Basics of Integrated Water Resources Management detailed syllabus for Industrial Engineering & Management (IEM) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the IEM students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Industrial Engineering & Management 7th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit IEM 7th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Open Elective-IV scheme and its subjects refer to IEM Open Elective-IV syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of basics of integrated water resources management is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
OVERVIEW OF IWRM 9
Facts about water – Definition – Key challenges – Paradigm shift – Water management Principles -Social equity – Ecological sustainability – Economic efficiency – SDGs – World Water Forums.
Unit II
WATER USE SECTORS: IMPACTS AND SOLUTION 9
Water users: People, Agriculture, ecosystem and others – Impacts of the water use sectors on
water resources – Securing water for people, food production, ecosystems and other uses – IWRM relevance in water resources management.
Unit III
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Unit IV
RECENT TREANDS IN WATER MANAGEMENT 9
River basin management – Ecosystem Regeneration – 5 Rs – WASH – Sustainable livelihood -Water management in the context of climate change.
Unit V
IMPLEMENTATION OF IWRM 9
Barriers to implementing IWRM – Policy and legal framework – Bureaucratic reforms and inclusive development – Institutional Transformation – Capacity building – Case studies on conceptual framework of IWRM.
Course Outcomes:
On completion of the course, the student will be able to apply appropriate management techniques towards managing the water resources.
- Describe the context and principles of IWRM; Compare the conventional and integrated ways of water management.
- Discuss on the different water uses; how it is impacted and ways to tackle these impacts.
- Explain the economic aspects of water and choose the best economic option among the alternatives; illustrate the pros and cons of PPP through case studies.
- Illustrate the recent trends in water management.
- Understand the implementation hitches and the institutional frameworks.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Technical Advisory Committee, Background Papers No: 1, 4 and 7, Stockholm, Sweden. 2002.
- IWRM Guidelines at River Basin Level (UNESCO, 2008).
- Tutorial on Basic Principles of Integrated Water Resources Management ,CAP-NET.
- http://www.pacificwater.org/userfiles/file/IWRM/Toolboxes/introduction%20to%20iwrm/Tutorial_ text.pdf
- Pramod R. Bhave, 2011, Water Resources Systems, Narosa Publishers.
- The 17 Goals, United Nations
- https://sdgs.un.org/goals.
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