Departamento de Geodinámica, Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, c/ Jose Antonio Novais 2, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
Environ Manage. 2010 Jun;45(6):1363-77. doi: 10.1007/s00267-010-9492-4. Epub 2010 May 1.
Periodic assessment of progress toward established policy goals is crucial to understanding whether the applied efforts are effective. In Europe, the Water Framework Directive (WFD) adopted in year 2000 set ambitious environmental objectives to be achieved by the end of 2015 through the implementation of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) principles. While at this stage it is premature to measure the impact of this Directive in terms of environmental outcomes, it is nonetheless important to develop indicators in order to monitor whether water management practices throughout Europe are aligning towards IWRM. This article presents the methodological development of the Water and Wetland Index, a comparative water policy assessment by environmental NGOs that was carried out in 2002-2003, and highlights the interest of repeating it in 2015, when the first WFD planning cycle will be completed.
定期评估既定政策目标的进展情况对于了解所采取的措施是否有效至关重要。在欧洲，2000 年通过的《水框架指令》（WFD）设定了到 2015 年底通过实施综合水资源管理（IWRM）原则实现的雄心勃勃的环境目标。虽然在现阶段，衡量该指令对环境成果的影响还为时过早，但制定指标以监测整个欧洲的水资源管理实践是否朝着 IWRM 方向发展仍然很重要。本文介绍了水和湿地指数的方法学发展，这是一个由环境非政府组织进行的比较水政策评估，该评估于 2002-2003 年进行，并强调了在 2015 年（即第一个 WFD 规划周期完成时）重复该评估的意义。
