Water II

Bibliozone

Foresight For Development turns the spotlight on the future of water.

Featured in Bibliozone this month is a collection of publications related to this month's theme. The selection of documents is partial and based on accessible material. Therefore, we would like to invite everyone to supplement our library with additional materials.

From our FFD library:

Here are the publications available in our library:

• A Community Guide for Evaluating Future Urban Water Demand
• A Critical Review of Short-Term Water Demand Forecasting Tools—What Method Should I Use?
• A Drop in the Ocean for Foresight Practitioners: What the Future May Hold for Fresh Water Usage and Availability throughout the Globe
• A global hydrology research agenda fit for the 2030s
• Alternative Scenarios of Urban Water Infrastructure Systems
• Anticipating the Future in Urban Water Management: An Assessment of Municipal Investment Decisions
• Aquanomics: The economics of water risk and future resilience
• A short-term, pattern-based model for water-demand forecasting
• Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Future Water Demand using Weather Data
• Assessment of future urban water demand and supply under socioeconomic scenarios: a case of Assosa town
• Building a 2nd Generation of World Water Scenarios
• Building global water use scenarios
• Building Regional Water-Use Scenarios Consistent with Global Shared Socioeconomic Pathways
• Business in the world of water: WBCSD Water Scenarios to 2025
• Cape Town Water Outlook
• Cape Town Water Strategy – our shared water future
• Charting Our Water Future: Economic frameworks to inform decision-making
• Cities of the future and urban water management
• Climate Adaptation – modelling water scenarios and sectoral impacts
• Climate change and global water resources - SRES emissions and socio-economic scenarios
• Climate Change and Upstream Development Impacts on New Hydropower Projects in the Zambezi Project
• Climate Change Implications for the Water Sector in South Africa
• Co-development of East African regional water scenarios for 2050
• Conceptual framework for scenarios development in the Water futures and Solutions project
• Crafting futures together: scenarios for water infrastructure asset management in a context of global change
• Data driven approaches for water level prediction
• Delivering sustainable river basin management: plausible future scenarios for the water environment to 2030 and 2050 - Report A Overview of scenarios
• Delivering sustainable river basin management: plausible future scenarios for the water environment to 2030 and 2050 - Report B Full scenarios
• Delivering sustainable river basin management: plausible future scenarios for the water environment to 2030 and 2050 - Report C Implications
• Demand forecasting for water distribution systems
• Design and Sustainability Assessment of Scenarios of Urban Water Infrastructure Systems
• Developing scenarios for the water sector institutional landscape to develop effective responses to water quality challenges in a semi-arid region
• Development and Uptake of Scenarios to Support Water Resources Planning, Development and Management – Examples from South Africa
• Development of scenarios for evaluating conversion from intermittent to continuous water supply strategies’ sustainability implications
• Development of scenarios for future agriculture water management in South Africa
• Digital Water: An overview of the future of digital water from a YWP perspective
• Drought Scenario-Based Exercises
• East Africa Water Scenarios to 2050
