Abstract
The two concepts that presently dominate water resource research and management are the Global Water Partnership's (GWP, 2000) interpretation of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) and Ecosystem Services (ES) as interpreted by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA, 2005). Both concepts are subject to mounting criticism, with a significant number of critiques focusing on both their conceptual and methodological incompatibility with management and governance, what has come to be known as the 'implementation gap'. Emergent within the ES and IWRM literatures, then, are two parallel debates concerning the gap between conceptualisation and implementation. Our purpose for writing this review is to argue: 1) that IWRM and ES have evolved into nearly identical concepts, 2) that they face the same critical challenge of implementation, and 3) that, if those interested in water research and management are to have a positive impact on the sustainable utilisation of dwindling water resources, they must break the tendency to jump from concept to concept and confront the challenges that arise with implementation.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 93-100 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of Environmental Management |
| Volume | 109 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 30 Oct 2012 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 15 Life on Land
Keywords
- Gap
- RIVER-BASIN
- Lessons
- IWRM
- Implementation
- SOUTHERN AFRICA
- Knowledge
- LESSONS
- LAND-USE
- Ecosystem services
- NATURAL-RESOURCES
- IMPLEMENTATION
- ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION-MAKING
- SCIENCE
- CHALLENGES
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