different stakeholders [Environmental consequences of agricultural activities on water quality, to include pollution (eutrophication) and irrigation (salinization)]
Detailed examples to illustrate the role of
different stakeholders [Environmental consequences of agricultural activities on water quality, to include pollution (eutrophication) and irrigation (salinization)]
Case study of one internationally shared
water resource and the role of different stakeholders in attempting to find a resolution
Case study of contemporary dam building
expansion in one major drainage basin
Case study of one recent IDBM plan
Case study of the future possibilities for one
wetland area
Food and healt h
One detailed example of a vector-borne
disease
One detailed example of a water-borne
disease What When Where Who Why
One case study of the issues affecting a
famine-stricken country or area
One case study of attempts to tackle food
insecurity
One case study of a contemporary pandemic
and the lessons learned for pandemic management in the future
Ext reme environment s
Detailed examples for illustrative purposes
[How relief, climate, human discomfort, inaccessibility, and remoteness present challenges for human habitation and resource development]
Case study of one cold environment to
illustrate the issues [Human and physical opportunities and challenges for mineral extraction in cold environments, including inaccessibility, permafrost and resource nationalism]
Case study of one arid environment to
illustrate the issues [Human and physical opportunities and challenges for mineral extraction in arid environments, including inaccessibility and climatic and political factors]
Detailed examples illustrating the
involvement of local and global stakeholders [Opportunities and challenges for tourism in extreme environments]
One case study illustrating the human and
physical dimensions of desertification
One case study to highlight the issues
[Increasing competition for access to resources in extreme environments, including the role of indigenous groups, civil society organizations, transnational corporations (TNCs) and militia groups]