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This thesis presents analysis of the status of IWRM implementation along with the challenges with regards to policy and institutional measures as well as the required basin information and management instruments. The research entailed a detailed analysis of water resources systems based on a case study from the Awash River Basin in Ethiopia, covering the historical and present state of the challenges and gaps in policies, institutional arrangements and management instruments. The status quo of practical water management, implications of plausible management alternatives in terms of their impact to future water availability, demand fulfilment, patterns of use, and sustainability of the environment were examined. Moreover, the interlinkages and dynamics between key water dependent resources sectors, broadly categorized into water, energy, food, and ecosystems (WEFE) was explored to identify key tradeoffs and synergies. This was deliberated as to improving the synchronization of sectoral plans and resources management programs, thereby fast-tracking the coordination process in IWRM. Overall, the research provides a clearer understanding of the system-wide problems, structural challenges and possible future consequences regarding the management and sustainability of the entire water resource system. Ultimately the purpose is to set in motion new strategies and mechanisms to improve the implementation of the currently applied IWRM framework in the context of the SDGs.

Integrated water development. --- Integrated development of water resources --- Water development, Integrated --- Water conservation --- Water resources development --- Water use

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The Republic of Armenia is facing a number of emerging challenges in the water sector. Though overall waterresource availability in the country is good, the country’s ability to monitor groundwater and surface water isdeteriorating, enforcement under the existing water permit system is weak, conflicts loom over water use inthe agriculturally important Ararat valley, and climate change continues to exert pressure. The performanceof the irrigation, hydropower, municipal, industrial, and environment sectors depends on the judicious andcoordinated wise use of the country’s water resources. Recognizing the importance of integrated waterresources management (IWRM), the government of Armenia has introduced over the last decade majorinstitutional and policy reforms. These reforms provide a strong legislative foundation and framework forensuring good management and development of water resources in the country. Despite this, furtherinstitutional strengthening is needed to fulfill the vision of this legislative framework.Toward Integrated Water Resources Management in Armenia identifies the challenges in the different watersubsectors, reviews the current institutional framework and implementation of relevant water-sectorpolicies, and makes recommendations for the next steps to strengthen water resources management in thecountry. The book’s overall goal is to provide guidance to the government and to donors to help enhanceArmenia’s future water security.

Water resources development --- Integrated water development --- Integrated development of water resources --- Water development, Integrated --- Water conservation --- Water use --- Energy development --- Natural resources --- Water-supply

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The agroecosystem is one of the most fascinating, purposely human-created functional units, by which human species made a huge leap from predators and nomads to food growers (agriculturists). Irrigation is one of the oldest and still one of the most effective agricultural practices for providing continuous and quality foodstuffs.

Irrigation. --- Integrated water development. --- Integrated development of water resources --- Water development, Integrated --- Water conservation --- Water resources development --- Water use --- Water in agriculture --- Chemigation --- Life Sciences --- Agronomy --- Agricultural and Biological Sciences --- Agroecology

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A participatory and integrated procedure for the planning of water resources is presented and illustrated through its application to a real-world case study: the planning of a trans-boundary, multi-purpose, regulated lake. Methods and concepts from Hydrology, System Analysis, Optimal Control, Decision and Negotiation Theory are presented and framed in a comprehensive and coherent procedure for the efficient development of the decision-making process. Relevant theoretical and mathematical aspects are briefly presented for the non-expert reader, as well as all those practical details that are of

Water-supply --- Integrated water development. --- Management. --- Management --- Citizen participation. --- Integrated development of water resources --- Water development, Integrated --- Water conservation --- Water resources development --- Water use --- Availability, Water --- Water availability --- Water resources --- Natural resources --- Public utilities --- Water utilities

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In Embracing Watershed Politics, political scientists Edella Schlager and William Blomquist provide timely illustrations and thought-provoking explanations of why political considerations are essential, unavoidable, and in some ways even desirable elements of decision making about water and watersheds. With decades of combined study of water management in the United States, they focus on the many contending interests and communities found in America's watersheds, the fundamental dimensions of decision making, and the impacts of science, complexity, and uncertainty on watershed management.

Integrated water development --- Watershed management --- Political aspects --- Watershed development --- Watersheds --- Ecosystem management --- Integrated development of water resources --- Water development, Integrated --- Water conservation --- Water resources development --- Water use --- Management --- Political Science --- Decision-making --- Drainage basin --- Groundwater --- United States Fish and Wildlife Service