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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Water Resources Management and Policy by University of Geneva

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About the Course

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 MOOC is to develop an understanding of the problems related to water management. Firstly, this course will define a resource and, more specifically, the resource of water. It will look at how water is used and the activities associated with it as well as any potential conflicts. The course will look at water management in detail through the analysis of the different types of rights and obligations associated with, for example, the development of a multi-sectorial regulation system or a watershed management approach. By the end of this course, our aim is to enable you to: 1) Identify the main issues and strategies linked to water resource management 2) Acquire the key reading material needed to understand the many variables (environmental, institutional and political) which affect water and which, in terms of management, may require adjustment. This course was developed by the Geneva Water Hub. Alongside researchers from the University of Geneva from a range of faculties, researchers from other universities and research centres will be involved in this course. Practitioners who deal daily with the political dimension of water management will also input into the course. This MOOC is designed for all those interested in the water sector. Prior training is not necessary to follow our program. The findings presented in this course can be easily reapplied to different contexts and to different scales of analysis. This MOOC is supported by the Geneva Water Hub and the University of Geneva along with the MOOC in « Ecosystem Services: a Method for Sustainable Development » (www.coursera.org/learn/ecosystem-services) and the one in "International Water Law" (www.coursera.org/learn/droit-eau). This course is funded by the Global Programme Water Initiatives of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). This course is also available in French : www.coursera.org/learn/gestion-eau...

Top reviews

CO

Oct 2, 2020

This course presents complex and hard to understand concepts of water resource management in a very subtle and precise way thus suitable for all learners from all backgrounds and learning levels.

HK

Apr 25, 2023

i have gained alot out of the course, is there a statement of accomplishment for this course? thank you very much for the knowledge gained, i am looking forward to participate in other courses.

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By Paolo C

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Feb 17, 2020

some additional information, and actual links to more in depth topics would be a nice addition to the course.

By Cécile C M G

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Dec 6, 2018

A bit boring in the point in the course but it s nice to see a diversity in the lecturers

By Maurits B

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May 7, 2017

Good course, but the french language makes it more difficult to stay focussed

By Arif H

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Aug 26, 2020

Please also provides lectures in English.

By Pietro S A

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Oct 2, 2020

It should be better directly in english.

By Karen K

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Oct 21, 2023

Did not find the information in the course helpful. Perhaps it was the translation, but the information was not very concrete.

By Folke K

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Dec 30, 2019

Hard to follow because it was not in english

By Kaveh M

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Apr 23, 2017

It is a poor course because is not properly designed for internationals. Language is mainly French in slides and subtitle is not that helpful.

Instead of spending time outside to read the notes, it was better to prepare helpful slides for students to understand better what you are talking about.

By lauren m

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Sep 27, 2020

The translations to english in this course are very poor and make it very difficult to understand the content. I would not recommend this course until they have improved the translation.

By dinesh p

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Apr 18, 2021

i want to unenroll this course from my dashboard, how to do that.

I did unrolled but still i can see.

By Vamsi n B

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Feb 17, 2021

I completed my course but I didn't received my certificate

By Anthony L

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May 27, 2017

Lectures lack clear structure.

By Albert B F

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Oct 13, 2017

quite boring