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Agricultural Water Management: Water,-Society and Technology Interactions
Cost $139 · . Course Length: 50 hours estimated
Increasingly scarce natural resources Worldwide, a variety of processes puts more pressure on water resources every day. Global climate change causes temperatures to rise and precipitation patterns to change. A growing degree of urbanization causes people to move...
Offered through edX | and created by Wageningen University & Research | Taught by Gerlo Borghuis MSc, Petra Helleger, Harm Boesveld and others
Water Resources Management and Policy
Rated 4.4★ stars based on | 111 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 18 hours estimated
Water management today is faced with new challenges such as climate change or the effects of human activity. Public and private stakeholders who are active in this field must develop new ways to better manage the water cycle "as a whole". The objective of this...
Offered through Coursera | and created by University of Geneva | Taught by Christian Bréthaut, Géraldine Pflieger
Water Works: Activating Heritage for Sustainable Development
Water and Ports, Historic Cities and LandscapesCost $129 · . Course Length: 30 hours estimated
Water has served and sustained societies throughout history. Understanding the complex and diverse water systems of the past is key to devising sustainable development for the future with regard to socioeconomic structures, policies, and cultures. Today, past...
Offered through edX | and created by Delft University of Technology | Taught by Carola Hein, Hilde Sennema, Gül Aktürk and others
Governance for Transboundary Freshwater Security
. Course Length: 36 hours estimated
Freshwater scarcity, stress, and crisis are increasing worldwide. More than a billion people live in water-scarce regions, and 3.5 billion could experience water scarcity by 2025. These pressures disproportionally affect vulnerable and marginalized people,...
Offered through edX | and created by SDG Academy | Taught by Yumiko Yasuda, Danilo Turk, Jackie King and others
Sustainable Urban Water Systems
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 10 hours estimated
The MOOC “Sustainable Urban Water Systems” aims to provide knowledge about modern and sustainable solutions for urban water management in water-sensitive cities. The focus is on stormwater control and water supply strategies for the mitigation of effects on the...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Politecnico di Milano | Taught by Anita Raimondi
The Challenge of Global Water Security
Cost $59 · . Course Length: 12 hours estimated
What is water security? Current issues affecting water security Emerging problems Solutions Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course...
Offered through FutureLearn | and created by Cardiff University | Taught by Adrian Healy, Steve Ormerod, Isabelle Durance and others
Sustainable Agricultural Land Management
Rated 4.6★ stars based on | 33 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 36 hours estimated
This course will cover the agricultural and urban water quality issues in Florida, their bases, land and nutrient management strategies, and the science and policy behind the best management practices (BMPs). Students will learn to evaluate BMP research and...
Offered through Coursera | and created by University of Florida | Taught by George J. Hochmuth, Ph.D.
Introduction to Water and Climate
Water ManagementCost $179 · . Course Length: 80 hours estimated
Water is essential for life on Earth and of crucial importance for society. Water also plays a major role in affecting climate. Its natural cycle, from ocean to atmosphere by evaporation, then by precipitation back to land returning via rivers and aquifers to the...
Offered through edX | and created by Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), DelftX, Delft University of Technology | Taught by Nick van de Giesen, Herman Russchenberg, Hubert Savenije and others
Water and The Environment: Current Challenges and Solutions
Cost $59 · . Course Length: 50 hours estimated
Water-related challenges are raising major concerns worldwide. These challenges are found at both ends of the pipe: the need to supply usable water of adequate quality for a rapidly growing human population, and the need to prevent pollution and diseases from...
Offered through edX | and created by IsraelX | Taught by Aaron Packman, Amit Gross, Edo Bar-Zeev and others
Water Management
A MicroMasters from edXCost $375 · . Contains 3 courses · . Course Total length: 192 hours estimated
Safe water supply and hygienic water treatment are prerequisites for the well-being of communities all over the world. This Water XSeries, offered by the water management experts of TU Delft, will give you a unique opportunity to gain access to world-class...
