Sustainability of Integrated Water Resources Management

Introduction.- Part I Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM: Global Perspectives.- IWRM in the Caribbean, Central and South America.- Integrated Water resources Management: African perspective.- IWRM for river basin management under changing climate.- Management of Transboundary Water Resources in the Nile River Basin.- Water Resources and Environmental Sustainability in the tropical river basins.- Part II Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and climate change.- Sustainability of water resources in tropical regions in the face of climate change.- Water Resources Sustainability in the Face of Climate change.- Sustainable Integrated Water Resources Management - IWRM.- Water Resources Variability due to Climate Change in Mexico.- Part III IWRM and climate change: social, economic, and cultural aspects.- Climate change and sustainable water access.- Environmental law and policy making as an adaptation measure to climate change.- Socio economic impact of climate change/ Economic valuation of water in small basins.- Sustainable management of floods and extreme events.- Conflict Resolution and Negotiation for Integrated Water Resources Management.- Part IV Assessing sustainability of IWRM.- Water Resources Management and sustainability in Mexico.- IWRM sustainability.- The implication of climate change on water resources development in Africa.- A critical assessment of IWRM adoption at the country level - barriers and drivers of adoption.- Part V Climate change resiliency actions related to water resources management sustainability.- Climate change resiliency actions and Water resources management sustainability.- Efficient use of water resources for sustainability.- Flood risk management in the context of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM).- Water Sustainability and Society under Changing Climate.- Climate, Ecosystem and Society as drivers of sustainability in water resources management.

Dr. Shimelis Gebriye Setegn earned his Ph.D. in land and water resources engineering and M.Sc. in soil and water conservation engineering. Currently, he is a Program Executive Officer at the Global Water for Sustainability Program (GLOWS) and Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Florida International University (FIU). Dr. Setegn has an interdisciplinary background and experience in environmental, hydrological and hydrodynamic modeling; watershed dynamics, ecohydrology, predicting the impact of climate and land-use changes on water resources, agriculture and public health; GIS and remote sensing applications in the environment and water resources. Dr. Setegn has more than 19 years of teaching, research and development experience in Africa, the United States, the Caribbean, Europe, Mexico and Central and South America. His work on different international projects has led to several peer-reviewed journal articles, books and book chapters. He has also given several scientific presentations at international conferences and symposiums. Dr. Setegn has conducted many short and long courses in hydrological modeling, climate change, integrated water resources management, GIS and remote sensing in the United States, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Honduras, Chile, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Niger, Tanzania, Uganda and Sweden.Dr. Maria Concepcion Donoso is the Director of Global Water for Sustainability Program (GLOWS). Previously, Dr. Donoso was the Regional Hydrologist of UNESCO for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), where she was in charge of the entire portfolio of water projects implemented by UNESCO in the LAC region. Dr. Donoso's research and professional interests are in integrated water resources management, air-sea-land interaction processes, and in climate change and variability impacts on the natural environment and society. Ms. Donoso has acted as director of various projects and studies