Hållbart nyttjande av vattenresurser på Gotland : vision och verklighet

Fresh water has become more and more of a scarce commodity. Water scarcity isn't first and foremost a cause of drought and wasting, but a cause of inequality and mismanagement. This is not only a problem for developing countries, and there can also be variations within countries. The municipali...

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Main Author: Holén, Elinor
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Language:Swedish
Published: Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för livsvetenskaper 2011
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-sh-152292013-01-08T13:35:35ZHållbart nyttjande av vattenresurser på Gotland : vision och verklighetsweHolén, ElinorSödertörns högskola, Institutionen för livsvetenskaper2011water scarcitywater managementecosystem approachwater framework directiveGotlandFresh water has become more and more of a scarce commodity. Water scarcity isn't first and foremost a cause of drought and wasting, but a cause of inequality and mismanagement. This is not only a problem for developing countries, and there can also be variations within countries. The municipality of Gotland has a development program called Vision Gotland 2025, with goals for growth and sustainable development. The aim of this study is to examine whether the use and management of water resources on Gotland and Vision Gotland 2025 is conformed to the Water Framework Directive and the Ecosystem Approach in terms of sustainability. Focus is on the quantitative aspects of water supply. The study has mainly been done by studying publications from the authorities concerned. Although annual precipitation in general is enough to provide fresh water for the population, water shortage occurs in some areas during the summers. Three of the four main catchment areas on Gotland have unsatisfactory quantitative status, and is likely to have so also when the time limit of the next evaluation is due in 2015. Since both the population and tourism is presumed to increase, according to Vision Gotland 2025, the conclusion drawn is that the use of water resources is not sustainable, even though the management per se does conform to the ecosystem approach. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-15229application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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topic water scarcity
water management
ecosystem approach
water framework directive
Gotland
spellingShingle water scarcity
water management
ecosystem approach
water framework directive
Gotland
Holén, Elinor
Hållbart nyttjande av vattenresurser på Gotland : vision och verklighet
description Fresh water has become more and more of a scarce commodity. Water scarcity isn't first and foremost a cause of drought and wasting, but a cause of inequality and mismanagement. This is not only a problem for developing countries, and there can also be variations within countries. The municipality of Gotland has a development program called Vision Gotland 2025, with goals for growth and sustainable development. The aim of this study is to examine whether the use and management of water resources on Gotland and Vision Gotland 2025 is conformed to the Water Framework Directive and the Ecosystem Approach in terms of sustainability. Focus is on the quantitative aspects of water supply. The study has mainly been done by studying publications from the authorities concerned. Although annual precipitation in general is enough to provide fresh water for the population, water shortage occurs in some areas during the summers. Three of the four main catchment areas on Gotland have unsatisfactory quantitative status, and is likely to have so also when the time limit of the next evaluation is due in 2015. Since both the population and tourism is presumed to increase, according to Vision Gotland 2025, the conclusion drawn is that the use of water resources is not sustainable, even though the management per se does conform to the ecosystem approach.
author Holén, Elinor
author_facet Holén, Elinor
author_sort Holén, Elinor
title Hållbart nyttjande av vattenresurser på Gotland : vision och verklighet
title_short Hållbart nyttjande av vattenresurser på Gotland : vision och verklighet
title_full Hållbart nyttjande av vattenresurser på Gotland : vision och verklighet
title_fullStr Hållbart nyttjande av vattenresurser på Gotland : vision och verklighet
title_full_unstemmed Hållbart nyttjande av vattenresurser på Gotland : vision och verklighet
title_sort hållbart nyttjande av vattenresurser på gotland : vision och verklighet
publisher Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för livsvetenskaper
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