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Institutional and policy analysis of river basin management : the Guadalquivir River Basin, Spain

Autor
Bhat A.
Fecha
2005
Fuente
IUCN (ID: MON-079323)
Editor | Lugar de publicación
World Bank | Washington D.C., USA
Tipo de documento
Monografía/libro
Idioma
Inglés
País/Territorio
España
Materia
Medio ambiente gen.
Palabra clave
Institución de cuenca
Resumen

The authors describe and analyze river basin management in the Guadalquivir River Basin in Spain. The Guadalquivir river flows westerly across southern Spain, with nearly all of its 57,017 km2 drainage area within the region of Andalusia. Water management issues in this semi-arid, heavily agricultural, but rapidly urbanizing region include drought exposure, water allocation, waterquality, and in some areas, groundwater overdraft. A river basin agency (Confederacion Hidrografica del Guadalquivir, or CH Guadalquivir) has existed within the basin since 1927, but its responsibilities have change substantially over its history. For much of its life,CH Guadalquivir’s mission was water supply augmentation through construction and operation of reservoirs primarily to support irrigation, under central government direction with little provision for water user participation. Following the Spanish political system’s transformation and Spain’s accession to the European Union, water law and policy changes greatly expanded CH Guadalquivir’s responsibilities and restructured it to incorporate representation of some basin stakeholders. Although the basin agency’s accomplishments in reservoir construction have been prodigious, its record of performance with respect to its newer responsibilities has been mixed, as have perceptions of its openness and responsiveness to basin interests other than irrigators. This paper--a product of the Agriculture and Rural Development Department--is part of a larger effort in the department to approach water policy issues in an integrated way. The study was funded by the Bank’s Research Support Budget under the research project "Integrated River Basin Management and the Principle of Managing Water Resources at the Lowest Appropriate Level: When and Why Does It (Not) Work in Practice?

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