Towards a pragmatic approach for dealing with uncertainties in water management practice

摘要: Management of water resources is afflicted with uncertainties. Nowadays it facing more and new uncertainties since pace dimension changes (e.g. climatic, demographic) are accelerating likely to increase even in the future. Hence crucial find pragmatic ways deal these management. So far, decision-making under uncertainty management based on either intuition, heuristics experience managers or expert assessments all which only limited use for practice. We argue an analytical yet approach enable practitioners a explicit systematic way allow better informed decisions. Our concept framing, referring different people make sense world applied tested recently developed parameters that aim shed light framing two sub-basins Rhine. present discuss results series stakeholder interactions basins aimed at developing strategies improving dealing The synthesized cross-checking list as hands-on tool systematically identifying improvement options when conclude suggestions testing check-list decision aid Key words: management, future uncertainties, aid, tools practice, robust strategies, social learning