Offered through edX | and created by Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), DelftX, Delft University of Technology | Taught by Nick van de Giesen, Herman Russchenberg, Hubert Savenije and others
The Biology of Water and Health - Sustainable Interventions
. Course Length: 24 hours estimated
This water sustainability course (PH242x) from Tufts University focuses on the engineering and public health components needed to achieve the conservation of safe water locally and globally. Together, we will explore how to create sustainable interventions geared...
Offered through edX | and created by Open Education Consortium, OECx | Taught by David M. Gute Ph.D.,M.P.H.,FACE, Jeffrey Griffiths MD,MPH,AB,TM, Carolyn Talmadge and others
Drainage in Agriculture: controlling water and salt levels in the soil
Cost $139 · . Course Length: 5 hours estimated
Increasing scarcity of natural resources ****The demand for safe and healthy food is rapidly increasing. The world population is growing and is projected to reach 9.8 billion in 2050. How do we prepare for this and how are we going to be able to feed all these...
Offered through edX | and created by WageningenX, Wageningen University & Research | Taught by Dr. Ir. Henk Ritzema, Dr. Ir. Klaas Metselaar, Dr. Ir. Jos van Dam and others
Ecosystem Services: a Method for Sustainable Development
Rated 4.6★ stars based on | 73 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 24 hours estimated
Ecosystem services are a way of thinking about – and evaluating – the goods and services provided by nature that contribute to the well-being of humans. This MOOC will cover scientific (technical), economic, and socio-political dimensions of the concept through...
Offered through Coursera | and created by University of Geneva | Taught by Martin Schlaepfer, Juliet Jane Fall, Anthony Lehmann
New paradigms in wastewater management
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 11 hours estimated
The water cycle is strictly related to the fair and sustainable development of any society. Appropriate technologies and practices are needed for providing clean water and adequate sanitation to citizens worldwide, while facing environmental and societal...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Politecnico di Milano | Taught by Roberto Canziani
Modelling Watershed Processes for Water Resource Management
Water and Global Human HealthCost $160 · . Course Length: 52 hours estimated
Water within the environment is often modelled both to fill-in gaps in data as well as to predict future water quality and quantity. This course brings together the different aspects of the hydrologic cycle and introduces several common watershed modelling...
Offered through edX | and created by QueensX, Queen’s University | Taught by Geoffrey Hall
Environmental Challenges: Scarcity and Conflict in the Natural Environment
Cost $74 · . Course Length: 10 hours estimated
Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more The course is suitable for anyone with a general interest in conflict and environmental decision-making;...
Offered through FutureLearn | and created by University of Leeds | Taught by Carol Elston, Jon Lovett, Leanda Johnson and others
Cybersecurity Policy for Water and Electricity Infrastructures
Homeland Security and CybersecurityRated 4.5★ stars based on | 24 ratings · . Cost $79 · . Course Length: 0 hours estimated
This course will examine the drinking water and electricity infrastructures, and various policies that have been developed to help guide and strengthen their cybersecurity programs. The drinking water and electricity infrastructures are two of fourteen subsectors...
Offered through Coursera | and created by University of Colorado System | Taught by Richard White
International Water Law
Rated 4.8★ stars based on | 17 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 24 hours estimated
In recent decades, international law has undergone a series of major developments in order to accommodate the many new facets of freshwater management and protection. The adoption of universal, regional and basin instruments highlights how important it is to study...
Offered through Coursera | and created by University of Geneva | Taught by Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Makane Moïse Mbengue, Mara Tignino and others
New Zealand Landscape as Culture: Wai (Water)
Cost $50 · . Course Length: 20 hours estimated
In this course, you will learn about New Zealand’s water, or 'wai', and the cultural identities attached to them. We'll explore the lives and identities of Indigenous Māori people who can trace their ancestry to their awa, or river, as well as the European, Pākehā...
Offered through edX | and created by WellingtonX, Victoria University of Wellington | Taught by Lydia Wevers, Maria Bargh
Sustainable Development: The Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 10 hours estimated
This course focuses on sustainable development and global changes - vital issues for humanity. There is specific attention paid to the challenges in developed and developing countries and their transition from unsustainable to sustainable practices. The course is...
Offered through edX | and created by RWTHx, RWTH Aachen University | Taught by Hani Sewilam