European Fundend Projects

ID:
projects-648

fiwar:
LIFE93 ENV/NL/003543

Project_Acronym:
No data

Project_Name:
Demonstration project for the development of integrated management plans for catchement areas of small trans border lowland rivers : the river Dommel

Funding Authority:
LIFE

Call for proposals:
Environment

Focus Area:
River basin management

Begin Date:
1994-01-01

End Date:
1998-11-01

Status:
Completed

Budget:
No data

Description:
The water quality of many trans-border rivers crossing the boundaries of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands fall short of the standards of the European Community. To find sustainable solutions for the allied environmental problems, trans-border land and water management plans have to be developed on the level of the river catchment areas. Therefore it is necessary to develop integrated policies, management plans and organisations in cooperation between regional authorities of the different countries. The Provincie Noord-Brabant has developed within this LIFE-project a decision support system for land and water management policy development for the catchment area of the river Dommel. This project is realised in cooperation with the Utrecht University, the Water Board of the Dommel (The Netherlands), the Province of Limburg, the Flemish Environmental Company and the Administration for Environment, Nature and Land Use Planning (Belgium). Ecological and hydrological simulation sub-models are integrated into an overall landscape model, the Regional Landscape Ecological Model (RELEM). Coupling socio-economic data to RELEM, this support system is able to evaluate policy scenario's and regional human activities on their impacts and consequences on the ecological and hydrological systems.

Resource:
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/life/publicWebsite/project/LIFE93-ENV-NL-003543/demonstration-project-for-the-development-of-integrated-management-plans-for-catchement-areas-of-small-trans-border-lowland-rivers-the-river-dommel

Inland water types:
Rivers and estuaries'