Objective
Management decisions of fresh water resource are generally driven by the urgency of recent changes in the human (globalisation) and natural (climatic changes) contexts. However, the local context, which is most sensitive to human impact, is often neglected , resulting in conflict. The project aims at encouraging the rational and sustainable use of fresh and transitional water resources within the Mediterranean coastal area, which experiences freshwater scarcity, through participatory approaches. Fresh water bodies in coastal areas, essentially where large demographic concentrations occur, are particularly at risk of negative impacts, risks and threats, both natural and anthropogenic. Water management measures may affect ecosystem viability and sustainable res ource production, which in turn may have a negative influence on Mediterranean human populations, sustained economic growth and development. A number of significant case studies throughout the Mediterranean have been selected for assessment and subsequent analysis. The socio-cultural and environmental contexts will be considered holistically, through an ecosystem approach, to avoid the risk of emphasising specific features or underestimating the needs of fragile components within the system. The assessment of impacts and indicators thereof will result in the development of alternative case-study scenarios, based upon sustainable management strategies, for the potential use by stakeholders. Tangibly, these management plans may subsequently be utilised by stak eholders within the study site environs, as also in the wider context of the Mediterranean, whereby the project case-studies may be extrapolated to other scenarios within the Basin. The specific role of women as end-users of water will be a main focus and special attention will be given to their involvement in the local dissemination of the project findings and results.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- natural sciences earth and related environmental sciences physical geography cartography geographic information systems
- natural sciences earth and related environmental sciences hydrology
- social sciences political sciences political policies civil society
- social sciences other social sciences development studies development theories global development studies globalization
- engineering and technology environmental engineering natural resources management water management
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Programme(s)
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Topic(s)
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Call for proposal
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FP6-2003-INCO-MPC-2
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Funding Scheme
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Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Coordinator
FIRENZE
Italy
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