• Enhancing resilience in urban water systems for future cities
• Evaluating Water Policy Scenarios Against the Priorities of the Rural Poor
• Evaluation of policy scenarios for water resources planning and management in an arid region
• Experimental study of time series forecasting methods for groundwater level prediction
• Exploring future changes in land use and land condition and the impacts on food, water, climate change and biodiversity: Scenarios for the UNCCD Global Land Outlook
• Five stylized scenarios: Global water futures 2050
• Flash Drought: Current Understanding & Future Priorities
• Forecasting water consumption on transboundary water resources for water resource management using the feed-forward neural network: a case study of the Nile River in Egypt and Kenya
• Foresight as a Tool in Water Resource Development
• Framework for Future Water Resource Analysis in South Africa
• From flood science to flood policy: the Foresight Future Flooding project seven years on
• From Foresight to Power: Challenging and Reimagining Futures and Pathways of Land Use, and Water Governance
• Future freshwater availability in Cape Town
• Future global urban water scarcity and potential solutions
• Future long-term changes in global water resources driven by socio-economic and climatic changes
• Futures: An exploration of scenarios for sustainable urban water management
• Future Scenarios for a Sustainable Water Sector:  A Case Study from Switzerland
• Future Scenarios of Surface Water Resources Availability in North African Dams
• Future Transboundary Water Stress and Its Drivers Under Climate Change: A Global Study
• Future Visions for Water and Cities: A Thought Piece
• Future Water: Comparing and contrasting approaches to predicting water quality
• Future Water (In)security: Facts, Figures, and Predictions
• Global scenarios of irrigation water abstractions for bioenergy production: a systematic review
• Global Trends & Challenges in Water Science, Research and Management
• Global Water Demand Projections: Past, Present and Future
• Global Water Futures: A Roadmap for Future U.S. Policy
• Global Water Outlook to 2025: Averting an Impending Crisis
• Global Water Security
• Global Water Transfer Megaprojects: A Potential Solution for the Water-Food-Energy Nexus?
• Global Water Trends 2021: the transformation of the water industry is here
• Horizon scanning process to foresight emerging issues in Arabsphere's water vision
• Hydrologic futures: using scenario analysis to evaluate impacts of forecasted land use change on hydrologic services
• Hydrologic modeling: progress and future directions
• Implications for Water of the World Energy Scenarios
• Improving the performance of water demand forecasting models by using weather input
• Innovation for Water: Youth Perspectives on Technological Advances in the Water Sector
• Limpopo Water Management Area North Reconciliation Strategy
• Long-Term Water Demand Forecasting
• Managing future threats to water resources
• Mapping Drought Patterns and Impacts: A Global Perspective
• Modeling global water use for the 21st century: Water Futures and Solutions (WFaS) initiative and its approaches
• Modelling scenarios for water resources management in the Sand River Catchment, South Africa
• Modelling Water Demand and Efficient Use in Mbagathi Sub-Catchment Using Weap
• National Water Resource Strategy 2 - South African Government
• National Water Resource Strategy 3 - South African Government
• Our Shared Water Future: Cape Town’s Water Strategy
• Performance comparison of techniques for water demand forecasting

