More effective water resources management through improved coordination and cooperation

In many regions of the world, different water uses are not coordinated sufficiently. This may cause a decline in water quality and/ or quantity, with consequent conflicts among various water users as well as detrimental impacts on the environment. The STEER project studies water issues related to a lack of coordination among different water uses, with a focus on various aspects of the water governance and management system. Applying a diagnostic approach, STEER aims to find out which sets of factors are associated with certain regional coordination deficits. Based on the analysis, the project intends to develop recommendations how the respective situation can be improved through innovative forms of coordination and cooperation. In this way, STEER will contribute to the implementation of Integrated Water Resources Management by providing advice for more effective crosssectoral governance. STEER: Increasing good governance for achieving the objectives of Integrated Water Resources Management More effective water resources management through improved coordination and cooperation Claudia Pahl-Wostl, Christian Knieper, Christina Aue, Ines Dombrowsky, Nadine Gerner, Elke Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Sascha Kochendörfer, Ina Krüger, Andrea Lenschow, Evelyn Lukat, Franziska Meergans, Silke Mollenhauer, Mirja Schoderer, Nora Schütze, Daniel Schweigatz, Ulf Stein, Robynne Sutcliffe, Andreas Thiel, Jenny Tröltzsch, Rodrigo Vidaurre Full information on author affiliations can be found p. 66