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 Change and Conflict in Africa and Latin America: Findings and Preliminary Lessons from Uganda, Ethiopia, and Peru; African and Latin American Resilience to Climate Change (ARCC)

Published: 
July 18, 2014
U.S. Agency for International Development
In 2007, the Fourth Annual Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicted that rising global temperatures would contribute to a steady upsurge in severe storms, floods, droughts, glacier melt, and sea level rise. Since then, extreme and erratic weather in much...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Land Subsidence in the United States

Published: 
December 18, 2014
The National Institutes for Water ResourcesU.S. Department of the Interior
Publication is one in a series of fact sheets that describe ground-water-resource issues across the United States, as well as some of the activities of the U.S. Geological Survey that provide information to help others develop, manage, and pretext ground-water resources in a sustainable manner.Read more
Regional focus: 
United StatesNorth America

Water Challenges and Cooperative Response in the Middle East and North Africa

Published: 
November 1, 2012
Henry L. Stimson Center
This report first provides a brief overview of available water resources in the MENA region. It then discusses the salient socio-economic and environmental stresses and trends that will drive and condition water supply and demand over the coming decades. Next, the report sketches prevailing water...Read more
Regional focus: 
Middle East and North Africa

Troubled Waters: Climate Change, Hydropolitics, and Transboundary Resources

Published: 
January 1, 2009
Henry L. Stimson Center
Troubled Waters: Climate Change, Hydropolitics, and Transboundary Resources examines the environmental dangers and policy dilemmas confronting the sustainable management of shared water resources in a warming world. It present analyses by regional experts as well as by Stimson staff. The content of...Read more
Regional focus: 
India

UN-Water Country Brief: Chile

Published: 
June 1, 2013
U.S. Department of State
A data-rich water national snapshot that serves as an easy reference of aggregated national information for decision makers.Read more
Regional focus: 
Chile

UN-Water Country Brief: Guyana

Published: 
June 1, 2013
U.S. Department of State
A data-rich water national snapshot that serves as an easy reference of aggregated national information for decision makers.Read more
Regional focus: 
Guyana

UN-Water Country Brief: Mexico

Published: 
June 1, 2013
U.S. Department of State
A data-rich water national snapshot that serves as an easy reference of aggregated national information for decision makers.Read more
Regional focus: 
Mexico

UN-Water Country Brief: The Gambia

Published: 
June 1, 2013
U.S. Department of State
A data-rich water national snapshot that serves as an easy reference of aggregated national information for decision makers.Read more
Regional focus: 
Gambia, The

UN-Water Country Brief: Ghana

Published: 
June 1, 2013
U.S. Department of State
A data-rich water national snapshot that serves as an easy reference of aggregated national information for decision makers.Read more
Regional focus: 
Ghana

UN-Water Country Brief: Tanzania

Published: 
June 1, 2013
U.S. Department of State
A data-rich water national snapshot that serves as an easy reference of aggregated national information for decision makers.Read more
Regional focus: 
Tanzania

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