Water Resources Planning and Management

1.5 credits · Nicholas School of Environment

This half-credit course is intended to give students a first exposure to ideas of planning and management of organizations related to water resources. The course will develop a very basic framework for strategic planning for environmental organizations with specific applications to water resources. It will provide some tools for forecasting future water conditions, as well as emerging tools for forecasting uncertain water conditions. Finally, it will expose students to approaches in water management, particularly adaptive management and scenario forecasting.