Flanders: Regional Organization of Water and Drought and Using Data as Driver for Change

7.1 Introduction
7.2 The Regional Organization of Drought Management: Flemish Water Management
7.2.1 Water Management in Flanders
7.2.2 Evolution of Flanders’ Water Policy
7.3 The Flemish Geo-hydrological Context: Using Data for Cooperation
7.3.1 Drought in the Context of Water Management in Flanders
7.3.2 To Measure Is to Know: A Framework for Drought Monitoring and Modelling
7.3.3 Turning Data into Information and Cooperation
7.4 Governance Assessment: Improvements in Drought Awareness but not There yet
7.4.1 Extent
7.4.2 Coherence
7.4.3 Flexibility
7.4.4 Intensity
7.4.5 Summary
7.5 Improving Drought Governance in Flanders: Conclusions and Recommendations
7.5.1 Overall Conclusions
7.5.2 Increasing Awareness for Droughts
7.5.3 Mainstreaming Drought Risks and Preparedness
7.5.4 Engagement with Other Public Actors
7.5.5 Evaluate the Importance of Data Availability Gaps and Prioritize Which to Address
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