Stockholm International Water Institute » IWRM http://www.siwi.org Water Wise World Wed, 18 Sep 2013 12:00:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 New paper on Integrated Water Resource Management available http://www.siwi.org/news/technical-focus-paper-on-integrated-river-basin-management-published/ http://www.siwi.org/news/technical-focus-paper-on-integrated-river-basin-management-published/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 11:39:48 +0000 Sanna http://www.siwi.org/?post_type=news&p=6180 A new Technical Focus Paper on the role of decision support systems in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) has been produced. The paper is a joint knowledge product of GWP, UNEP-DHI Center, DHI and SIWI.

The complexity of water resources systems can often be addressed by applying decision support systems (DSS) and models, which can transparently present the elements of the system and their interrelationships. A DSS for IWRM will typically include a database and processing environment, a knowledge and information system, a modelling and analysis framework, a socioeconomic modelling and analysis framework, and a communication framework.

There are many IWRM areas where models and DSSs can inform the process by allowing water managers to better characterise multiple factors and future uncertainties. This Technical Focus Paper provides for guidelines for elaborating and validating modelling/DSS tools to assist decision-makers in implementing IWRM.

Download the paper here.

 

]]> http://www.siwi.org/news/technical-focus-paper-on-integrated-river-basin-management-published/feed/ 0 MENA Water Overview: Transboundary Cooperation, IWRM and Opportunities for Swedish Engagement http://www.siwi.org/publication/mena-water-overview-transboundary-cooperation-iwrm-and-opportunities-for-swedish-engagement/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/mena-water-overview-transboundary-cooperation-iwrm-and-opportunities-for-swedish-engagement/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:37:19 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/mena-water-overview-transboundary-cooperation-iwrm-and-opportunities-for-swedish-engagement/ The challenges facing those involved in the water sector throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) cannot be over-emphasised. The water resources that cross the boundaries of states with relations varying from cold to hostile remains an underlying source of tension that is often over-looked.

This report surveys such issues, and establishes the way forward for increased Swedish involvement in this context. The report’s focus is on transboundary and IWRM activities, primarily in the eastern portion of the MENA region.

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