The price of water

Global water resources assessment using dynamic optimisation

Project period: 01.03.2007 - 28.02.2010

The aim of this project is to assess global water resources, analyse future competition over water use and, based on this, develop recommendations for political measures that target sustainable water use.
To achieve this, the project will develop a model framework that incorporates hydrological processes plus the conditions that determine water availability and use into an economic optimisation model. This model will then be used to analyse how land use and water resources are affected in global scenarios for future economic development and climate change. Adaptation responses - such as increased efficiency and changes in the demand for food production or energy production - will also be taken into account.