The role of science in setting water resource use limits: case studies from New Zealand

摘要: AbstractWater resource use limits ensure protection of environmental values and define the availability reliability water supply for out-of-channel use. We examined how three types scientific tools (environmental flow setting methods, hydrological analyses total allocations spatial frameworks) have been used to across jurisdictional regions comprising multiple catchments in New Zealand. found that recently developed minimum allocation are widely used. Spatial frameworks increasingly discriminate account variation characteristics, thereby increasing specificity limits. The uptake has enabled improvements clarity management objectives transparency defined by regional plans. argue more integrated could improve explicitly dem...