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Autor: Wadley, R.L.

The history of internal territorialization in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, reveals the interplay between state and local concepts of territory. Both colonial and national authorities sought to divide natural resources and ethnic groups through boundary making, and local peoples have accomodated an...


Wadley, R.L.[Lines in the forest: internal territorialization and local accomodation in West Kalimantan, Indonesia (1865-1979)]Lines in the forest: internal territorialization and local accomodation in West Kalimantan, Indonesia (1865-1979)

This paper draws together evidence from a number of studies on the impacts of natural resource devolution policies in several Asian and southern African countries from the perspective of local people. Devolution outcomes are assessed in terms of who has greater benefits and decision-making author...


Shackleton, S.Campbell, Bruce M.Wollenberg, Eva K.Edmunds, D.[Devolution and community-based natural resource management: creating space for local people to participate and benefit?]Devolution and community-based natural resource management: creating space for local people to participate and benefit?

Given the need for transformative changes towards more sustainable, integrated management of water, energy and food systems, the water-energy-food nexus concept seems highly relevant. However, while intuitively compelling, the nexus has also been criticized for abstracting and thereby dis-embeddi...


Stein, C.Pahl-Wostl, ClaudiaBarron, Jennie[Towards a relational understanding of the water-energy-food nexus: an analysis of embeddedness and governance in the upper blue Nile region of Ethiopia]Towards a relational understanding of the water-energy-food nexus: an analysis of embeddedness and governance in the upper blue Nile region of Ethiopia

We examine the patterns and characteristics of private investment in Laos, and how these evolve in relation to the Lao government's investment incentive policies in particular, and the wider State policies in general. Our goals are to: (1) systematically describe and analyze the patterns and char...


Keovilignavong, OulavanhSuhardiman, Diana[Characterizing private investments and implications for poverty reduction and natural resource management in Laos]Characterizing private investments and implications for poverty reduction and natural resource management in Laos

Motivation: Proper management of fecal sludge has significant positive health and environmental externalities. Most research on managing onsite sanitation so far either simulates the costs of, or the welfare effects from, managing sludge in situ in pit latrines. Thus, designing management strateg...


Balasubramanya, SoumyaEvans, B.Hardy, R.Ahmed, R.Habib, A.Asad, N.S.M.Rahman, M.Hasan, H.Dey, D.Fletcher, J.Camargo-Valero, M.A.[Towards sustainable sanitation management: Establishing the costs and willingness to pay for emptying and transporting sludge in rural districts with high rates of access to latrines]Towards sustainable sanitation management: Establishing the costs and willingness to pay for emptying and transporting sludge in rural districts with high rates of access to latrines

Smallholder irrigation expansion would signi cantly increase agricultural production, and reduce food insecurity and poverty levels in East Africa. This paper reviews literature on trends, constraints and opportunities of smallholder irrigation in four East African countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Tan...


Nakawuka, ProssieLangan, S.Schmitter, PetraBarron, Jennie[A review of trends, constraints and opportunities of smallholder irrigation in East Africa]A review of trends, constraints and opportunities of smallholder irrigation in East Africa

The study analyses dis-adoption of biogas technologies in Central Uganda. Biogas technology makes use of livestock waste, crop material and food waste to produce a flammable gas that can be used for cooking and lighting. Use of biogas technology has multiple benefits for the households since it r...


Lwiza, F.Mugisha, J.Walekhwa, P.N.Smith, J.Balana, Bedru B.[Dis-adoption of household biogas technologies in Central Uganda]Dis-adoption of household biogas technologies in Central Uganda

Safe emptying and disposal of fecal sludge from pit latrines in rural areas has become a priority for the Government of Bangladesh. In this paper, we calculate the volume and characterize the hazards of managing sludge to identify technologies for safely emptying rural single pits. In Bhaluka sub...


Balasubramanya, SoumyaEvans, B.Ahmed, R.Habib, A.Asad, N.S.M.Vuong, L.Rahman, M.Hasan, M.Dey, D.Camargo-Valero, M.A.[Pump it up: making single-pit emptying safer in rural Bangladesh]Pump it up: making single-pit emptying safer in rural Bangladesh

In Tanzania like in other parts of the global South, in the name of 'development' and 'poverty eradication' vast tracts of land have been earmarked by the government to be developed by investors for different commercial agricultural projects, giving rise to the contested land grab phenomenon. In ...


Eeden, A. vanMehta, L.Koppen, Barbara C.M. van[Whose waters? large-scale agricultural development and water grabbing in the Wami-Ruvu River Basin, Tanzania]Whose waters? large-scale agricultural development and water grabbing in the Wami-Ruvu River Basin, Tanzania

Water resources can play significant roles in development pathways for water-endowed, low-income countries like Nepal. This article describes three visions for water resource development in the Karnali and Mahakali Basins of Western Nepal: state-led development, demand-driven development and pres...


Pakhtigian, E.L.Jeuland, M.Bharati, LunaPandey, Vishnu Prasad[The role of hydropower in visions of water resources development for rivers of western Nepal]The role of hydropower in visions of water resources development for rivers of western Nepal

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