINAGE, DRINKING WATER, ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS, ECONOMIC VALUE, ECOSYSTEM, EFFLUENT, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS, ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, EROSION, EXPENDITURES, EXPORT, EXTERNALITIES, FISH, FISH SPECIES, FISHERIES, FISHING, FLOOD CONTROL, FLOOD PROTECTION, FLOODING, FLOODS, FORESTRY, FRESHWATER, GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP, GOOD GOVERNANCE, GOVERNANCE OF WATER, GROUNDWATER, GROUNDWATER TABLES, GROUNDWATER WELLS, HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE, HYDROLOGY, HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT, HYDROPOWER PROJECT, INTERNATIONAL WATERS, INVESTMENT PLANNING, IRRIGATION, LAKE BASINS, LAKE LEVELS, LAKES, LAND PRODUCTIVITY, LAND USE, LEGISLATION, MANAGEMENT OF WATER, NATIONAL WATER POLICY, NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES, NATIONAL WATER SUPPLY, NATURAL RESOURCES, NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS, OPPORTUNITY COSTS, PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES, PERMITS, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLLUTION, POLLUTION CHARGES, POLLUTION RISK, PONDS, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POWER GENERATION, PRESSURE, PRICE OF WATER, PRODUCTIVITY, PROGRAMS, PUBLIC GOVERNANCE, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, QUALITY STANDARDS, QUALITY WATER, RAINWATER, RAINWATER HARVESTING, RECHARGE, RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, RIPARIAN, RIPARIAN COUNTRIES, RIVER BASIN, RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT, RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT PLANS, RIVER BASINS, RIVERS, SALINITY, SANITATION, SANITATION SECTOR, SANITATION WATER, SAPS, SEA, SEAS, SECTORAL INVESTMENT, SECTORAL MINISTRIES, SECTORAL POLICIES, SERVICE DELIVERY, SEWAGE TREATMENT, SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS, SHORELINE, SHORELINES, SOURCE PROTECTION, SPRING, STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT, STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION, STRATIFICATION, STREAMS, SURFACE WATER, SURFACE WATERS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABLE USE, URBAN RUNOFF, URBAN WATER, URBAN WATER SUPPLY, UTILITIES, WATER AFFAIRS, WATER ALLOCATION, WATER BOARDS, WATER BODY, WATER DEPARTMENT, WATER DEVELOPMENT, WATER GOVERNANCE, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER LEGISLATION, WATER MANAGEMENT, WATER NEED, WATER NEEDS, WATER POLICIES, WATER POLICY, WATER QUALITY, WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT, WATER QUALITY MONITORING, WATER QUANTITY, WATER REQUIREMENTS, WATER RESOURCE, WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCES, WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCES PLANNING, WATER SECTOR, WATER SECTOR REFORM, WATER SERVICES, WATER SOURCE, WATER SUPPLY, WATER USE, WATER USER, WATER USERS, WATERSHED, WATERSHED MANAGEMENT, WATERSHEDS, WETLANDS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/04/10626485/strategic-environmental-assessment-improving-water-resources-governance-decision-making http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17244
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