Global Water Resources

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• To understand the role of humans in forcing changes in the hydrological cycle and water resources, how change affects human security and how we have adapted to it in the past.
• To be familiar with the latest technologies and frameworks for ameliorating or mitigating global water resources change impacts, their pros and cons and the ethical issues behind their implementation.
• To appreciate the role of policy in driving and mitigating water resources change, and developing technologies for adaptation to current and future changes.
• To be familiar with the science of hydrology and its role in understanding water resources and hydrological hazards
• To appreciate the breadth and complexity of water related issues and their impacts
• To understand the large-scale climate drivers of the water cycle and how this may change in the future
• To develop computer-based analysis skills for understanding temporal and spatial patterns and changes in the water cycle, water resources and hydrological hazards.

This module covers the science behind global water and change (hydrological processes, climate variability and change; natural disasters such as floods and droughts), human aspects of change (water crises and conflict; water, agriculture and food security; water-energy sustainability; water and health) and technology and policy issues relating to mitigation and adaptation (water resources engineering; agricultural development; water trade; water conflict).

Teaching and learning methods

Lectures, seminars, computer practical sessions.

Resources & Reading list

General Resources

Software requirements: ArcGIS, Excel.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External