Adaptive Water Resources Management

Recommended Prerequisites

Hydraulics, Hydrology, Calculus, Operations Research, Statistics.

Teaching Methods

Teaching methods: Theoretical and practical presentations for conceptual and real-case discussions. Orientation for the development of case studies.

Learning Outcomes

To provide the main principles, concepts, methodologies and tools for the adaptive water resources management, the understanding of the various issues involved (social, economic, environmental, technological, legal and political) in water resources management and associated ecosystems.

Acquiring capabilities in using scientific methods for the adaptive management of water resources in different case studies (Ex: Reservoir-Dams operation. Integrated management of surface water and groundwater systems. Water quality management: point sources and non-point sources.) 

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1)Water management principles and institutional models (DQA). National Water Law. Governance and public participation. 2) Policies and mesures for adapting to uncertain futures. Multiple drivers of change: climate variability, increasing population and urbanization levels, land use, large migrations, techonological changes. 3) Risk concept and management of extreme events. Vulnerability, redundant,resilient and robust systems. 4)Decision approaches:deterministic; robust to identify alternatives that work well under defined scenarios;    dynamic to identify alternatives that can be adapted when new information becomes available during the project life span. Flexibility concept. 5) Decision models (one or more objectives) for the integration of technical, economical, social, legal, environmental and political aspects into the deterministic, robust and dynamic decision processes.  

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria da Conceição Morais de Oliveira Cunha

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 20.0%
Exam: 40.0%
Project: 40.0%

Bibliography

Cunha, M.C., Nunes, L., Groundwater Characterization, Management & Monitoring, WIT press, 277p., 2011

Cunha, M.C., Sistemas de Recursos Hídricos, DEC-FCTUC, 2019

de Neufville, R., & Scholtes, S. Flexibility in Engineering Design. Engineering Systems. MIT Press, 2011

Ecker, J., Kupferschmid, M., Introduction to Operations Research, John Wiley & Sons, 2004

Karamouz, M., Zahraie, B. & Szidarovszky, F., Water Resources Systems Analysis, Lewis Publishers, 2003

Mays L. and Y-K. Tung, Hydrosystems Engineering & Management, McGraw-Hill, 1992

Mysiak, J.,  Bromley, J.,  Sullivan, C.,  Henrikson, H.J., Pahl-Wostl, C.,  Lloyd, G.J. (Eds), The Adaptive Water Resource Management Handbook , Earthscan Publisher, UK, 2010

Pahl-Wostl,C., Kabat, P., Möltgen, J. (Eds), Adaptive and Integrated Water Management: with Complexity and Uncertainty, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2008

Simonovic, S., Managing Water Resources: Methods and Tools for a System Approach, NNESC, 2009, Taylor and Francis.