Water Security

Co-Director: Richard Taylor, Department of Geography

Population growth, rising consumption and climate change greatly complicate management of the world's freshwater resources. Improving access to safe water and sanitation remains a fundamental task in alleviating poverty and supporting human well-being. Increasing freshwater withdrawals and pollution together with changing spatial and temporal patterns of precipitation, and rising temperatures associated with climate change affect freshwater ecosystems and the environmental services that they provide. UCL researchers are working to develop new knowledge and tools to assess and develop solutions to the pressing global problems of water security across a range of disciplines.

Water Theme: News & Events

Members

Faculty & Senior Research Fellows

Tim Atkinson, Department of Earth Sciences and Geography (cross appointed)
Sarah Bell, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (Co-Chair)
Willy Burgess, Department of Earth Sciences
Luiza Campos, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
Antony Costello, Institute of Global Health
Richard Chandler, Department of Statistical Science
Julien Harou, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
Martin Kernan, Department of Geography
John McArthur, Department of Earth Sciences
Ben Page, Department of Geography
Carl Sayer, Department of Geography
Richard Taylor, Department of Geography (Co-Chair)
Caroline Garaway, Department of Anthropology
Julian Thompson, Department of Geography

Research Units and Groups

Environmental Change Research Centre
London Arsenic Group
Wetland Research Unit

Post-Doctoral Researchers

Chiara Ambrosino, Department of Statistical Science
Megan French, Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction
Mohammad Hoque, Department of Earth Sciences
Mohammad Shamsudduha, Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction

PhD Students

Isabel Bishop, Department of Geography
Hannah Clilverd, Department of Geography
Jeff Davies, Department of Earth Sciences
Mike Davis, Department of Earth Sciences
Arnaud Duranel, Department of Geography
Elizabeth Gardner, Department of Geography
Helen Greaves, Department of Geography
Amanda Green, Department of Geography
Andrew House, Department of Geography
Dan Lapworth, Department of Geography
Luke Mitchell, Department of Geography
Gemma Russell, Department of Earth Sciences
Charlie Stratford, Department of Geography
Paul Sutherland, Department of Earth Sciences
Michel Wortman, Department of Geography


MSc Programmes

Aquatic Science
Civil Engineering
Climate Change
Environmental Mapping
Environmental Modelling
Environment, Science and Society
Environmental Systems Engineering
Geoscience
Hydrographic Surveying
Risk and Disaster Reduction
Statistics

Contact Details

Email: Richard Taylor / Sarah Bell


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