Water, Energy and Land Management
Code: 43484 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4313300 Regional and Population Studies | OT | 0 | 2 |
Contact
- Name:
- David Saurí Pujol
- Email:
- David.Sauri@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- english (eng)
Prerequisites
Oral and written English skills
Objectives and Contextualisation
The module pretends to introduce students to current debates on the management of water and energy resources, emphasizing the territorial dimension. An attempt will be made to collect case studies at different scales in different areas of the world on these issues although a certain Mediterranean focus is to be expected.
The course will pay special attention to contrasting conventional management models based on centralized tecnologies, expert approaches and "top-down" management, with more alternative resources, decentralized technologies and a participatory processes open to larger segments of society. Both models will be compared in terms of governance and another very important element of the course will be the analysis of the territorial conflicts arising in the application of these management models.
Through readings of selected materials, presentations by instructors (and occasionally by invited guests) and class presentations and discussions students are expected to gain a basic, robust knowledge on water and energy alternatives and of their diferent governance frameworks.
Competences
- Detect the complexity of territorial and demographic dynamics and recognize the most efficient management mechanisms, particularly in conflict situations
- Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
- Solve problems in new or little-known situations within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the field of study.
- Use English in different formats and contexts.
Learning Outcomes
- Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
- Know different models for managing water and energy, especially at the regional level.
- Solve problems in new or little-known situations within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the field of study.
- Understand the main territorial, social and environmental conflicts associated with water and energy management.
- Use English in different formats and contexts.
Content
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Introduction: The Water Energy Nexus |
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From the Hydrological Cycle to the Hydrosocial Cycle |
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The large scale: Dams, Aqueducts, Desalination Plants |
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The small scale: Greywater, Rainwater Harvesting |
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The next resource?: Reclaimed Water |
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Water and Cities: domestic consumption |
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Virtual Water and the Water Footprint |
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Water and Disasters |
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Water: Commodity or Right? |
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Water and Tourism |
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Political Ecology of Energy: soft and hard energy paths |
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Energy, Planning and Management |
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Primary energy sources: a geopolitical approach |
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Multilevel governance and the polítics of scale |
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Energy, social innovation and local development |
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Energy as a social need |
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Land use conflicts |
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Energy policies in the European Union |
Methodology
The following activities will be carried out:
a) Lectures. In some sessions we will have an invited speaker.
b) Seminars: a brief introduction to the specific topic given by the instructor followed by the presentation of assigned readings by students, the group discussion of the main points discussed in the readings, and a final conclusion coordinated by the instructor. Students are expected to read the assigned materials; prepare and guide discussions and participate actively in the debates.
The activities that could not be done onsite will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools. Exercises, projects and lectures will be carried out using virtual tools such as tutorials, videos, Teams sessions, etc. Lecturers will ensure that students are able to access these virtual tools, or will offer them feasible alternatives.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Lectures | 6 | 0.24 | 3 |
| Oral presentation | 6 | 0.24 | 1 |
| Seminars | 20 | 0.8 | |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Preparation of oral presentations | 5 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Readings | 21 | 0.84 | 2, 4 |
| Tutorials | 4 | 0.16 | 2, 4, 1, 3 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Personal study | 27 | 1.08 | 2, 4, 1, 3 |
| Preparation of papers | 34 | 1.36 | 3 |
| Readings | 23 | 0.92 | 2 |
Assessment
- Two exams: one at the end of the water part and the other at the end of the energy part
- Oral presenation of assigned readings
- Participation in class debates
VERY IMPORTANT: Total or partial plagiary of any of the exercises will automatically be considered “fail” (0) for the plagiarized item. Plagiary is copying one or more sentences from unidentified sources, presenting it as original work (THIS INCLUDES COPYING PHRASES OR FRAGMENTS FROM THE INTERNET AND ADDING THEM WITHOUT MODIFICATION TO A TEXT WHICH IS PRESENTED AS ORIGINAL). Plagiarism is a serious offense. Students must learn to respect the intellectual property of others, identifying any source they may use, and take responsibility for the originality and authenticity of the texts they produce.
