Concepts for integrated basin management. Case study: Colorado River, Argentina.
The availability of water is a determining factor for the sustainable social and economic development of a region. River basins are physical units that serve as an objective practical framework for the planning and management of sustainable development (SD). It is necessary to integrate water manage...
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Departamento de Geografía. Facultad de Humanidades. Universidad Nacional del Comahue
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revele.uncoma.edu.ar/index.php/geografia/article/view/4489 |
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| Sumario: | The availability of water is a determining factor for the sustainable social and economic development of a region. River basins are physical units that serve as an objective practical framework for the planning and management of sustainable development (SD). It is necessary to integrate water management into land use planning and territorial ordering, allowing for a comprehensive and equitable evaluation of the distribution and management of water throughout the hydrological cycle, transcending political-administrative frontiers at the municipal level, regional, and even global.
In this way, territorial planning and the integrated management of water resources (IWRM) make up central instruments to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 6) foreseen in the 2030 Agenda. Integrated Water Resources Management is a process that promotes the coordinated management and development of water, land, and related resources, in order to maximize the resulting social and economic well-being in an equitable manner, without compromising the sustainability of vital ecosystems. This approach encourages the coordinated development and management of water, land, and associated resources to equitably optimize the resulting socio-economic benefits without compromising the sustainability of essential ecosystems.
The adoption of an IWRM approach in hydrographic basins requires an intersectoral integration in its development in the definition of policies and planning, with priorities that consider the impact on water resources, including the mutual relationship between macroeconomic policies and the development, management, and use of water, considering the territorial unit of the hydrographic basin. The objective of this work is to compile and review the theoretical concepts and central axes of the integrated management of watersheds (IWM) for the integral management of the territory.
The Colorado River basin is considered as a case study due to its importance for the SD of the region, the potential for articulation between the actors in the territory, the public-private relationship, and for having a basin committee, the first in the country, to promote and strengthen the IWM.
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