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AQUADAPT project
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Stefan Kuks |
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Geerten Schrama |
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European Commission, 5th Framework Programme, RTD project under the thematic programme ‘Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development’ Key Action 1 “Sustainable Management and Quality of Water” |
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Organisations: |
University of Allicante, Ecology Department, Spain (project co-ordinator) |
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Aquagest Levante, S.A., Allicante, Spain (assistant contractor) |
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Cranfield University, School of Water Sciences, Bedford, UK (principal contractor) |
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Yorkshire Water, Bradford, UK (principal contractor) |
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SMC (Samhällsgeografiskt miljöcentrum), Kiruna, Sweden (principal contractor) |
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University of Versailles, C3ED – Centre d’Economie et d’Ethique pour l’Environnement et le Développement, Guyancourt, France (principal contractor) |
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University College, Institute of Archaeology, London, UK (assistant contractor) |
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Université de Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne), Paris, France (assistant contractor) |
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Slovenian Academy of Sciences, Ljubljana, Slovenia (principal contractor) |
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University of Twente, Center for Clean Technology and Environmental Policy, Enschede, the Netherlands (principal contractor) |
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BRGM, Orleans, France (principal contractor) |
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3D-Environmental Change, Heiloo, the Netherlands (principal contractor) |
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Cranfield University, Soil Survey and Land Research Centre, Bedford, UK (principal contractor) |
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Period: |
2000 – 2005 |
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Background and objectives
The overall aim of the AQUADAPT project is to generate knowledge which supports the strategic planning and management of water resources in semi-arid environments at catchment level under changing supply/demand patterns. The intellectual framework which underpins the project reflects recent thinking on the co-evaluation of natural resource availability with human societies. Hence, we explicitly seek to provide a basis for the integration of water resource planning with structural, social, economic, agricultural and regional development planning. Organised in seven work packages, AQUADAPT involves 13 academic and industrial partners from 7 countries.
The CSTM is the co-ordinator for work package 3 “Governance and Administration”, which is about adaptation of water resource governance structures to increasingly intensive water utilisation patterns, against the background of the implementation of the Water Framework Directive. WP3 mainly involves four case studies of river basins in France, Spain, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, plus a comparative analysis.
