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15999-01 - Vorlesung mit Übungen: Globalisation of Water Resources (3 KP)
| Semester | Herbstsemester 2008 |
| Angebotsmuster | unregelmässig |
| Dozierende | Hong Yang (hong.yang@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | - Global status of water resources from the physical, economic and environmental viewpoints: facts and flaws; - The concept of virtual water and the role of virtual water trade in redistributing global water resources; - The motivation of virtual water trade and the notion of comparative advantage; - Methodological issues concerning the study of the globalisation of water resources; - Interdisciplinary approaches, combining natural and social sciences, modelling and GIS techniques, in assessing the global virtual water flows and the trade-offs involved in the trade; - The role of the EU in global virtual water trade; - A brief introduction of other forms of global water trade, e.g., bottled water trade; - Implications of globalisation of water resources for regional and national food, water and environmental policies. |
| Lernziele | The aims of the couse are: - To introduce different perspectives in assessing the global water resources and water challenges facing the world today and in the coming years; - To introduce the concept of virtual water and its role in redistributing global water resources through the trade of food and other commodities; - To understand the repercussions of the globalisation of water resources to the sustainability of economic development and the environment in both the developing and developed countries. |
| Literatur | Allan, J.A., 1997. "Virtual water: A long term solution for water short Middle Eastern Economies?". Occasional Paper, SOAS Water Issues Group, King's Collage, UK. Yang, H., Reichert, P., Abbaspour, K., Zehnder, A.J.B., 2003. "A water resources threshold and its implications for food security". Environmental Science and Technology 37(14): 3048-3054. Yang, H., Wang, L., Abbaspour, K, Zehnder, A.J.B., 2006. "Virtual water highway: assessment of water use efficiency in global virtual water trade". Hydrological and Earth Systems Science. |
| Bemerkungen | Im MSD ist diese Lehrveranstaltung Teil des Wahlmoduls "Umweltprobleme..." Bereich Phil. II |
| Teilnahmevoraussetzungen | Non-MSD-students are admitted if they are advanced students (5 semesters and more of study in their actual degree). An additional course registration is required (details see: Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung) |
| Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung | additional course registration until 15 September: http://nikt.unibas.ch/flexiform2/formular.cfm?EID=1298 |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| HörerInnen willkommen |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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| Module |
Modul Umweltproblematik in einer globalisierten Welt (Master Sustainable Development 05) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | Information will be given at the beginning of the lecturer. |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | 1-6 0,5 |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | beliebig wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Universität Basel |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Departement Umweltwissenschaften |