Course Code: C126

Course Title: Water resource management

College: SOAS CEDEP

Course Director: Laurence Smith

Course Description: This course is about water resources, their complex relationship with the environment and the economy, and about the growing problem of water scarcity and the various options that exist to deal with this problem. The course examines how water is allocated between various competing demands and explores the role that water plays in food security, livelihoods and poverty alleviation, ecosystems, public health, and other aspects of social and economic development.

The course gives particular attention to the ways in which economic and institutional analyses, concepts, methods and judgements can inform water resource management strategies and policy decisions that affect the resource. Economic efficiency in resource allocation is only one of many criteria used by policy makers, and applied in the module, to evaluate the appropriate approach to a given issue.

By the end of the course, you will appreciate and be able to:

• discuss the wide global variability in water availability and use

• describe and interpret the complexity of the water resource in its physical, social and economic dimensions

• explain the importance of continuing water sector investment in agriculture and the forms this should take in given situations

• critically assess the rationale and approaches for an integrated approach to water sector policy and water management

• comment critically on investment decisions and provisions for financing and management strategies capable of delivering effective, efficient and sustainable system performance.

Assessment: Exam 100%

Course Credit: All SOAS CeDEP short course students receive a certificate of completion. Students of SOAS CeDEP Short Courses who may wish to transfer credit to Certificate, Diploma or Masters-level programmes are advised to select short courses which also act as Core Modules on CeDEP's various programmes.

Course Study Hours/Duration: 240 hrs over 35 weeks

Schedule of Availability: Feb - Oct (Enrolment deadline prior to Feb start - 30th November)

Delivery Mechanisms: Print; CD-Rom; Online Discussion

Cost: £960

How to apply: To enquire about applying for this course, or for any other information, please contact the Course Administrator using the online Enquiry Form below