13-L1-0006-vl Integrated Water Resources Management (integrierte Wasserwirtschaft)

Instructors: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jochen Hack

Event type: Lecture

Org-unit: Dept. 13 - Civil and Environmental Engineering

Displayed in timetable as: Intg. WassW.

Subject:

Crediting for:

Hours per week: 4

Language of instruction: Englisch

Min. | Max. participants: - | 15

Course Contents:

• Theory and practical implications of the concept of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)
  
• Hydrological Ecosystem Services: Definition, principles, assessment and valuation
  
• Development of compensation schemes for Hydrological Ecosystem Services (Building on green infrastructure)
  
• Solving problems of spatial fit and institutional interplay in IWRM by applying the concept of Hydrological Ecosystem Services
  
• Water-Energy-Nexus (Addressing cross-sectoral linkages: water demand for energy and fuel production; energy demand for water extraction, conveyance, distribution, treatment, etc.)
  
• Water and Urbanization (feedback loops of urbanization impacts and water resources as sources and sinks)
  
• Water Resources Management in developing countries (esp. issues concerning environmental politics and environmental economics as major hurdles towards sustainable and participative management)
  

• Improvement of knowledge and comprehensive understanding of the concept of IWRM and hydrological ecosystem services.
  
• Elaboration of ecosystem-based solutions for the implementation of IWRM in practice.
  
• Recognition of key elements and design principles of compensation schemes for Hydrological Ecosystem Services.
  
• Knowledge transfer on intrinsic and cross-sectoral Water-Energy-linkages (Nexus) and feasible solutions.
  
• Awareness of quantitative and qualitative water problems related to urbanization, esp. in developing countries
  

Expected Number of Participants:
15