Hybridization of ‘green’ and engineered infrastructure, informed by protecting or restoring catchment processes, can resolve interconnected demands on catchment ecosystems, potentially also reversing historic degradation ...

Water is a strategic resource for agricultural development, particularly in the arid and semiarid regions of central and northern Chile. Currently, irrigated surfaces contribute between 60 and 65% of the country's agricultural ...

This introductory chapter presents an overview of thw work presend in this thesis. We initially discuss the global water and introduce the concept of integrated Water Resource Management.