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Event Details

TitleWater Security for Policy Makers and Practitioners short course
Event TypeTraining
Date24/05/2010 to 28/05/2010
LocationLondon
Introduction

This course is organised by the University of East Anglia’s Water Security Centre and the London Water Research Group.

Description


This 5-day course will provide policymakers with comprehensive background knowledge relevant to the increasingly important field of ‘water security’. It will explore how the multiple levels of water security - human, community, state, international and global – require focussed but considered policy inputs, and emphasis will be placed on overlaps with water security-related sectors such as climate security, food security and energy security.

Topics that will be covered during the course include: 
    -    Water security basics 
    -    Water economics and catchment management 
    -    Agriculture and water 
    -    Water scarcity and rights 
    -    Climate security and water 
    -    Global trade and water 
    -    Water and development 
    -    Water and energy security / Water and trade 
    -    Power and water security.
 
For further information about the course click here or read the course's brochure here.