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Molle, Francois[Planning and managing water resources at the river-basin level: emergence and evolution of a concept]Planning and managing water resources at the river-basin level: emergence and evolution of a concept

This report presents a discussion among IWMI?s Asian researchers on the strategy for policy research on canal irrigation in India. Poor service delivery, persistence of head-tail inequity, growing gap between irrigation potential created and utilized, shrinking of command area despite growing inv...


Shah, TushaarAnwar, Arif A.Amarasinghe, Upali A.Hoanh, Chu ThaiReddy, Junna MohanMolle, FrancoisMMukherji, AditiPrathapar, Sanmugam A.Suhardiman, DianaQureshi, Asad SarwarWegerich, Kai[Canal irrigation conundrum: applying contingency theory to irrigation system management in India.]Canal irrigation conundrum: applying contingency theory to irrigation system management in India.

In recent years, large-scale agricultural investment projects have increased in sub-Saharan Africa as a result of the growing appetites of local and international investors for land resources. Research has so far mainly focused on land issues, but the water implications of these land deals are st...


Hertzog, T.Adamczewski, A.Molle, FrancoisPoussin, Jean-ChristopeJamin, Jean-Yves[Ostrich-like strategies in Sahelian sands?: land and water grabbing in the Office du Niger, Mali.]Ostrich-like strategies in Sahelian sands?: land and water grabbing in the Office du Niger, Mali.
Molle, FrancoisForan, T.Kakonen, M.[Built Waterscapes: Environmental history and development politics in the Mekong Delta]Built Waterscapes: Environmental history and development politics in the Mekong Delta

This paper presents a historical analysis of the different policy tools used to manage and regulate groundwater abstraction in the Western Mancha aquifer. Without much initial regulation and control, groundwater resources and aquifer levels decreased dramatically, threatening agriculture and also...


Closas, AlvarMolle, FrancoisHernández Mora, N.[Sticks and carrots: managing groundwater overabstraction in La Mancha, Spain]Sticks and carrots: managing groundwater overabstraction in La Mancha, Spain

Aquatic socio-ecological systems show pervasive cross-scale interactions and problems of fit between ecosystems and institutions. Nested bio-hydrological processes within river basins are prone to third-party impacts, and equitable/sustainable management of water resources requires adequate gover...


Molle, FrancoisMamanpoush, A.R.[Scale, governance and the management of river basins: a case study from Central Iran.]Scale, governance and the management of river basins: a case study from Central Iran.

This article provides an institutional analysis of the Mekong River Commission and brings to light the institutional dissonances between regional and national decision-making landscapes in the Lower Mekong Basin. The current scalar disconnect between regional and national decision-making processe...


Suhardiman, DianaGiordano, MarkMolle, Francois[Scalar disconnect: the logic of transboundary water governance in the Mekong.]Scalar disconnect: the logic of transboundary water governance in the Mekong.

Increasing water withdrawals for urban, industrial, and agricultural use have profoundly altered the hydrology of many major rivers worldwide. Coupled with degradation of water quality, low flows have induced severe environmental degradation and water has been rendered unusable by downstream user...


Molle, FrancoisWester, P.Hirsch, P.[River basin closure: processes, implications and responses]River basin closure: processes, implications and responses

The concept of a river basin as a management or planning unit has gone through several stages and is in a state of flux. From its western ''discovery? in the 18th century to its advent as the overriding concept behind European water policy, the river basin has been conjured up and mobilized in ev...


Molle, Francois[River-basin planning and management: the social life of a concept]River-basin planning and management: the social life of a concept

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