Reference no: EM13884630 , Length: 4000 Words

Choose an International River Basin to study,This assignment will require significant independent research using available sources.

Demonstrate your understanding of river basin contexts and your ability to analyse the different pressures and drivers at the river basin level.

1. Introduction

i) Map of the Euphrates River

FINDINGS 

2. Relevant uses, and users of water throughout the Euphrates River basin

i) Uses and users of water in the Euphrates River Basin

ii) The resulting pressure on the basin

3. Environmental conditions in the basin

i) Areas of environmental degradation, dependencies and protected areas

ii) Flood and draught risk areas- and the management issues/constraints/solutions

iii) Impact of large dams or infrastructure

iv) Management measures in place or proposed

v) Environmental flow assessment - and their outcome

vi) Analysis of the different environmental constraints in the Euphrates basin

4. Trans-boundary issues and pleasure on the basin

i) The upstream/downstream considerations that exist

ii) power holders in the basin and the reasons

iii) The legal instruments that control the use of the water in the basin, how this reflects the power distribution in the basin and how do the different countries use these instruments?

5. Conclusion