Projektleiter: Prof. Dr. Christian Jolk
Kurzbeschreibung:
The objective of the Research and Development (R&D) project, outlined here, is to design and establish a “Community-based Sustainable Water Management and Observation System” (CoSMOS) for the mitigation of water quality problems and detrimental drought effects on water avai lability at the river basin level. Community-based social and citizen sci ence approaches are characterised by a bottom-up water management and governance strategy to bridge implementation gaps of official wa ter management institutions. Focusing on collaborations between lo cal stakeholders, single water users and Water User Associations, the project will establish a system of best practice examples in co-existence with governmental and administrative water management institutions.
Projektwebsite: CosMOS
Laufzeit:
2018-2020
Förderung:
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
Kooperationspartner:
- Institute of Environmental Engineering and Management at the Witten/Herdecke University (IEEM),
- GIS and Digitalisation at OWL University of Applied Sciences and Arts (TH-OWL),
- Environmental Engineering + Ecology at Ruhr University Bochum (eE+E),
- Disy Informations systeme,
- DIE GEWÄSSER-EXPERTEN!,
- chrom gruen,
- IBC Ingenieurtechnische Beratung Christoffels,
- South African National Parks,
- Centre for Environmental Studies at Universi ty of Pretoria,
- School of Biology and Environ mental Sciences at University of Mpumalanga,
- Letaba Water Users Association,
- Kaap River Valley Major Irrigation Board,
- Inkomati-Usut hu Catchment Management Agency,
- Water Research Commission (assoc.),
- GIZ South Africa (assoc.), Department of Water Affairs and Sanitation DWS (assoc.)