Planning and modelling

Poverty, water and gender in Cambodia

Project / This project will create a poverty framework for the Stung Chinit basin and incorporate it into a water resources model.

Managing water amidst urban sprawl and climate change in Can Tho City

Feature / Can Tho City, the biggest city in the Mekong River Delta, Vietnam, is facing substantial water and climate change challenges.

Basin-scale impacts of hydropower development on the Mompós Depression wetlands, Colombia

Journal article / This study examines how the continued development of hydroelectric dams could affect one of the largest wetland systems in South America.

Change story: Addressing a growing water crisis in Bolivia

Feature / Bolivia faces a deepening water crisis. SEI helped plan for the future by creating the first-ever comprehensive model of Bolivia’s rivers, lakes and streams.

Create expert water models more easily with new version of WEAP

Feature / A major update to SEI’s flagship water modelling tool enables policy-makers and researchers to more easily determine watershed boundaries and river pathways.

COASTAL

Project / COASTAL (Collaborative lAnd Sea inTegration pLatform) improves coastal-rural synergy to foster rural and coastal development while preserving the environment.

A new program helps Laos navigate its hydropower boom

Feature / As hydropower transforms Laos, SEI and USAID launch a program to provide the country with the tools for long-term energy planning.

Analysis of optimal thresholds for identification of open water using MODIS-derived spectral indices for two coastal wetland systems in Mexico

Journal article / This paper discusses remote sensing based approaches for mapping open water surfaces using MODIS data.

Climate change mitigation consultancy: final report

Other publication / This report analyzes GHG mitigation opportunities in the energy, forestry, waste, transport, and buildings sectors in Jamaica.