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Regional Water Planning
Code: 44475Credits: 6
| Degree programme | Type | Course |
|---|---|---|
| Territorial Studies and Planning | OP | 1 |
Contact lecturer
- Name :
- Hyerim Yoon
- Email :
- hyerim.yoon@uab.cat
Teaching staff
- Hyerim Yoon
Group languages
You can consult this information at the end of the document.
Prerequisites
English read, spoken and written
Objectives
This is a compulsory subject of 6 ECTS credits of the Master's in Territorial Studies and Planning, which is carried out in a shared form with a similar subject of the Master's in Interdisciplinary Studies in Environmental, Economic and Social Sustainability.
The subject aims to present students with current debates on the management of water resources, emphasizing its territorial dimension.
The course will pay special attention to the different water management models (supply-demand; public-private; centralized-decentralized); the different technologies used; its environmental, social and territorial impacts and the unequal power relations regarding the water cycle. The subject addresses these issues at different scales and with case studies from different parts of the planet.
Through readings of selected materials, lectures and class presentations and discussions, students are expected to gain a basic and robust knowledge of water management.
Learning outcomes
- CA29 (Assess how different genders use and consume water in the home.) Assess how different genders use and consume water in the home.
- CA30 (Observe the social and economic imbalances of different water management models in relation to urban planning.) Observe the social and economic imbalances of different water management models in relation to urban planning.
- KA29 (Name different models of water and energy management in urban planning.) Name different models of water and energy management in urban planning.
- KA30 (Recognise and understand the main territorial, urban and socio-environmental conflicts linked to water and energy management.) Recognise and understand the main territorial, urban and socio-environmental conflicts linked to water and energy management.
- KA31 (Devise and outline new forms of water and energy governance.) Devise and outline new forms of water and energy governance.
- SA26 (Evaluate demand management using quantitative methods.) Evaluate demand management using quantitative methods.
- SA27 (Use regulations regarding planning for research purposes.) Use regulations regarding planning for research purposes.
Contents
- General aspects of water resource management models.
- Governance of large-scale conventional hydraulic infrastructure: reservoirs and water transfers.
- Governance of large-scale alternative hydraulic infrastructure: desalination and reuse.
- Governance of decentralized systems: groundwater, greywater, and stormwater in urban environments.
- Water demand management: practices, economics, and technology.
- Hidden water flows: water-energy nexus, virtual water, and water footprint.
- Water poverty and water as a social necessity.
- Commodification of water: privatization and (re)municipalization.
- Risk management: droughts and floods.
Learning activities and methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal study | 27 | 1.08 | CA29, CA30, KA29, KA31, SA27 |
| Assigned readings | 9 | 0.36 | CA29, CA30, KA29, KA30, KA31, SA26, SA27 |
| Practical exercices | 10 | 0.4 | CA29, SA26, SA27 |
| Seminars | 12 | 0.48 | CA30, KA30, KA31 |
| Reading | 36 | 1.44 | CA29, CA30, KA29, KA30, KA31 |
| Master classes | 12 | 0.48 | CA29, CA30, KA29, KA30, KA31, SA26, SA27 |
| Tutrships | 2 | 0.08 | CA29, CA30, KA29, KA30, KA31, SA26, SA27 |
| Information research | 24 | 0.96 | CA29, CA30, KA29, KA30, KA31, SA26, SA27 |
| Coures work | 14 | 0.56 | CA29, CA30, KA29, KA30, KA31, SA26, SA27 |
The following activities will be carried out:
a) Lectures. In some sessions we will have an invited speaker.
b) Seminars: Each seminar session will address a specific issue of water management based on different readings (previously assigned) that the students will have to present orally to the rest of the class in groups. In each session there will be a short introduction to the subject by the teaching staff, followed by the oral presentation of the readings assigned by the students, the group discussion of the main points discussed in the readings and a final conclusion coordinated by the teaching staff. Students are expected to read the assigned materials; prepare and guide the debates and actively participate in them.
c) Exercises: Some practical exercises will be carried out in class including individual and cooperative work.
Assessment
Continuous assessment activities
| Title | Weight | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final project (individual work) | 20% | 0 | 0 | CA29, CA30, KA29, KA30, KA31, SA26, SA27 |
| Course work | 20% | 0 | 0 | CA29, CA30, KA29, KA30, KA31, SA26, SA27 |
| Seminar - Presentation in class & summary | 40% | 4 | 0.16 | CA29, CA30, KA29, KA30, KA31, SA26, SA27 |
| Class participation | 20% | 0 | 0 | CA29, CA30, KA31, SA26 |
- Class participation (20%): on the basis of practical exercises carried out at class.
- Course work (20%): a poster presentation to apply the topics covered during the course. A portion of the grade will be peer-reviewed.
- Final project (20%): Individual work (maximum 3,000 words) on a real-world case related to water management in the face of climate change, including an analysis and diagnosis of the current situation and a well-founded proposed solution or improvement plan.
- Seminar (40%): a presentation based on the assigned readings, together with a written summary of the reading and the seminar discussion that took place on the day of the presentation.
At the time each assessment activity is carried out, the instructor will inform students (via Moodle) of the procedure and the date for reviewing the grades.
Exchange students requesting to take an early exam must submit a document from their home university justifying their request.
Not assessable
Anyone who has not completed and delivered the coursework is considered non-evaluable.
Undelivered activities will be graded as zero (0).
Plagiarism
In the event that the student commits any irregularity that could lead to a significant variation in the grade of an assessment act, this assessment act will be graded with 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that may be instituted. In the event that several irregularities occur in the evaluation acts of the same subject, the final grade for this subject will be 0.
Single assessment
This course does not allow single assessment.
Recovery
Activities related to seminar is not recoverable.
In case of having failed the course work, it can be recovered by a new delivery on the date established by the teaching staff.
Activities in which irregularities have been detected (plagiarism, copying, improper use of AI, etc.) will not be recoverable.
Use of AI
Restricted use: This subject allows the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies exclusively in tasks of bibliographic research or information search, text correction or translations. The student must (i) identify the parts that have been generated with AI; (ii) specify the tools used; and (iii) include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and the final result of the activity. The lack of transparency of the use of AI in this assessable activity will be considered a lack of academic honesty and will result in the activity being assessed with a 0 and not being able to be recovered, or greater sanctions in serious cases.
Bibliography
Madani, Kaveh. 2026. Global Water Bankruptcy: Living Beyond Our Hydrological Means in the Post-Crisis Era. United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. DOI: 10.53328/INR26KAM001
Meehan, Katie et al. 2023. Water: A Critical Introduction. : John Wiley & Sons
Bakker, Karen 2010. Privatizing Water. Governance Failure and the World’s Urban Water Crisis. Ithaca, NY: Cornell Univ. Press
Boelens, Rutgerd et al. (eds). 2018. Water Justice. Cambridge: Cambride UniversityPress.
Gandy, Mattew 2014. The fabric of Space. Water, Modernity and the Urban Imagination. Cambridge MA: The MIT Press
Sedlak, David. 2014. Water 4.0. NewHaven, Conn: Yale University Press
Swyngedouw, Eric 2015 Liquid Power. Contested Hydro-Modernities in Twentieth Century Spain. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press
Sultana, Farhana; Loftus, Alex (eds). 2012. The Right to Water. Politics, governance and social struggles. London: Earthscan.
Williams, Joe; Swyngedouw, Erik (eds). 2018. Tapping the Oceans-Seawater Desalination and the Political Ecology of Water
Software
None of specific
Course groups and languages
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