Intro to Sustainable Water Management

to analyse the key concepts underpinning the sustainable use of water within the context of integrated river basin management. Lectures draw on extensive experience in water and river basin management, particularly in Australia and China including guest lecturers from industry practitioners. The subject focuses on the analysis of complex water resource systems that involve multiple sources of water supply and multiple water uses including agriculture, urban, industrial, recreation and the environment. The subject builds on students’ knowledge of sustainability, economics and resource management. While the principles of resource management are learnt in the context of water and river basins, they can be applied in a range of natural resource management scenarios. Students contemplating a career in any aspect of natural resource management will find this subject of value. Please view this video for further information: Intro to Sustainable Water Management

• 1Analyse river basin management as a complex system of interactions by applying a diversity of disciplinary knowledge
• 2Analyse the physical elements of a water resource system and their interactions
• 3Apply principles of allocation between different uses under conditions of scarcity
• 4Evaluate alternate approaches to balance economic development with the ecological and social wellbeing in a river basin
• 5Describe and apply the concept of integrated water resources management
• 6Analyse the economic, environmental and social factors involved in the sustainable development and management of water resources.