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

Urban Water Blueprint: Mapping Conservation Solutions to the Global Water Challenge

Published: 
November 18, 2014
The Nature Conservancy
The Urban Water Blueprint report and accompanying interactive website provide a resource for decision-makers in evaluating water quantity and quality risk across the world's largest cities, the steps some cities have taken to overcome water stress, and the cost-benefits of incorporating...Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

Watershed Conservation Screening Tool

The Nature Conservancy
The Watershed Conservation Screening Tool quickly measures the potential for five common watershed conservation activities to reduce sediment and nutrient pollution in a source watershed (surface water only). This tool will describe for each source watershed its land cover and estimate its...Read more

Coastal Resilience

The Nature Conservancy
Coast Resilience is a global network of practitioners who are applying an approach and web-based mapping tool designed to help communities understand their vulnerability from coastal hazards, reduce their risk and determine the value of nature-based solutions. This tool was the esri resiliency app...Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

China Urban Water Blueprint

Published: 
April 21, 2016
The Nature Conservancy
The China Urban Water Blueprint provides a scientific understanding of the current status of urban water sources and the potential for nature-based conservation in China. This report surveyed the source water catchments of the 30 fastest growing, large cities in China and compared and analyzed the...Read more
Regional focus: 
East Asia and Pacific

ClimateWizard

The Nature Conservancy
ClimateWizard enables technical and non-technical audiences alike to access leading climate change information and visualize the impacts anywhere on Earth. The first generation of this web-based program allows the user to choose a state or country and both assess how climate has changed over time...Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Weed Risk Assessment for Aquatic Plants

Published: 
January 1, 2012
The Nature Conservancy
Research paper testing the accuracy of an invasive aquatic plant risk assessment system in the United States, modified from a system originally developed by New Zealand's Biosecurity Program. The high accuracy with which these methods can distinguish non-invaders from harmful invaders suggests...Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Building Regional Threat Based Networks for Estuaries in the Western United States

Published: 
January 1, 2011
The Nature Conservancy
This study categorizes estuaries of the western United States into hierarchical networks that share similar threat characteristics to analyze the spatial extent of estuary threats. Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Conservation Gateway Database: Science Articles

The Nature Conservancy
This is a list of peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters authored by TNC staff, including links to pdf versions where available.Read more
Regional focus: 
Global

Creating Clean Water Cash Flows: Developing Private Markets for Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Philadelphia

Published: 
January 1, 2013
The Nature Conservancy
Taken together, the chapters suggest that although Philadelphia's parcel-based fee system is a good first step toward drawing private investment to green infrastructure, many economic barriers remain. In the current market environment, the discounted payback periods of most green...Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Stepping up to the Challenge: The Whole System Approach to Conservation in North America

Published: 
July 7, 2011
The Nature Conservancy
This concept paper presents the newly developed whole system conservation approach that will be fundamental to the Conservancy's thinking regarding how to achieve meaningful conservation outcomes in an era of large-scale disturbances. Read more
Regional focus: 
North AmericaUnited States

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