Cross-Border Organisations as an Adaptive Water Management Response to Climate Change: The Case of the Guadiana River Basin

Francesc Cots, J David TÃ Bara, Darryn McEvoy, Saskia Werners and Elisabet Roca
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Darryn McEvoy: International Centre for Integrated Assesssment and Sustainable Development, University of Maastricht, PO Box 616, 6200MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
Saskia Werners: Wageningen University and Research Centre, Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
Elisabet Roca: School of Civil Engineers, Technical University of Catalonia, Catalonia, Spain

Environment and Planning C, 2009, vol. 27, issue 5, 876-893

Abstract: In this paper we analyse the role played by cross-border organisations in the Guadiana river basin in Iberia, and the extent to which new emerging institutional arrangements carry on adaptive management practice as a response to mounting climate change risks in the river basin. Particular attention is paid to the new transboundary agencies, as promoted by the EU INTERREG programmes, and their potential for mainstreaming climate change considerations into Guadiana river basin development strategies. Results indicate that the penetration of climate change concerns into regional development policies requires a better integration of different policies and improved connectivity and coordination between multiple actors operating across sectors, and at different spatial scales. We argue that the emergence of new transboundary agencies capable of performing these bridging functions is a vital ingredient for building climate adaptive capacity in these cross-border regions.

Date: 2009
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