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This paper develops a systematic assessment of the sustainability of ecosystem services provided by rivers impacted by water storage projects. Given the conflicting preferences amongst stakeholders and the incomplete, uncertain and contradictory understanding about river ecology it is recognized that managing water resources sustainably is a wicked problem. In order to address this wicked probl...

The European Water Framework Directive implements integrated river basin management in the European Union. Decisions about the programme of measures should be done with involvement of stakeholders. This paper presents a spatial decision support system, which is aimed at supporting such decision making procedures. The design of the system is based on a comprehensive workflow analysis. An interac...

The Water Framework Directive (WFD) poses an immense challenge to water management in Europe. Aiming at a “good ecological status” of surface waters in 2015, integrated river basin management plans need to be in place by 2009, and broadly supported by stakeholders. Information & Communication Technology (ICT) tools, such as computational models, are very helpful in designing river basin managem...

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Wetlands as water resources have a special place in the semi-arid plateau of Iran and boundary determination is necessary for their effective conservation and conflict resolution among stakeholders that are dependent on these resources. Determination of the wetland boundaries should be commensurate with environmental features affecting on it which normally extend beyond water extent. Ecological...