Programme target group

Programme prerequisites

Upon the successful completion of the module the participant will be able to:

• describe and assess the main natural and anthropogenic interactions at a watershed scale;
• describe the role of water in sustaining different land uses, including ecosystems;
• be familiar with watershed planning and management approaches, including soil and water management;
• be familiar with economic instruments used for water management at watershed and river basin scales;
• construct a simple water balance for different land use systems at the watershed scale, add water system innovations, and assess consequences (incl. economic) at the river basin scale.

• Introduction to watershed and river basin management
• Soil and water management
• Environmental flow allocation
• Watershed economics
• Watershed and river basin planning and management

The module will be based primarily on lectures, group discussion and a case study. The lectures serve to attain the four learning objectives. The case study (Incomati in Southern Africa) serves to practice the material taught. Students will work in small groups on a number of assignments. In a last session students will present the results of the assignments. A 1-day fieldtrip will be organised to a relevant institution in the field of river basin management. It serves to illustrate a Dutch example of integrated water watershed at hydrological boundaries.

UNESCO-IHE lecture notes and other relevant lecturing materials such as a workbook and assignment of the Incomati case study.

• W.J.A.M. Douven, PhD, MSc
• Prof. P. van der Zaag, PhD, MSc
• Prof. S. Uhlenbrook, PhD, MSc
• Prof. J.H. O'Keeffe, PhD
• Prof. Ward
• Y.A. Mohamed, PhD, MSc