EGS General Assembly Conference Abstracts · 2001 · 17 citations · 18 references
Natural ResourcesHydrologyWater Resources ManagementIntegrated Water Resources ManagementWater PolicyWater Resource ManagementRiver EngineeringWater ManagementWater Resource Management DecisionsWater Resources AdaptationWater Resources Impact AssessmentAssessmentsHydrologic Uncertainty QuantificationHydrological Uncertainty AnalysisPolicy ReportsRobust Uncertainty AnalysisUncertainty Analysis In HydrologyUncertainty In Environmental PolicyUncertainty Management
Summary 71 Introduction 9 1.1 Previous climate-impact studies in the Rhine basin and the Netherlands 101.2 Problem definition 111.3 Objectives 111.4 Rhine and Meuse basins - hydrological setting 111.4.1 Water systems in the Netherlands 151.4.2 Lower rivers Rhine and Meuse 151.4.3 Lake IJsselmeer area 161.4.4 Terrestrial water systems 181.5 General outline of the project 191.6 Outline of the report 21 2 PERSPECTIVE-BASED UNCERTAINTY MANAGEMENT 25 2.1 Dealing with uncertainties 252.2 Perspectives 272.3 Methodology: From uncertainty towards robust strategies for the Rhine and Meuse 30 3 Existing studies and policy reports in perspective 38 3.1 Inventory 383.2 Analysis of existing studies and policy reports 403.2.1 Integration 413.2.2 Spatial extent 433.2.3 Uncertainties 443.2.4 Variation 453.3 Evaluation and conclusions 50 4 TOWARDS PERSPECTIVE-BASED INTEGRATED SCENARIOS 51 4.1 Identifying uncertainty 524.2 Uncertainty in perspective 554.3 Selection of scenario experiments 624.4 From qualitative to quantitative 644.5 Scenario families 704.6 Perspective-based assessments 71
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