Improved Planning of Large Dam Operation: Using Decision Support Systems to Optimize
Livelihood Benefits, Safeguard Health and Protect the Environment. This project was undertaken
with the aim of providing information to assist policy-makers, water resource managers and other
interested stakehold...
McCartney, Matthew P.
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[Improved planning of large dam operation: Using decision support systems to optimize livelihood benefits, safeguard health and protect the environment]
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Improved planning of large dam operation: Using decision support systems to optimize livelihood benefits, safeguard health and protect the environment
Chuma, Edward
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Masiyandima, Mutsa
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Finlayson, C. Max
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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Jogo, Wellington
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[Guideline for sustainable wetland management and utilization: Key cornerstones]
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Guideline for sustainable wetland management and utilization: Key cornerstones
Water resource development has played a significant role in the expansion of agriculture and industry in the Olifants River Catchment. However, currently water deficit is one of the major constraints hampering development in the catchment; both the mining and agricultural sectors are producing be...
McCartney, Matthew P.
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Arranz, Roberto
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[Evaluation of historic, current and future water demand in the Olifants River Catchment, South Africa]
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Evaluation of historic, current and future water demand in the Olifants River Catchment, South Africa
In recent years, great emphasis has been placed on the need to improve the management of the environmental and social impacts of large dams. This is particularly important in the Mekong River Basin where the construction of a large number of new dams are planned and yet a large proportion of the ...
McCartney, Matthew P.
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Lacombe, Guillaume
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[Review of water resource and reservoir planning models for use in the Mekong. [Report of the IWMI-CPWF Mekong (MK1) Project on Optimizing Reservoir Management for Livelihoods]]
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Review of water resource and reservoir planning models for use in the Mekong. [Report of the IWMI-CPWF Mekong (MK1) Project on Optimizing Reservoir Management for Livelihoods]
This report analyses environmental and health impacts arising from agricultural water development in Sub-Saharan Africa and recommends ways to increase the sustainability of investments in irrigation by taking into account health and environmental concerns. In many places in the region irrigation...
McCartney, Matthew P.
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Boelee, Eline
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Cofie, Olufunke O.
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Amerasinghe, Felix P.
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Mutero, Clifford M.
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[Agricultural water development in Sub-Saharan Africa: planning and management to improve the benefits and reduce the environmental and health costs]
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Agricultural water development in Sub-Saharan Africa: planning and management to improve the benefits and reduce the environmental and health costs
This report presents the findings of a study to assess changes to flows into, and downstream of, the Usangu Wetlands, located in the headwaters of the Great Ruaha River, Tanzania. Hydrological data, in conjunction with remote sensing techniques, were used to provide insights into changes that hav...
Kashaigili, J.J.
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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Mahoo, H.F.
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Lankford, B.A.
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Mbilinyi, B.P.
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Yawson, Daniel K.
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Tumbo, S.D.
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[Use of a hydrological model for environmental management of the Usangu Wetlands, Tanzania]
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Use of a hydrological model for environmental management of the Usangu Wetlands, Tanzania
By affecting evapotranspiration and influencing how water is routed and stored in a basin, forests, wetlands and floodplains play a crucial role in the hydrological cycle. Although they are widely attributed a major role in regulating flows (i.e., both attenuating floods and maintaining flow duri...
McCartney, Matthew P.
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Xueliang Cai
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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[Evaluating the flow regulating functions of natural ecosystems in the Zambezi River Basin]
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Evaluating the flow regulating functions of natural ecosystems in the Zambezi River Basin
McCartney, Matthew P.
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Pavelic, Paul
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Lacombe, Guillaume
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Latt, K.
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Zan, A.K.
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Thein, K.
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Douangsavanh, Somphasith
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Balasubramanya, Soumya
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Rajah, Ameer
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Myint, A.
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Cho, C.
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Johnston, Robyn M.
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Sotoukee, Touleelor
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[Water resources assessment of the dry zone of Myanmar: final report for component 1. [Project report of the Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) Dry Zone Program]]
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Water resources assessment of the dry zone of Myanmar: final report for component 1. [Project report of the Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) Dry Zone Program]
In the face of growing water stress and increasing concerns over the sustainability of water use, Tanzania has, in common with many other countries in Africa, focused largely on the development of more integrated catchment-wide approaches to water management. In the Great Ruaha River Basin, consi...
McCartney, Matthew P.
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Lankford, B.A.
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Mahoo, H.
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[Agricultural water management in a water stressed catchment: lessons from the RIPARWIN Project]
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Agricultural water management in a water stressed catchment: lessons from the RIPARWIN Project
In many places, growing population, in conjunction with efforts to increase food security, is escalating pressure to expand agriculture within wetlands. The environmental impact of wetland agriculture can have profound social and economic repercussions for people dependent on ecosystem services o...