Integrated Water Resources Management: Concept, Research and Implementation
This book reviews the concept, contemporary research efforts and the implementation of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). The IWRM concept was established as an international guiding water management paradigm in the early 1990ies and has become
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Integrated Water Resources Management: Concept, Research and Implementation
Dietrich Borchardt Janos J. Bogardi Ralf B. Ibisch •
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Editors Dietrich Borchardt Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ Magdeburg Germany
Ralf B. Ibisch Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ Magdeburg Germany
Janos J. Bogardi Center for Development Research - ZEF University of Bonn Bonn Germany
ISBN 978-3-319-25069-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-25071-7
ISBN 978-3-319-25071-7
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Foreword
2015 was a pivotal year for water in development generally, and for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in particular. It started with the launch of the report “Global Risks 2015” at the World Economic Forum that identified “water crises” at the top global risk in terms of impacts (eighth in terms of likelihood). In September the UN General Assembly adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (the SDGs), with 169 specific targets, to guide the world’s development agenda through 2030. One of the goals is to “Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all”, and one of the six targets to be achieved under this is “By 2030, implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate”. And 2015 ended with a new global climate agreement at COP 21 in Paris in which the critical role of water for adaptation and resilience building is highlighted. Hence the book “Integrated Water Resources Management: Conce
