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Strategic Environmental Assessment : Improving Water Resources Governance and Decision Making - Case Studies

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dc.contributor.authorHirji, Rafik
dc.contributor.authorDavis, Richard
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-27T18:38:53Z
dc.date.available2014-05-27T18:38:53Z
dc.date.issued2009-04
dc.description.abstractThe overall goal of this report is to help water resources and environment professionals within the Bank and client countries use strategic environmental assessment (SEA) to effectively implement the principles of integrated water resources management (IWRM). The report contains four elements: (1) a review of SEA support for IWRM; (2) an analysis of 10 case studies and four water policies; (3) an in-depth pilot study of water sector reform in a developing country; and (4) a framework for enhancing the use of SEAs in integrated water resources management. This SEA provides important lessons on the usage of SEA rather than on the technical aspects of conducting them. It illustrates how an environmental instrument can be used to further development and poverty alleviation as well as environmental protection by putting its findings and recommendations in terms that are meaningful to politicians and senior decision makers. This includes use of economic and financial arguments and linkages to national goals such as poverty reduction and millennium development goals (MDGs). It also illustrates the importance of building support among a wider constituency than just the lead agency and working patiently over a number of years to implement reforms. The influence of an SEA can be felt a number of years as opportunities arise to implement components of a reform program. Finally, it clearly illustrates that an SEA need not be costly or time consuming to be influential if it is focused on the core questions, builds a constituency, and presents its findings in a way that is relevant to decision makers.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/04/10675832/strategic-environmental-assessment-improving-water-resources-governance-decision-making-case-studies
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/18406
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEnvironment department papers;no. 116. Water series
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectDECISION PROCESS
dc.subjectLEGISLATION
dc.subjectPM
dc.subjectPROGRAMS
dc.subjectSEA
dc.subjectWATER MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectWATER MANAGEMENT POLICY
dc.titleStrategic Environmental Assessment : Improving Water Resources Governance and Decision Making - Case Studiesen
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okr.doctypePublications & Research::Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/04/10675832/strategic-environmental-assessment-improving-water-resources-governance-decision-making-case-studies
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeWater
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000333038_20090615035627
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum10675832
okr.identifier.report48899
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2009/06/15/000333038_20090615035627/Rendered/PDF/488990NWP0case11PUBLIC10EDP01160SEA.pdfen
okr.sectorPublic Administration, Law, and Justice :: General public administration sector
okr.themeEnvironment and natural resource management
okr.themeEnvironment and natural resources management :: Environmental policies and institutions
okr.themeEnvironment and natural resources management :: Pollution management and environmental health
okr.themeEnvironment and natural resources management :: Other environment and natural resources management
okr.topicRural Development::Common Property Resource Development
okr.topicWater Resources::Water Resources Assessment
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Water Supply and Sanitation Governance and Institutions
okr.topicWater Resources::Water Conservation
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Sanitation and Sewerage
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