The role of information in plans for progressing in IWLRM

Developing new methodologies to advance in Integrated Water and Land Resources Management (IWLRM) should now be the main priority in the context of water and land resources. For over 20 years there have been debates about the need to integrate water and land management, but the results are not as good as expected. It is important to research new ways in which to progress and the level of planning appears to be appropriate for this. The article defines a framework for the plans that could help progress in IWLRM if the key water and land variables of the intervention area are included. Using the framework it is possible to define “model plans” for each scope and this allows us to propose a methodology to assess the current plans from the IWLRM perspective. The case of Eastern Almeria, Spain, provided the empirical focus.