• Population Forecasting for Design of Water Supply System in Injibara Town, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
• Predicting Future Oceans: Climate change, Oceans & Fisheries
• Predicting the impacts of climate change on groundwater recharge in an arid environment using modeling approach
• Prediction of the impacts of climate changes on the stream flow of Ajali River Watershed using SWAT model
• Prediction of Water Consumption Using Machine Learning: Using machine learning techniques to predict hourly water consumption in sustainable smart city
• Prediction of water reuse potential in South African water management areas: A linear regression and Bayesian network approach
• Present and future of hydrology
• Projected water consumption in future global agriculture: Scenarios and related impacts
• Projection of future world water resources under SRES scenarios: an integrated assessment
• Ranking the World’s Most Water-Stressed Countries in 2040
• Real-Options Water Supply Planning: Multistage Scenario Trees for Adaptive and Flexible Capacity Expansion Under Probabilistic Climate Change Uncertainty
• Reassessing the projections of the World Water Development Report
• Roadmap Environmental Technologies 2020 Integrated Water Management
• Scenario development for decision-making in water resources planning and management
• Scenario Planning to Address Critical Uncertainties for Robust and Resilient Water–Wastewater Infrastructures under Conditions of Water Scarcity and Rapid Development
• Scenarios for the Future of Water in South Africa
• Scenarios of future water availability in the UK
• Scenarios of global municipal water-use demand projections over the 21st century
• Shaping our Water Future
• Shaping the Future of Water for Agriculture
• Short-Term Water Demand Forecasting for Production Optimisation
• Smart water grid: the future water management platform
• Stop Floating, Start Swimming: Water and Climate Change
• Strategic Foresight to Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Achieve Water-related Sustainable Development Goals
• Sustainability Analysis and Scenarios in Groundwater Pumping Systems: A Case Study for Tenerife Island to 2030
• Sustainability of global water use: past reconstruction and future projections
• The African Development Bank Group Water Strategy 2021 – 2025: Towards a Water Secure Africa
• The Africa Water Vision for 2025: Equitable and Sustainable Use of Water for Socioeconomic Development
• The Dynamics of global water futures: driving forces 2011-2050
• The Future of Global Water Scarcity: Policy and Management Challenges and Opportunities
• The Future of Groundwater
• The future of hydrology: An evolving science for a changing world
• The future of the Western Cape agricultural sector in the context of the 4th industrial revolution
• The Future of Urban Water: Scenarios for Urban Water Utilities in 2040
• The Future of Water
• The Future of Water for Food
• The Future of Water in African Cities
• The Future of Water Resource Management in the Muslim World
• The future of water resources systems analysis: Toward a scientific framework for sustainable water management
• The future of water use in industry
• The Future of Water: Water Insecurity Threatening Global Economic Growth, Political Stability
• The Geography of Future Water Challenges
• The health potential of urban water: Future scenarios on local risks and opportunities
• The Impact of Assuming Perfect Foresight When Planning Infrastructure in the Water–Energy–Food Nexus
• The murky future of global water quality
• The Water Resources Utility of the Future: A Blueprint for Action
• Thinking about the Future of Global Water Governance
• Thirsting for a Future: Water and children in a changing climate
• Three global water scenarios
• Toward a Sustainable Water Future: Visions for 2050
• Towards a water and food secure future: Critical perspectives for policy-makers
• Towards a Worldwide Assessment of Freshwater Quality: A UN-Water Analytical Brief
• Trend Analysis and Prediction on Water Consumption in Southwestern Ethiopia
• Trends in water resources in east and southern Africa
• UNICEF strategy for water, sanitation and hygiene 2016-2030
• United States Global Water Strategy 2022-2027
• UN-Water: 2030 Strategy
• UN World Water Development Report 2019: Leaving no one behind
• UN World Water Development Report 2020: Water and Climate Change
• UN World Water Development Report 2021: Valuing Water
• UN World Water Development Report 2022: Groundwater, making the invisible visible
• Urban Water Future: What Can We Learn from the Singapore Experience?
• Urban Water Strategy 2022: Water for our Future
• Using hydroclimatic extremes to guide future hydrologic predictions
• Using the multiple scenario approach for envisioning plausible futures in long-term planning and management of the urban water pipe systems
• Water 2050 Sustainability Think Tank
• Water Demand Forecasting Accuracy and Influencing Factors at Different Spatial Scales Using a Gradient Boosting Machine
• Water demand forecasting under changing environment: a System Dynamics approach
• Water Demand Management
• Water: Facts and Futures - Rethinking South Africa’s Water Future
• Water footprint scenarios for 2050: A global analysis
• Water Futures and Solution – Fast Track Initiative
• Water Futures and Solutions: Options to Enhance Water Security in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Water Futures: Assessment of Long-range Patterns and Problems
• Water Futures: The evolution of water scenarios
• Water management 2040 – future scenarios
• Water management: Current and future challenges and research directions
• Water resources long term planning framework (2015-2065)
• Water Risk Filter Brief: Water Risk Scenarios
• Water Security: Is South Africa Optimally Pursuing
• Water Scarcity and Future Challenges for Food Production
• Water scenarios for the future: A glimpse of what is to come
• Water strategies and water–food Nexus: challenges and opportunities towards sustainable development in various regions of the World
• Water Supply Prediction for the Next 10 Years in Algeria: Risks and Challenges
• Water Tight 2.0: The top trends in the global water sector
• World Water Demand and Supply, 1990 to 2025: Scenarios and Issues
• World water dynamics: global modeling of water resources
• World Water in 2025: Global modeling and scenario analysis for the World Commission on Water for the 21st Century
• World Water Quality Alliance African Use Case Study Cape Town Aquifers

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