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River Basin Visions: Tools and Approaches from Yesterday to Tomorrow

  • Catherine Carré
  • , Michel Meybeck
  • , Josette Garnier
  • , Natalie Chong
  • , José Frédéric Deroubaix
  • , Nicolas Flipo
  • , Aurélie Goutte
  • , Céline Le Pichon
  • , Laura Seguin
  • , Julien Tournebize
  • Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1)
  • Transferts et interactions dans les hydrosystemes et les sols METIS
  • Université Paris Est, ENPC LIGM, IMAGINE
  • Centre de Géosciences
  • UR Hycar

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Abstract

The aim of this chapter is to provide a critical assessment of the approaches and production of tools within the PIREN-Seine programme over the past 30 years, as well as their use for river basin management and river quality improvement, and to analyse the challenges for the future. Three types of tools used in the PIREN-Seine programme are presented: metrology and fieldwork; model construction, simulation and their use in scenarios; and participatory science tools. These tools have been gradually built by the PIREN-Seine researchers and often developed together with the partners of the research programme, the main managers of the Seine River basin. Three issues raised by scientists and their partners are identified: (1) for metrology, how it has been improved to measure the state of waterbodies and to avoid their degradation; (2) for models, what they currently do and do not do and how they share common knowledge with practitioners; and (3) the place of researchers in the use of participatory devices in territories and their view of the effects of these tools to improve the quality of rivers and aquifers.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHandbook of Environmental Chemistry
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages381-414
Number of pages34
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2021

Publication series

NameHandbook of Environmental Chemistry
Volume90
ISSN (Print)1867-979X

Keywords

  • Long term
  • Metrology
  • Model
  • Participative tool
  • Quality trajectory
  • Scenario
  • Scientific production

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