50+ év vízgazdálkodása és vízgarázdálkodása, nemzetközi nagy folyók példáin:

János Bogárdi

doi:10.59258/hk.12330

Bogárdi János Institute of Advanced Studies (iASK), Chernel utca 14, Köszeg, 9730, Hungary https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4755-9015

Abstract

The present paper is the written version of the lecture of János Bogárdi delivered on his inauguration as honorary member of the Hungarian Hydrological Society It reviews the most pressing challenges – both social and water-related – humanity is facing at present. Using this perspective and referring to the ever-changing societal demands and value systems examples from seven large transboundary basins (Rhine, Danube, Volga, Aral Sea, Mekong, Nile, and Zambezi) are analysed for their historical water management and mismanagement. Further threats and opportunities associated with recent development and environmental change trajectories are reviewed. Finally, the third part of the paper summarizes the questionnaire-based investigations by the Global Catchment Initiative of the Global Water System Project which highlights the discrepancies between the international discourse and implementation realities of methods and issues concerning the management of large river basins. Some conclusions and recommendations made concerning dealing with and remedying the discrepancies between the international discourse and the future of sustainable water resources management.

Author Biography

Bogárdi János, Institute of Advanced Studies (iASK), Chernel utca 14, Köszeg, 9730, Hungary

János Bogárdi graduated from the Budapest University of Technology as civil engineer in 1969. In 1971, he obtained a postgraduate diploma in hydrology at the University of Padua (Italy). He earned his doctorate in engineering (Dr.-Ing.) at the University of Karlsruhe in Germany in 1979. He worked as an assistant at the Budapest University of Technology, Department of Water Management (1969-1971) and then at the University of Karlsruhe (1974-1979), where he was also a senior research associate between 1980-1983. He acted as a consultant for several years in Germany and Africa (between 1971-1973 and 1983-1985). Between 1985 and 1988, he was an associate professor at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT, Thailand). Between 1989 and 1995, he was chair professor at the University of Agriculture in Wageningen. From 1995 to 2003, he was a senior programme specialist of UNESCO in Paris and serving head of the Sustainable Water Management Section within the Division of Water Sciences. Between 2003 and 2009, he was the founding director of the Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) of the UN University in Bonn. Between 2007 and 2009, he was also ad interim the European Vice-Rector of UNU. From 2009 to 2012, he was the executive director of the international Global Water System Project (GWSP) within the Development Research Center (ZEF) of the University of Bonn. Since 2004, he has been a co-opted professor at the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Bonn. Since 2012, he has been a senior fellow of ZEF. Since 2016, he has been a distinguished visiting professor at AIT. Since 2017, he has been a scientific advisor at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Kőszeg (iASK), and from 2022 he is an honorary guest professor at the Universidad Autonóma del Estado de Hidalgo (UAEH) in Mexico. Author or co-author of more than 200 scientific publications. Awarded by several universities, mainly in Central Europe. Honorary Doctor (Dr.h.c.) of the Warsaw University of Agriculture (1996), Budapest University of Technology (1997) and Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering. In 2008, he won the Cannes International Water Prize (Grand Prix des Lumières de l'Eau). In 2019 he received the golden diploma of Budapest University of Technology. Member of the editorial board of the Hungarian Journal of Hydrology (until 2022) and foreign honorary member of the Hungarian Hydrological Society since 2017.

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50+ years of water management and mismanagement, examples of international large rivers

The summary of the of János Bogárdi'lecture delivered on his inauguration as honorary member of the Hungarian Hydrological Society

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Author Biography

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