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An introduction to analysing dynamic vulnerability

This chapter is part of a book which explains the benefits, outcomes and lessons learned from adaptive water management (AWM).

Thomas E. Downing, Sukaina Bharwani, Richard Taylor / Published on 16 December 2010
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Bharwani, S., J. Hinkel, T. Downing and R. Taylor (2010). An introduction to analysing dynamic vulnerability. Bharwani, S., J. Hinkel, T. Downing and R. Taylor (2010). An introduction to analysing dynamic vulnerability In: J. Mysiak et al. (eds.). The Adaptive Water Resource Management Handbook. Earthscan. ISBN 9781844077922. Ch. 3.5.

In essence AWM is a way of responding to uncertainty by designing policy measures which are provisional and incremental, subject to subsequent modification in response to environmental change and other variables. Included are illustrative case studies from seven river basins from across Europe, West Asia and Africa: the Elbe, Rhine, Guadiana, Tisza, Orange, Nile and Amudarya.

These exemplify the key challenges of adaptive water management, especially when rivers cross national boundaries, creating additional problems of governance.

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Sukaina Bharwani

Senior Research Fellow and weADAPT Director

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Richard Taylor

Senior Research Fellow

SEI Oxford

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