Abstract

  Ecosystems water management is opening a new dimension of the goals and functions of water management. It also requires new kinds of policy, new types of instruments and consequently new kinds of provisions on the organizational level.
  This contribution deals with the analysis of some aspects of the choices which can be made in river basin management. It deals with the influence on ecosystems water management which may be exercised by organizational arrangements such as privatization, widening the scope of the managing authorities, involving the water users and public participation. The contribution of zoning is also included. The main concern is to discern what arrangements may promote ecosystems water management.

Keywords: Institutional arrangements, sustainable development, ecosystems approach, river management, water management