Water cycle and climate (WCC)
Security of water resources (floods, droughts, water scarcity, water usage, water quality, water-ecosystem interactions, water-climate interactions etc.) is emerging as one of the key problems of the 21st century. The UN Millennium Declaration called upon all members of the UN “to stop the unsustainable exploitation of water resource by developing water management strategies at the regional, national and local levels which promote both equitable access and adequate supplies”. Improving water management can make a significant contribution to achieving most of the Millennium Development Goals established by the UN General Assembly in 2000, in particular those with regard to poverty, hunger, child mortality, maternal mortality and major diseases.
| Research theme | Water Cycle and Climate (WCC) |
| Research group leader | Prof. Dr. Z. (Bob) Su, Prof. Dr. Ing. W. Verhoef |
| Keywords | Water cycle, quantitative earth observation, field experiment, modeling and data assimilation, water management, ecosystem, climate |
| ITC theme code | 3 350 020 |
WCC - Annual report 2008 (402 kB)