A comparative review of decision support tools routinely used by selected transboundary River Basin Organisations

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dc.contributor.authorBrown, Cate
dc.contributor.authorHassan, Bukhari
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-02T09:10:28Z
dc.date.available2022-08-02T09:10:28Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractAs human pressures on water resources increase, the data and decision support (DS) tools used in the governance, development and management of transboundary rivers are likely to become increasingly important. There are no universal, standardised selection processes or designs for these tools, and so it is up to individual River Basin Organisations (RBOs) to decide what to include in their capacities. This desktop study provides a broad comparative analysis of the suites of DS numerical modelling tools developed and utilised by five intergovernmental transboundary RBOs that advise their member states in the management of their shared water resources: the Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission; the Orange-Senqu River Commission; the Nile Basin Initiative; the Zambezi Watercourse Commission; and the Mekong River Commission. These DS tools were reviewed against the information required to enable the kinds of comprehensive assessments of proposed basin management and development plans defined in their respective agreements, which include not only hydrological parameters, but also environmental and social considerations. A review of the model development timelines showed that prior to 2000, little capacity existed in modelling of hydrological, ecosystem, and social components of the river, but that these gaps have been addressed in recent years.en_US
dc.identifier.citationH Bukhari & CA Brown (2021): A comparative review of decision support tools routinely used by selected transboundary River Basin Organisations, African Journal of Aquatic Science, DOI: 10.2989/16085914.2021.1976610en_US
dc.identifier.uri10.2989/16085914.2021.1976610
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/7656
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen_US
dc.subjectecosystemen_US
dc.subjectmodelen_US
dc.subjectnumerical modellingen_US
dc.subjectsustainable developmenten_US
dc.subjectwater resourcesen_US
dc.subjectwater resources management and developmenten_US
dc.titleA comparative review of decision support tools routinely used by selected transboundary River Basin Organisationsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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