CE 397 - Transboundary Water Resources

ASSIGNMENTS

Dinar et al.Bridges over Water, Dinar, A., S. Dinar, S. McCaffrey, D. McKinney, World Scientific Publishing Company, 2007
McKinney
:   Transboundary Water Challenges: Case Studies, D. C. McKinney, University of Texas at Austin, 2008 (--> Press Here)

Date

Topic

Overheads

Readings

T, 1/15 Introduction
Water Availability
Introduction
Water Availability
Overview
Dinar et al., Chapter 1;
McKinney, Chapter 1
Th, 1/17 Water Conventions Water Conventions Overheads Dinar et al., Chapter 3
McKinney, Chapter 2
T, 1/22 Water Conventions (Cont.)    
Th, 1/24 Water Conflict Water Conflict Pitman-McKinney Report
T, 1/29 Water Conventions - Cont. Nile Dinar et al., Chapter 3, pp. 71 - 74
Th, 1/31 Eric Hersh Environmental Flows Presentation Environmental Flows Reading
T, 2/5 Global Climate Change: Impact on Freshwater Resources Climate Change Presentation IPCC AR4, Working Group II, Chapter 3
USAID Climate Change Manual
Th, 2/7 Virginia Smith

Clark Siler
Sahel Region

Aral
Sahel
Climate Change and Variability in the Sahel
Aral
T, 2/12 Samuel Sandoval

Nishesh Mehta
Rio Grande

Indus

Rio Grande
Rio Grande-2
Indus
Th, 2/14 Eusebio Ingol-Blanco
Ahmed Abukhater
Amazon
Jordan
Amazon
T, 2/19 Kate Marney
Brian Kennedy
Rhine
Senegal
Rhine
Senegal
Th, 2/21 David Lampert
Tyler McEwen
China
Ganges
China
Ganges
T, 2/26 Michelle Stewart
James McDonald
Mekong
SADC
Mekong
SADC
Th, 2/28 Bryan Enslein
Brad Eck
Tigris-Euphrates
International Financial Institutions
Tigris-Euphrates
International Financial Insititutions
T, 3/4 Mandana Ashouripahaki
Juan Moran
Arvand River
Danube
Arvand
Danube
Th, 3/6 Tina Stanard
Ahmed Abukhater
La Plata
Jordan - continued
La Plata
T, 3/11 Spring Break    
Th, 3/13 Spring Break    
T, 3/18      
Th, 3/20      
T, 3/25 Kate Marney (2)
Virginia Smith (2)
Gender and water resources
Pacific Islands
Gender and water resources
Pacific Islands
Th, 3/27 Nishesh Mehta  
World Bank Roles
World Bank Roles
T, 4/1 Eusebio Ingol-Blanco
Brian Kennedy
Chilean Water Markets
Water Availability in Subsaharan Africa 
  Chilean Water Markets
Water Availability in Subsaharan Africa
Th, 4/3 McKinney - TBD    
T, 4/8 No Class    
Th, 4/10 Clark Siler
Michelle Stewart
Water in religion
Religion in water
 Water in religion
Religion in water
T, 4/15 Brad Eck (2)
Bryan Enslein
Int'l Financial Institutions: Case Study
Corporate Social Responsibility in Water Resources
Int'l Financial Institutions: Case Study
Corporate Social Responsibility in Water Resources
Th, 4/17 Tina Stanard
James McDonald
St. Lawrence Seaway
Desalination
 St. Lawrence Seaway
Desalination
T, 4/22 Samuel Sandoval (2)
Tyler McEwen
Rio Grande - 2  Rio Grande - 2
Th, 4/24 Juan Moran
Mandana Ashouripahaki
Arctic
Syr Darya
 Arctic
Syr Darya
T, 4/29      
Th, 4/1 2 minute papers Example Paper Kate Marney - Bottled Water
Virginia Smith - Biofuels and Water
Michele Stewart - Privatization of Water in Developing Countries
James McDonald - Water Quality Trading
Mandana Ashouripahaki - Offshore oil production and water
pollution

 

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