Highlights•Equity should be a main goal of any water management approach.•Quantifying
change is critical, yet difficult to do and costly in the long-term.•Social learning is key for …

Water systems need to become more locally robust and sustainable in view of increased
population demands and supply uncertainties. Decentralized treatment is often assumed to …

The increasing world population and growth of industrial development lead to growing water
scarcity that, combined with deficient sanitation services, represents serious challenges …

The accuracy and sufficiency of precipitation data play a key role in environmental research
and hydrological models. They have a significant effect on the simulation results of …

This is a chapter about the advent and adoption by water scholars of a new term,“water
security.” How did this term appear, how is it defined, in which settings does it apply, what …

In dryland areas, integrating biochar soil amendment with in situ rainwater harvesting
systems may decrease soil erosion, improve soil quality, and increase crop productivity and …

This chapter describes the underlying theoretical concepts, the basics, and the
responsibilities of IWRM. What principles guide the management and development of global …

This paper reports research estimating the costs of replacing the groundwater that the
metropolitan areas of Mexico City, Toluca, and Cuernavaca, in Central Mexico, pump from …

Abstract Implementation of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), as
internationally recognized, is not straightforward. IWRM is tailored to bring about three …

The loss and degradation of wetlands is an international dilemma and measures are put in
place to ensure their conservation. In South Africa, the Department of Water and Sanitation's …