Land and Water Management
Module in cooperation with the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO) and the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (BBAW)
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Teachers
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Dr. Insa Theesfeld (co-ordinator)
Christian Schleyer
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Tutor
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Max Langner
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Precondition
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Active participation
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Participation in the Watergame and excursion to BVVG
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Group homework presentation in class (pp or poster)
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Location
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Philippstraße 13, House 12, Seminar Room 2.01
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Start
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April 13, 2012 |
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Time
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13 April
09.00-12.30h
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Intro & Land Management
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20 April
09.00-12.30h
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Land Management
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27 April
09.00-12.30h
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Water Management
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04 May
09.00-12.30h
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Land Management
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11 May
09.00-12.30h
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Land Management
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18 May
09.00-12.30h
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Water Management
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25 May
09.00-12.30h
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Water Management
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08 June
09.00-10.30h
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Water Management
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15 June
09.30-15.45h
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Exkursion to BVVG
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22 June
09.00-12.30h
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Water Management
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29 June
8.30-13.30h
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The Water Game
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06 July
09.00-12.30h
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Land Management
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13 July
09.00-12.30h
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Water Management
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Courses online
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http://moodle.hu-berlin.de/
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Objective
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The students are expected to acquire knowledge in the following areas:
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Knowledge in social, cultural and institutional factors that affect/ or are affected by land and water use.
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Understanding the challenge and the need to integrate ecological systems with social systems.
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First insights into methodologies to analyse land and water resource systems from a economic and institutional perspective
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Basic knowledge of theoretical concepts explaining land and water management.
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Understanding policy instruments, institutions and governance structures in the land and water sector.
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Contents
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Basics of scientific writing and practices in presentation techniques
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Teamwork
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Land registration systems
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Methods of land taxation and its impact of land markets
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Characteristics of resource, resource systems, transactions related to nature and resource infrastructure
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Property rights (e.g. land and water rights) and governance structures (e.g. cadastre, water markets)
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Hands on experience with experts from the BVVG and GIZ
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Public-, private-, and common property regimes and the “tragedy” of open access
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Impact of technology on governance and management of water
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World wide irrigation and drainage systems
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Irrigation and drainage service provision in large-scale public irrigation systems and in small-scale farmer-governed managed schemes
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Environmental issues associated with land and water management (e.g. salinization, pollution, erosion)
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Politics of irrigation reform and land reform in developing countries and countries in transition.
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Methods
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Lectures and seminars, planning games, papers and presentations
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Examination
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Group homework paper (50%)
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Written Exam (50%)
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Desireable requirements
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"Institutional Economics and Political Economy I - Basics and application" and "Environmental and Resource Economics II - Evaluation and instruments" or equivalent
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Course Description
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Handout 2012
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