In the event that assessment activities cannot be taken onsite, they will be adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual tools (original weighting will be maintained). Homework, activities and class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or discussion on Teams, etc. Lecturers will ensure that students are able to access these virtual tools, or will offer them feasible alternatives.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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| Exam Energy Part | 30 % | 2 | 0.08 | 2, 4, 5, 1, 3 |
| Exam water part | 40% | 2 | 0.08 | 2, 4, 1, 3 |
| Oral presentation | 20% | 0 | 0 | 2, 4, 5, 1 |
| Participation | 10% | 0 | 0 | 5, 1, 3 |
Bibliography
A set of class readings will be distributed at the beginning of the course
Bibliography (Water)
Bakker, Karen 2010 Privatizing Water. Governance Failure and the World’s Urban Water Crisis. Ithaca, NY: Cornell Univ. Press
Baumann, Duane D,; Boland, John J. & Hanemann, W. Michael. 1998. Urban Water Demand Management and Planning. New York: MacGraw Hill
Buzar, Stephan; Ogden, Philip E. & Hall, Ray. 2005. Households matter: the quiet demography of urban transformation.Progress in Human . Geography 29(4):413–36
European Environment Agency. 2009. Water resources across Europe—confronting water scarcity and drought. EEA Rep. No. 2/2009, EEA, Copenhagen
Fielding, Kelly S.; Russell, Sally; Spinks, Anneliese & Mankad, Aditi. 2012. Determinants of household water conservation: the role of demographic, infrastructure, behavior and psychosocial variables. Water Resources Research 48(10)
Inman, David & Jeffrey, Paul. 2006. A review of residential water conservation tool performance and influences on implementation effectiveness. Urban Water Journal 3: 127–43.
Prud’homme, Alex 2011. The Ripple Effect: The Fate of Freshwater in the Twenty-First Century. New York: Scribner
Renwick, Mary E. & Archibald, Sandra O. 1998. Demand side management policies for residential water use: Who bears the conservation burden? Land Economics 74:343–59.
Sauri, David. 2013: Water Conservation: Theory and Evidence in Urban Areas of the Developed World Annual Review of. Environment and Resources38:1–22.
Sultana, Farhana & Loftus, Alex. (eds) 2012 The right to Water. Politics, governance and social struggles. London: Earthscan.
Swyngedouw, Erik. Social Power and the Urbanization of water Oxford: Oxford University Press
Troy, Patrick ed. 2008. Troubled Waters: Confronting theWater Crisis in Australian Cities. Canberra, Australian University Press
UNESCO. 2012. The UN World Water DevelopmentReport: Managing Water under Uncertainty and Risk. Paris: UNESCO
Willis, Rachelle McDonald; Stewart, Rodney Anthony; Panuwatwanich, Kriengsak & Williams, Philip R. Hollingsworth AL. 2011. Quantifying the influence of environmentaland water conservation attitudes on household end use water consumption. Journal of Environmental Management 92:1996–2009
World Economic Forum. 2011. Water Security. TheWater-Food-Energy Nexus.Washington, DC: Island.
Yudelson, Jerry. 2010. Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis. Gabriola Island, BC: New Society
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Bouzarovski, Stefan, & Petrova, Saska. (2015). A global perspective on domestic energy deprivation: Overcoming the energy poverty–fuel poverty binary. Energy Research & Social Science, 10, 31–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2015.06.007
Bridge, Gavin; Barca, Stefania; Özkaynak, Begüm; Turhan, Ethemcan; & Wyeth, Ryan. (2018). Towards a Political Ecology of EU Energy Policy. In C. Foulds & R. Robison (Eds.), Advancing Energy Policy (pp. 163–175). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99097-2_11
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