Sustainable Governance of Land and WATer and Ecosystem Protection in the MEDiterranean
The general objective of WATMED is to support the decision making of water authorities and stakeholders and to guide the design and implementation of local, regional, and interregional policies. It provides integrated tools to facilitate stakeholders’ cooperation and induce sustainable water management. These tools have a solid socioeconomic basis (both theoretical and empirical) and incorporate five relevant features: i) climate change impacts on water availability, ii) water demands and allocations between uses (e.g., human vs. environmental); iii) water demands between sectors; iv) detailed inter-sectoral and interregional linkages, the water-energy-food nexus; and v) stakeholders (public and private) as key components to achieve an efficient allocation of water resources between competing and conflicting water claims. The integrated tools will incorporate the countries experiences on agricultural water management, cross-country differences in value chains of agricultural and food products, environmental impacts (ecosystems, water, energy and GHGs emissions), and the relevant stakeholders related with water management in the different regions.
Acronym:
WATMED
Author:
Cazcarro Castellano, Ignacio
Principal researcher:
José Albiac Murillo
Managing entity:
SGI - Universidad de Zaragoza
Scope:
Internacional
Entidades participantes:
Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria
Departamento de Análisis Económico de la Facultad de Economía y Empresa de la Universidad de Zaragoza.
The general objective of WATMED is to support the decision making of water authorities and stakeholders and to guide the design and implementation of local, regional, and interregional policies. It provides integrated tools to facilitate stakeholders’ cooperation and induce sustainable water management. These tools have a solid socioeconomic basis (both theoretical and empirical) and incorporate five relevant features: i) climate change impacts on water availability, ii) water demands and allocations between uses (e.g., human vs. environmental); iii) water demands between sectors; iv) detailed inter-sectoral and interregional linkages, the water-energy-food nexus; and v) stakeholders (public and private) as key components to achieve an efficient allocation of water resources between competing and conflicting water claims. The integrated tools will incorporate the countries experiences on agricultural water management, cross-country differences in value chains of agricultural and food products, environmental impacts (ecosystems, water, energy and GHGs emissions), and the relevant stakeholders related with water management in the different regions.