Danube Rivers Morphology and Revitalization - DANUBEPARKS
Danube Rivers Morphology and Revitalization - DANUBEPARKS
Danube Rivers Morphology and Revitalization - DANUBEPARKS
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I.4 Conceptual Framework <strong>and</strong> its relevance within <strong>Danube</strong> River’sRevitalisayionI.4.1. Background & definitionsThere had been developed <strong>and</strong> applied at the <strong>Danube</strong> hydrographical basinscale, especially in the second part of the XX century, a lot of management plans <strong>and</strong>policies which were grounded exclusively on neoclassical economy principles. Theseprinciples had a large class of economical <strong>and</strong> social objectives from which somewere identified as driven forces for Lower <strong>Danube</strong> wetl<strong>and</strong>s System structural <strong>and</strong>functional changes, such as:1. economical objective translated as arable surface extension <strong>and</strong> increaseagricultural production;2. urban <strong>and</strong> industrial development;3. <strong>Danube</strong> River <strong>and</strong> its main tributaries hydro-electrical potentialcapitalization <strong>and</strong> protection against floods;4. to counteract the drought effects toward agriculture crops;5. to maintain <strong>and</strong> develop the navigation conditions <strong>and</strong> infrastructure.Achieving these strategic <strong>and</strong> political objectives required the development<strong>and</strong> implementation of management plans <strong>and</strong> programs, each consisting of a widerange of human activities <strong>and</strong> that means to exercise pressure on the Lower <strong>Danube</strong>Floodplain.As is well known, the productivity <strong>and</strong> stability of ecosystems depends directlyon their viability, to provide physical support for the use of natural resources <strong>and</strong> toprovide socio-economic system services. Analysis of ecosystems as dynamicsystems, nonlinear <strong>and</strong> as production units consists in lengthy processes of whichvariability <strong>and</strong> diversity are essential for unit stability <strong>and</strong> productivity. This analysisdoes not overlook the social <strong>and</strong> economic implications, taking into account therelationship between Natural Assets of the unit <strong>and</strong> the existing Socio-EconomicSystem, following the same principles.For a coherent underst<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>and</strong> interpretation due to the spatio-temporaldynamics of interactions complexity between human population <strong>and</strong> environment it isneeded to tackle by a theoretical transdisciplinary integrating model framework that23
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