Water for a Changing World - Developing Local Knowledge and Capacity : Proceedings of the International Symposium "Water for a Changing World Developing Local Knowledge and Capacity", Delft, The Nethe

ISBN-13: 9780415477574 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 305 str.

Guy Alaerts;Nicholas Dickinson

Opis

This collection of papers represents the outcomes of the International Symposium held in Delft, The Netherlands, on June 13-15, 2007, at the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education. The papers discuss how to contribute to the sustainability of effective international development and water management with a digest of lessons learned on local knowledge and capacity development. Authors expose recent research, strategies and policy positions. Water for a Changing World starts with an introduction and overview of the water resources and the water supply and sanitation sectors in developing countries and worldwide. Topics of these reviews are water security, environmental integrity, the newest earth system science technologies, integrated urban water management, and the global-local nexus of water governance. The second part presents positions on catalyzing and disseminating knowledge and capacity development in response to the current challenges and opportunities. It consists of a variety of papers on theory and analysis of capacity development, methods and case studies, and policy positions. The authors represent a diverse and representative group of prominent actors, practitioners and academics within the water, sanitation and development sectors.

Spis treści

PART 1: Background
Knowledge and capacity development (KCD) as tool for institutional strengthening and change
PART 2: A Sector Analysis
Water security: What does it mean, what may it imply?
The environmental integrity of freshwater resources
Water for a crowded planet: An emerging global challenge for earth system science and technology
Challenges for urban water supply and sanitation in developing countries
Glocal water governance: Controversies and choices
PART 3: Knowledge and Capacity Development
Capacity and capacity development: Breaking down the concepts and analyzing the processes
Thinking out of the ordinary—promoting knowledge generation and research on water
Challenges in knowledge and capacity enhancement: A southern perspective
The role of knowledge generation at UNESCO-IHE: Past-present-future
Capacity challenges on the path towards water security
Water knowledge networking: Partnering for better results
Enhancing nations’ capacity: From theory to practice. The role of the World Bank Institute
Toward good water governance: Knowledge is power?
A negotiated approach in ensuring use of local knowledge and capacity for water resources management
Knowledge modelling for the water sector: Transparent management of our aquatic environment Innovative education: Integrating a new educational concept and e-learning
Knowledge transfer and sharing at UNESCO-IHE: The next 25 years
African experiences: Learning and success
Closing speech for “Water for a changing world: Enhancing local knowledge and capacity”

O autorze

Guy Alaerts, Nicolas Dickinson