Integrated water management for the Rhine river basin, from pollution prevention to ecosystem improvement

Koos Wieriks and Anne Schulte‐Wülwer‐Leidig

Natural Resources Forum, 1997, vol. 21, issue 2, 147-156

Abstract: The river Rhine has been in humanity's use for many centuries for a variety of activities. However, in our time, considerable changes in the course and the natural conditions of the river and the increasing use of the river for the discharge of wastewater has caused serious floods and major ecological problems. Since 1950, the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine (ICPR) acts as the coordination point between the states bordering the Rhine for the development of programmes for river protection. The Sandoz disaster in 1986 was a turning point in the approach of the ICPR and the starting point for the present strategy of integrated riverbasin management. Recent developments have indicated the success of the current approach.

Date: 1997
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