Introduction to Integrated Water Resource Management

Mayfield, C. (Colin) ; Gover, V. I. (Velma I.)

The course provides brief historical background of IWRM - how it moved from sectorial to ecological to management goal oriented IWRM.This introductory course examines the following topics in IWRM: * Definitions and Introduction * Water resources planning and management: History & Development of IWRM * Integration - what needs to be integrated? * Capacity Building for IWRM * Governance and Community Approaches for IWRM * Organizational and Management Issues in IWRM * Procedures for a Successful IWRM Planning Process * Filed Examples and lessons learnt in IWRM * Application of IWRM in Drylands * Summary

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United Nations University

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