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| Project Metadata Element | Details |
| Project Title | Delivering Integrated Water Management through the bottom-up approach: A critical analysis |
| Research Area | Water |
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| Principal Investigator or Lead Irish Partner | Bryan Riney |
| Lead Institution or Organisation | Integrated Resource Development Duhallow Ltd. |
| Lead Country | Ireland |
| Latitude, Longitude (of Lead Institution) | 52.21517, -8.99764 |
| Lead Funding Entity | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Approximate Project Start Date | 05/01/2015 |
| Approximate Project Finishing Date | 04/01/2016 |
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| Project Keywords | Integrated Catchment Management (ICM); International strategies; Potential for Ireland; Water Framework Directive |
| Project Abstract | The proposed research will examine Integrated Catchment Management (ICM) best practice in Ireland and internationally. Particular focus will be on partnership approach of the INTERREG IVC project TRAP (Territories of River Action Plans) and IRD DuhallowLIFE+ which provided an integrated catchment management approach to the River Allow catchment in North Cork. International research and experience of ICM will be identified and their potential application to the Irish context will be examined. Effective methods to motivate a community to be more involved in water management will be identified with practical experience being cited. The research will also examine how ICM can improve the interface between the land use planning system, water services delivery and WFD implementation. In this context, international examples such as the UK's 'Upstream thinking' will be examined. The research will analyse the potential ecological, social and economic benefits and cost savings of the bottom-up approach and community involvement in water management. An output will be to ascertain how ICM can be integrated into the preparation of land use local plans to resolve water quality issues while also improving local environments, public amenity and increasing biodiversity. |