Current Perspectives in Contaminant Hydrology and Water Resources Sustainability

10.5772/47884 ◽  
2013 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Contaminant Hydrology ◽  
Hydrology And Water Resources ◽  
Water Resources Sustainability

scholarly journals Regional and global hydrology and water resources issues: The role of international and national programs

2002 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 317-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soroosh Sorooshian ◽  
Martha P. L. Whitaker ◽  
Terri S. Hogue
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
National Programs ◽  
Hydrology And Water Resources ◽  
Global Hydrology

Water Resources Sustainability Indicator: Application of the Watershed Characteristics Approach

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 1221-1234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi M. Peterson ◽  
John L. Nieber ◽  
Roman Kanivetsky ◽  
Boris Shmagin
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Watershed Characteristics ◽  
Sustainability Indicator ◽  
Water Resources Sustainability

scholarly journals Evolving water science in the Anthropocene

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 319-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. H. G. Savenije ◽  
A. Y. Hoekstra ◽  
P. van der Zaag
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Water System ◽  
Virtual Water ◽  
Integrated Water Resources Management ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Water Value ◽  
Value Flow ◽  
Systemic Understanding ◽  
Hydrology And Water Resources

Abstract. This paper reviews the changing relation between human beings and water since the Industrial Revolution, a period that has been called the Anthropocene because of the unprecedented scale at which humans have altered the planet during this time. We show how the rapidly changing world urges us to continuously improve our understanding of the complex interactions between humans and the water system. The paper starts by demonstrating that hydrology and the science of managing water resources have played key roles in human and economic development throughout history; yet these roles have often been marginalised or obscured. Knowledge of hydrology and water resources engineering and management helped to transform the landscape, and thus also the very hydrology within catchments itself. It is only fairly recent that water experts have become conscious of such mechanisms, exemplified by several concepts that try to incorporate them – integrated water resources management, eco-hydrology, socio-hydrology. We have reached a stage at which a more systemic understanding of scale interdependencies can inform the sustainable governance of water systems, using new concepts like precipitation sheds, virtual water transfers, water footprints, and water value flow.

scholarly journals Hydrological education and training needs in Sub-Saharan Africa: requirements, constraints and progress

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 10565-10587
Author(s):  
D. A. Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Critical Mass ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Hydrology And Water Resources ◽  
And Training

Abstract. This paper represents a perspective on the education and training needs related to hydrology and water resources science within the sub-Saharan Africa region and discusses the requirements of the region, some of the relatively recent developments and initiatives and some of the constraints that exist and remain difficult to surmount. The requirements include the development of academic research capacity and technical skill for both the private and public sector at a variety of levels. Some of the constraints that exist include a lack of adequate funding, lack of follow-up after short training courses, lack of institutional support to continue training, and competition for major water resources development projects from organizations outside the region. One of the main conclusions is that to sustain both educational and practical expertise in hydrology and water resources science within the region there is a need to build a "critical mass" of local expertise. Part of this could be achieved by increasing networking within the region and promoting the sharing of information, tools and expertise. There is also a need to promote institutional support.

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