Sustainability of Integrated Water Resources Management, 1st ed. 2015 Water Governance, Climate and Ecohydrology

The main focus of this book is sustainable management of water resources in a changing climate. The book also addresses the question of how to define and measure the sustainability of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). The sustainability of IWRM is an important issue when planning and/or developing policies that consider the impact of climate change, water governance and ecohydrology in the context of a more holistic approach to ensure sustainable management of water resources. Sustainable IWRM is more about processes, and relatively little systematic or rigorous work has been done to articulate what components are the most essential to ensure the ongoing sustainability of IWRM efforts. The chapters cover topics including global prospective of IWRM; allocation of environmental flows in IWRM; echohydrology, water resources and environmental sustainability; climate change and IWRM; IWRM and water governance including social, economic, public health and cultural aspects; climate change resiliency actions related to water resources management sustainability and tools in support of sustainability for IWRM.

This book will be of interest to researchers, practitioners, water resources mangers, policy and decision makers, donors, international institutions, governmental and non-governmental organizations, educators, as well as graduate and undergraduate students. It is a useful reference for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), ecohydrology, climate change impact and adaptations, water governance, environmental flows, geographic information system and modeling tools, water and energy nexus and related topics.

Section 1: Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM: Global Perspectives.- Integrated Water Resource Management in Latin America and the Caribbean.- Integrated Water resources Management: African perspective.- A Paradigm Shift in Urban Water Management: An Imperative to Achieve Sustainability.- Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in a Changing World.- Water Resources Management and Sustainability in Mexico.- Section 2: Echohydrology, Water Resources and Environmental Sustainability.- The Gap Between Best Practice and Actual Practice in the Allocation of Environmental Flows in Integrated Water Resources Management.-  Ecohydrology: Understanding and Maintaining Eco-System Services for IWRM.- Assessment of Agricultural Water Management in Punjab, India Using Bayesian Methods.- The application of Ecohydrology in IWRM: A Tropical/Subtropical Perspective.- Section 3: Climate Change and Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM).- Sustainability of Water Resources in Tropical Regions in the Face of Climate Change.- Sustainable Development and Integrated Water Resources Management.- Water Resources Variability due to Climate Change in Mexico.- Prediction of Hydrological Risk for Sustainable Use of Water in Northern Mexico.- Section 4: IWRM and Water Governance: Climate Change, Social, Economic, Public Health and Cultural Aspects.- Water Resources Management for Sustainable Environmental Public Health.- Vulnerability and the Probability of Households Having Access to Water in Locations with Extreme Weather in Mexico City.- Climate Change and Households’ Willingness to Pay for Protecting High Quality Water and Its Provision in a Small Basin at Ecuador.- Shared Waters of the South Caucasus: Lessons for Treaty Formation and Development.- Basin Co-Management Plans: a Participative Approach to Water Governance. Successful Case Study in Honduras Central America.- Integrating Local Users and Multi-Tiered Institutions into the

Dr. Shimelis Gebriye Setegn earned his Ph.D. in land and water resources engineering and M.Sc. in soil and water conservation engineering. Currently, he is a Program Executive Officer at the Global Water for Sustainability Program (GLOWS) and Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Florida International University (FIU). Dr. Setegn has an interdisciplinary background and experience in environmental, hydrological and hydrodynamic modeling; watershed dynamics, ecohydrology, predicting the impact of climate and land-use changes on water resources, agriculture and public health; GIS and remote sensing applications in the environment and water resources. Dr. Setegn has more than 19 years of teaching, research and development experience in Africa, the United States, the Caribbean, Europe, Mexico and Central and South America. His work on different international projects has led to several peer-reviewed journal articles, books and book chapters. He has also given several scientific presentations at international conferences and symposiums. Dr. Setegn has conducted many short and long courses in hydrological modeling, climate change, integrated water resources management, GIS and remote sensing in the United States, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Honduras, Chile, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Niger, Tanzania, Uganda and Sweden.

Dr. Maria Concepcion Donoso is the Director of Global Water for Sustainability Program (GLOWS). Previously, Dr. Donoso was the Regional Hydrologist of UNESCO for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), where she was in charge of the entire portfolio of water projects implemented by UNESCO in the LAC region. Dr. Donoso's research and professional interests are in integrated water resources management, air-sea-land interaction processes, and in climate change and variability impacts on the natural environment and society. Ms. Donoso has acted as director of