Water and Sustainable Environmental Planning
Contact Person:
Dr. Thomas Kluge
kluge@isoe.de
Institute Team:
- Dr. Thomas Kluge
- Jenny Eisold
- Dr. Jörg Felmeden
- Dr. Florian Keil
- Dr. Stefan Liehr
- Dr. Alexandra Lux
- Dr. Julia Röhrig
- Dr. Engelbert Schramm
Selected projects:
- Competence Atlas Water - Water technologies and Water management in Hesse ... more
- Transformation Management for a Sustainable Water Infrastructure ..more
- Water 2050 - Sustainable Innovations ...more
- INTAFERE – Integrated Analysis of Mobile Organic Foreign Substances in Rivers ... more
- Integrated Water Resources Management in northern Namibia – Cuvelai-Basin (CuveWaters) ...more
- Transdisciplinary Integration - Cooperation and Concept Devlopment in Knowledge Networks ... more
References
Kluge, Thomas/Liehr, Stefan/Lux, Alexandra/Moser, Petra/Niemann, Steffen/Umlauf, Nicole/Urban, Wilhelm (2008): IWRM Concept for the Cuvelai Basin in Northern Namibia. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Vol. 33 (1-2), 48-55
Kluge, Thomas (2007): Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) as a Key for Sustainable Development. In: Mario Cogoy/Karl W. Steininger (Eds.): The Economics of Global Environmental Change. International Cooperation for Sustainability. New Horizons in Environmental Economics. Cheltenham (UK), Northampton (MA): Edward Elgar, 134-154
Hummel, Diana/Thomas Kluge/Stefan Liehr/M. Hachelaf (2006): Virtual Water Trade. Documentation of an International Expert Workshop. 3.-4. Juli 2006. Frankfurt am Main. ISOE-Materialien Social Ecology, Nr. 24
Water and Sustainable Environmental Planning
Ever since its foundation, ISOE has been uncovering preconditions and opportunities for a new, sustainable water policy, and has come up with scientifically validated concepts for implementing such a policy. The basic conditions, restrictions and (un-)intended consequences of such concepts form a special focus of research. Our work focuses on the development of methods and concepts for the interdisciplinary integration of natural and social scientific sciences into water research.
The cornerstones of the 'new' water policy can be outlined as follows:
The new water policy
- allows participation of those affected and thus helps change the institutions currently responsible for water policy as well as contributing to differentiated strategies for solving regional sustainability problems;
- helps preserve the potentials of the natural environment and their capacity for development in the long term; interrelates with social-ecological transformation of water infrastructure;
- includes specific forms of regulation for water infrastructures and sustainable environmental planning.
Contact Person: Dr. Thomas Kluge
kluge@isoe.de