Water Resources and Land Use
Climate change and changing land use along with demographic and economic developments are all exerting growing pressure on fresh water resources. At the same time, increasing demand is leading to shortages and land-use conflicts. This results in considerable risks to society and ecosystems. In seeking to develop sustainable solution strategies, ISOE investigates how an integrated management of water and land resources can be organised, given the complex social-ecological interactions. The application and further development of methods and concepts play a vital role in this respect, for example modelling, impact assessment and scenarios as well as work dealing with the concept of social-ecological systems and vulnerability.
- Integrated water resources management
- Innovative water and land use
- Regional sustainability
- Modelling, scenarios and planning instruments
Projects
- Daily drinking water demand – forecast model for HAMBURG WASSER
- EPoNa – Water Reuse in Northern Namibia
- LIMO – Land Use and Integrated Modelling
- NamTip: Understanding and Managing Desertification Tipping Points – A Namibian Perspective
- ORYCS – Wildlife-based management strategies in Namibia
- PlastX – Plastic waste in seas and oceans
- Proxies and Scenarios for the Development of Water Demand
- Smart Water Future India: Intelligent Water Management for India’s Cities
- Classification of consumption points in the supply area of HAMBURG WASSER
- CuveWaters – Sustainable Water Management in Namibia
- Efficient Use of the Hessian Groundwater Fee
- Forecasting water demand for the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
- Guiding principle IWRM – Water resources management for the metropolitan region of Rhine-Main
- INTAFERE – Integrated Analysis of Organic Impurities in Rivers
- NamTip: Desertification in drylands – a Namibian tipping point (pre-phase)
- New perspectives for the ecological restoration of streams and rivers
- NiddaMan – Sustainable Water Resources Management in the Nidda Catchment Area
- OPTIMASS – Sustainable Management of Savanna Ecosystems
- Regional Sustainability in Water and Land Use
- SASSCAL – Research Infrastructure in Africa
- SASSCAL – Water-related vulnerabilities and risk in Southern Africa
- Updating of the water demand forecast 2045 for Hamburg
