Global Water Resources

Course Description:

Explores global water use, scarcity, quality, and supply in the context of international development, climate change and land use.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Discuss and understand key international water issues.

2. Be aware of the interconnection between policy, science and water management.

3. Show the ability to research, synthesize and communicate in depth case studies about critical water issues.

Readings:

Readings for Week 2:

Postel, SL, 2000. Entering an era of water Scarcity: The Challenges Ahead. Ecological Applications, 10(4):941-948

Gleik, PH, Palaniappan, M, 2010. Peak water limits to freshwater withdrawal and use. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(25):11155-11162

Postel, SL, Daily, GC, Ehrlich, PR, 1996. Human Appropriation of Renewable Fresh Water. Science, 271(5250):785-788

Hardin, G, 1968. The Tragedy of the Commons. Science 162:1243-1248

Readings for Week 6:

United Nations Development Programme, 2006. Human Development Report 2006, Beyond Scarcity: Power, poverty and the global water crisis. Chapters 1 and 2.

Readings for Week 7:

World Health Organization and Unicef, 2012. Progress on drinking water and sanitation. ISBN 978 92 806 4632 0

Readings for Week 11:

Kundzewicz, Z.W., L.J. Mata, N.W. Arnell, P. Döll, P. Kabat, B. Jiménez, K.A. Miller, T. Oki, Z. Sen and I.A. Shiklomanov, 2007: Freshwater resources and their management. Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, M.L. Parry, O.F. Canziani, J.P. Palutikof, P.J. van der Linden and C.E. Hanson, Eds., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 173-210.

Cooley, Heather. "Water Management in a Changing Climate." Chapter 3 in The World's Water 2008-2009. Edited by Peter H. Gleick. Island Press, 2008. ISBN: 9781597265058.

Readings for Week 12:

“International Architecture for Transboundary Water Management.” Policy Analysis and Recommendations. WWF and DFID. 2010.

“The Water Security Nexus: Challenges and Opportunities for Development Cooperation” Concept Paper: GTZ Eschborn, Germany 2010

Optional Additional Readings:

The Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLASS) Report 2012 UN Water: http://www.unwater.org/publications/publications-detail/en/c/204405/

Mapping the Resilience of International River Basins to Future Climate Change-Induced Water Variability De Stefano et al. 2010. The World Bank: http://www.transboundarywaters.orst.edu/publications/publications/De%20Stefano%20et%20al%202010.pdf

“Tracking Conflict and Cooperation in International Basins: Historic and Recent Trends” Water Policy De Stefano et al. 2010. Vol 12 No 6 pp 871–884