Résumé :
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Various initiatives in Europe in the 1990`s have led to a working concept in providing information for water management; tailor-made monitoring. This concept comprises providing accountable and cost-effective information that supports water management action. The concept has been thoroughly discussed and tested and has proven to be a valuable addition to monitoring practices in Europe. Major elements of the concept are: 1) water management analysis, to identify the major issues in a water body; 2) inventories and surveys, to provide additional information to the water management analysis; 3) evaluation of legislation, to find if the aims of legislation are fulfilled; 4) specification of information needs, as the basic step for the development of a monitoring network. The paper discusses the backgrounds of the tailor-made concept and the monitoring practices in Europe.
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