Bart Hilhorst – Forward thinking in natural resources management

Forward thinking in natural resources management
a blog by Bart Hilhorst

Bart Hilhorst – Forward thinking in natural resources management

Forward thinking in natural resources management
a blog by Bart Hilhorst
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  • A new tool for the hydrometric toolbox: monitoring river discharge from space
  • Case study: rating curve for Momba hydrometric station
  • The landscape test
  • Reciprocal permits—a tool to achieve water security at scale
  • Frameshift in Water Resources Management

Bart Hilhorst has over twenty-five years of experience in land and water resources management, with a focus on forward thinking in natural resources development and use.

Contact him at: hilhorst@fireflybay.com

 

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A new tool for the hydrometric toolbox: monitoring river discharge from space

The hydrometric toolbox The hydrometric toolbox comprises a set of methodologies to…
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Case study: rating curve for Momba hydrometric station

Developing rating curves is a recurrent theme on this blog. The rating…
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The landscape test

The food polycrisis In a New York Times article on 28 July…
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Reciprocal permits—a tool to achieve water security at scale

The water security principles for most rural catchments are straightforward: catch rainfall,…
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Frameshift in Water Resources Management

Peter Drucker asserted that “doing the right thing is more important than…
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A three-point checkup for WRM interventions

The contextual environment A previous post on this blog sketched the contextual…
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Developing rating curves: the “hydraulic approach” versus complex statistical methods (for hydrographers only)

Researchers continue to investigate new methods to develop better rating curves. Examples…
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The WRM context

This post will start with two observations from a recent blog post…
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“Green is the new Blue”—increasing the productivity of rainfall

In an article in the Guardian on 4 March 2024, George Monbiot—an…
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The permaculture principles – alias the permaculture heuristic

One of the principal themes of this blog is how to manage…
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