With increasing pressures from global changes (urbanization, climate change, etc.), cities in Africa will experience difficulties in efficiently managing water resources. Most of the urbanization in Africa over the next 30 years will occur in fast-growing small towns that lack mature infrastructu...
Bahri, A.
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Brikke, F.
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Vairavamoorthy, Kalanithy
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[Managing change to implement integrated urban water management in African cities]
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Managing change to implement integrated urban water management in African cities
Water security has become the new buzzword for water and development programmes in the rural South. The concept has potential to focus policymakers and practitioners on the inequalities and injustices that lie behind lack of access to affordable, safe, and clean water. The concept of women’s empo...
Leder, Stephanie
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Clement, Floriane
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Karki, Emma
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[Reframing women’s empowerment in water security programmes in western Nepal]
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Reframing women’s empowerment in water security programmes in western Nepal
Study region: Kathmandu Valley, Capital city of Nepal.
Study focus: This study applied three hydrological models (i.e., SWAT, HBV, and BTOPMC) to analyze the water balance components and their temporal and seasonal variations in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. The water balance components were inves...
Thapa, B.R.
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Ishidaira, H.
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Pandey, Vishnu Prasad
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Shakya, N.M.
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[A multi-model approach for analyzing water balance dynamics in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal]
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A multi-model approach for analyzing water balance dynamics in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Southern Africa faces acute water scarcity challenges due to drought recurrence, degradation of surface water resources, and the increasing demand of water from agriculture, which has to meet the growing food demands of an increasing population. These stressors require innovative solutions that e...
Matchaya, Greenwell C.
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Nhamo, Luxon
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Nhlengethwa, Sibusiso
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Nhemachena, Charles
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[An overview of water markets in southern Africa: an option for water management in times of scarcity]
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An overview of water markets in southern Africa: an option for water management in times of scarcity
Water storage is crucial for water security (WS) in countries with monsoon-driven climates. Tanks significantly contribute to WS by augmenting water supply to agricultural production in parts of south and Southeast Asia. The present paper assesses the potential locations of small tanks for rehabi...
Anand, S.
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Kakumanu, K.R.
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Amarasinghe, Upali A.
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[Use of remote sensing and GIS for identifying tanks and rehabilitation benefits to the rural areas]
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Use of remote sensing and GIS for identifying tanks and rehabilitation benefits to the rural areas
Achieving water security has emerged as a major objective in Africa, yet an analytical or diagnostic framework for assessing water security in African countries is not known to exist. This paper applies one key dimension of the 2016 Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Asian Water Development Outlook (...
Holmatov, Bunyod
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Lautze, Jonathan
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Manthrithilake, Herath
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Makin, Ian
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[Water security for productive economies: applying an assessment framework in southern Africa]
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Water security for productive economies: applying an assessment framework in southern Africa
The resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 25 September 2015 is symptomatic of the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus. It postulates goals and related targets for 2030 that include (1) End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agricu...
Ringler, Claudia
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Willenbockel, Dirk
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Pérez, Nicostrato D.
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Rosegrant, Mark W.
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Zhu, Tingju
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Matthews, Nathaniel
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[Global linkages among energy, food and water: an economic assessment]
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Global linkages among energy, food and water: an economic assessment
The attainment of food and water security rank high on the agendas of governments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Although the objectives are similar, the underlying drivers, resource endowments and opportunities for achieving them are different. Di...
Williams, Timothy O.
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[Reconciling food and water security objectives of MENA [Middle East and North Africa] and sub-Saharan Africa: is there a role for large-scale agricultural investments?]
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Reconciling food and water security objectives of MENA [Middle East and North Africa] and sub-Saharan Africa: is there a role for large-scale agricultural investments?
In countries with transitional economies such as those found in South Asia, large-scale irrigation systems (LSIS) with a history of public ownership account for about 115 million ha (Mha) or approximately 45% of their total area under irrigation. In terms of the global area of irrigation (320 Mha...
Lankford, B.A.
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Makin, Ian W.
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Matthews, Nathaniel
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McCornick, Peter G.
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Noble, A.D.
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Shah, Tushaar
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[A compact to revitalise large-scale irrigation systems using a leadership-partnership-ownership 'Theory of Change']
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A compact to revitalise large-scale irrigation systems using a leadership-partnership-ownership 'Theory of Change'
The attainment of food and water security rank high on the agendas of governments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Although the objectives are similar, the underlying drivers, resource endowments and opportunities for achieving them are different. Di...
Williams, Timothy O.
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[Reconciling food and water security objectives of MENA [Middle East and North Africa] and sub-Saharan Africa: is there a role for large-scale agricultural investments?]
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Reconciling food and water security objectives of MENA [Middle East and North Africa] and sub-Saharan Africa: is there a role for large-scale agricultural investments?