EVR 5332 - Integrated Solutions for Water in Environment and Development

Fall 2007 Syllabus

Date

Topic

Materials

Aug 27

IWRM Introduction

lecture, reading

Aug 29

Global Water Resources: Status

lecture, reading

Sept 3

Labor Day Holiday

 

Sept 5

Global Water Resources: Trends

lecture, reading

Sept 10

The Policy Cycle, Enabling Conditions, and Orders of Outcome

lecture, reading

Sept 12

Water Governance I - Policy Challenges

lecture, reading

Sept 17

Water Governance II - Institutions

lecture, reading

Sept 19

US Water Law

lecture, reading

Sept 24

US & International Water institutions

lecture, reading

Sept 26

Resource Classification

lecture, reading

Oct 1

Resource Assessments (water quantity and quality)

lecture, reading

Oct 3

Facilitating participation - Stakeholder engagement

lecture, reading

Oct 8

Environmental Flows and Water for Basic Human Needs - Methods for determining Environmental Flows and Water for Basic Human Needs

lecture, reading

Oct 10

Determining Minimum Flows and Levels for Florida Bay [Robin Bennett Guest Lecture] lecture, reading

Oct 15

Transboundary Policies [Shlomi Dinar Guest Lecture]

lecture, reading

Oct 17

No Class  

Oct 22

Gender Mainstreaming in IWRM - Why and How

lecture, reading

Oct 24

Water allocation planning

lecture, reading

Oct 29

Supply Management - Storage in WRM; Kinds of impoundments; Number and distribution; impacts of impoundments; Sustainable dam management

lecture, reading

Oct 31

Supply Management - Aquifer Storage and Recovery; Inter-basin transfers; Desalinization

lecture, reading

Nov 5

Rainwater harvesting

lecture, reading

Nov 7

Instruments for demand management (economic, regulatory, institutional, etc.) - In agriculture (efficiency); Irrigation schemes (timing, technology); reuse

lecture, reading

Nov 12

Veteran's Day

 

Nov 14

Water markets and pricing [Mahadev Bhat: Guest lecture] - Economic instruments for efficient water use

lecture, reading

Nov 19

Water Quality Protection: Florida Case Study

lecture, reading

Nov 21

Thanksgiving

 

Nov 26

Payment for ecosystem/environmental services

lecture, reading

Nov 28

Urban/industrial demand management

lecture, reading

Dec 3

Group Discussion

 

Dec 5 Group Presentations  

 

Dates in RED are travel days for Dr. McClain

 

 

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