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Global Reservoir and Dam (GRanD) Database - Project Summary, July 2008
Despite their importance, global data sets describing the characteristics and geographical distribution of reservoirs and dams worldwide are notoriously incomplete.
In 2006, the Global Water System Project (GWSP) initiated an international effort to collate the existing dam and reservoir data sets with the aim to provide a single, reliable database for the scientific community.
The Digital Water Atlas
The GWSP Digital Water Atlas was launched on 21 February 2008 and is now available at atlas.gwsp.org. The Atlas currently contains 50 global maps and datasets on water-related topics and more than 100 links to other data and information sources. Comments and contributions are highly welcomed through the Atlas website.
GWSP - LOICZ Collaboration
The aim of this activity is to develop joint activities in order to promote joint research on global change and the global estuarine environment. Potential areas of cooperation are:
Comparing Governance of freshwater and coastal systems
Improving scientific understanding of saltwater intrusion on coastal processes
Assessing the impact of river diversions and climate change on coastal processes
Analyzing the impact of land use change, in particular mega-city growth, on coastal processes
Identifying and comparing environmental flows of freshwater and estuarine systems
Characterizing large-scale nutrient cycles
World Water Balance
Objectives of the first harmonized comparison of world water balance estimates from different research communities (world water modelers, climate modelers, global water use researchers):
identify the range of estimates of the world's water balance
explain the differences in these estimates
promote further cooperative research on the world's water balance
For further information on the GWSP activities please contact the International Project Office.
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