Integrated Water Resource Management

As defined by the Global Water Partnership, integrated water resource management is a process which promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land, and related resources in order to maximize the resultant economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising the sustainability of vital ecosystems. Resources available within this theme provide guidance on how to conserve and restore watersheds, reduce pollution, adapt to climate change and reduce risks from floods and droughts.

Integrated Water Resource Management Resources

Climate Displacement in Bangladesh

Publication date:
July 2, 2021
Bangladesh is at the epicenter of one of the world’s greatest environmental challenges: climate displacement. Nearly 2/3’s of the country is less than 5 meters above sea level, posing serious risks to millions of people as sea levels rise. Climate change is also increasing salinization, coastal and...Read more

The Social-Environmental Justice of Groundwater Governance

Publication date:
July 2, 2021
Groundwater is but one component of the hydrological cycle. It interacts with and is dependent on how the other components of the hydrological cycle are managed. The rationale for sharing or allocating groundwater is guided by the principle of equitable and reasonable utilization. There is no...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

Pollution Is a Racial Justice Issue. Let’s Fight it that Way.

World Resources Institute
Communities of color and marginalized groups around the world feel the effects of racism through environmental injustice. Whether they are in the United States, Mexico, Thailand, or anywhere else in the world, marginalized peoples must continually fight against the oppressive systems that pollute...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

Flooding Hazard and Vulnerability. An Interdisciplinary Experimental Approach for the Study of the 2016 West Virginia Floods

Publication date:
July 9, 2021
The hydrosocial (HS) and social-hydro (SH) frameworks each attempt to understand the complexity of water and society, but they have emerged from historically disparate fields with distinctly different goals as well as methodological and epistemological standpoints. This paper encapsulates the...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

The Fight for Water Justice

Publication date:
July 9, 2021
Environmental racism has plagued many communities in the United States for centuries, but it is especially prevalent when it comes to water infrastructure. Many marginalized regions struggle to obtain reliable and clean water sources. On this episode of A Word, host Jason Johnson discusses how the...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

Impacts of Climate Change on Disadvantaged Communities: The Case of Lincoln Creek and Northern Portions of the 30th Street Corridor in Milwaukee

Publication date:
July 9, 2021
While considering water-related impacts of climate change on disadvantaged communities, researchers often study coastal marine environments for social and environmental injustices. Coastal disasters and systemic failures of disaster response, such as with Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, have led...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

Urban Flooding & Equity for Vulnerable Communities Collaborative

Publication date:
July 9, 2021
Through the Urban Flooding & Equity for Vulnerable Communities Collaborative, River Network’s goal is to enhance the ability of local watershed and community-based organizations to catalyze the type of change that is needed to address our urban water challenges – in particular regarding urban...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

Flint Water Crisis: Everything You Need to Know

Publication date:
July 9, 2021
Natural Resources Defense Council
Flint, Michigan’s experience with government mismanagement and pollution has propelled it to the forefront of many environmental justice conversations. Flint, a majority black city north of Detroit, experienced dangerous decreases in water quality after policymakers took the city’s water system off...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

Dealing With The Soup of Chemicals That Can Get Into Your Drinking Water

Publication date:
July 9, 2021
All the things that go down the drain and end up at the wastewater treatment plant are not removed there. Some of the industrial byproducts that end up in sewers, the agricultural chemicals that runoff farmland, and pharmaceuticals that pass through our bodies all can end up in our streams and...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

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