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Water Science & Technology Vol 66 No 7 pp 1407–1415 © IWA Publishing 2012 doi:10.2166/wst.2012.310 Methodological challenges in evaluating performance, impact and ranking of IWRM strategies in the Jordan ValleyH. P. Wolff, L. Wolf, A. Subah, J. Guttman, A. Tamimi, A. Jarrar, A. Salman and E. KarabliehQUASIR Office for Quantitative Analyses, Karl-Pfaff-Straße 24a, D-70597 Stuttgart, Germany E-mail: hpwolff@quasir.deCSIRO Land & Water, Dutton Park, Queensland, Australia Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Jordan MEKOROT Water Company Ltd, 9 Lincoln St., 67134, P.O. Box 20128, Tel Aviv 61201, Israel Palestinian Hydrological Group, Water Research Unit, P.O. Box 565, Al-Máahed Street 4, Ramallah, Palestine Palestinian Water Authority, Al-Balou - Baghdad St 2174, Ramallah, Palestine University of Jordan, Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Management, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jordan, P.O. Box 13204/13899, Amman 11942, Jordan ABSTRACT The philosophy of integrated water resource management (IWRM), as formulated in several international summits, yielded numerous interpretations and extensions over the last decade but always focused on the overall objective of maximizing the welfare and livelihood of the people concerned. One of the major constraints of this concept is the gap between the well-defined philosophy and the fuzzy definition of operational and testable indicators for the achievement of its goals. This leads to difficulties in the evaluation of potential contributions from technological and managerial improvements. The experience of the multi-lateral IWRM research initiative SMART in the lower Jordan Valley shows that the evaluation and ranking of alternative IWRM strategies and their elements relies simultaneously on the identification of local goals and their interfaces with the superordinate national water sector policies. The documentation of the, still ongoing, development process of suitable assessment procedures describes their methodological embedding and conclusions drawn for the heterogeneous situation of water-related settings in this transboundary watershed. Keywords: IWRM; lower Jordan Valley; ranking; scenario impact analysis; strategy performance assessment eProduct: Buy this article for £24.00 (IWA MEMBER PRICE: £18.00) All prices include VAT. For customers where VAT should not be applied, the VAT amount will be removed upon payment |
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