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: Reliable, Relevant and Readily available water information and wisdom

: Reliable, Relevant and Readily available water information and wisdom. AquaPedia.Tufts. edu. Share, Create & Use Actionable Water Knowledge Through Interactive Participation. A 21 st Century Water World. Demographic Shifts. Climate Change. Finite Resources. Global Economy.

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: Reliable, Relevant and Readily available water information and wisdom

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  1. :Reliable, Relevant and Readily available water information and wisdom AquaPedia.Tufts. edu Share, Create & Use Actionable Water Knowledge Through Interactive Participation

  2. A 21st Century Water World Demographic Shifts Climate Change Finite Resources Global Economy Water Quality Governance & Institutions Ecological Economics Culture & Values Water Quantity Water Wars Hydro-politics Hydro-diplomacy Environmental Sustainability

  3. Fish and Farmer Conflicts Quantity and Conflicts Quality and Conflicts

  4. Variability Global Population Global River Runoff Adapted from Postel et al, 1996

  5. [Rahman 2005]

  6. Water issues are • Multi-Dimensional • Multi-Sectoral • Multi-Regional • Compounded with • Multi-Interests • Multi-Agendas • Multi-Causes • ??????? • Contextual • Not Easily Transferable • What & How

  7. A Look at History……What is NEW now?

  8. Global Water Cycle Oki and Kanae, 2006

  9. RFWS (110,300) Available Fresh Water Total ET on Land (69,600) Total Runoff (40,700) Remote Flow (7,774) Uncaptured Floodwater (20,426) Green Water Geographically and temporally accessible runoff (AR) (12,500) Reservoir losses (5,720) Blue Water Instream Uses (2,350) Withdrawals (4,430) Human Appropriation of ET (18,200) Human Appropriation of AR (6,780) Human appropriation of RFWS (24,980) All units in km3/year. Adapted from Postel et al, 1996

  10. AquaPedia:An Interactive Web Based Repository of“Shared Water Information and Wisdom” Coupled Natural and Societal System (NSS)

  11. Deductive and Inductive Thinking

  12. C1 C2 Management Objective Intervention C3 C4 Multi-Contextual Water Issues: Search for “Pattern” and “Wisdom” Ci = fi (Q, P, E, C, G, V) C5

  13. AquaPedia http://wpcontent.answers.com/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Light_dispersion_conceptual.gif

  14. AquaPedia @ Tufts https://wikis.uit.tufts.edu/confluence/display/aquapedia/Cases

  15. Indus River Characterization : All NSSs Variables

  16. Indus River : During British Administration

  17. Indus River : After British Administration

  18. Indus Water Treaty

  19. AquaPedia http://wpcontent.answers.com/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Light_dispersion_conceptual.gif

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