Availability of reliable, timely and accurate rainfall data is constraining the establishment of flood forecasting and early warning systems in many parts of Africa. We evaluated the potential of satellite and weather forecast data as input to a parsimonious flood forecasting model to provide inf...
Haile, Alemseged Tamiru
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Tefera, F.T.
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Rientjes, T.H.M.
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[Flood forecasting in Niger-Benue basin using satellite and quantitative precipitation forecast data]
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Flood forecasting in Niger-Benue basin using satellite and quantitative precipitation forecast data
Land-use and land-cover changes are driving unprecedented changes in ecosystems and environmental processes at different scales. This study was aimed at identifying the potential land-use drivers in the Jedeb catchment of the Abbay basin by combining statistical analysis, field investigation and ...
Yalew, S.G.
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Mul, Marloes L.
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Griensven, Ann van
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Teferi, E.
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Priess, J.
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Schweitzer, C.
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Zaag, P. van der
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[Land-use change modelling in the Upper Blue Nile Basin]
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Land-use change modelling in the Upper Blue Nile Basin
Shah, Tushaar
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[Canal irrigation performance and impacts: applying contingency theory to irrigation management in India]
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Canal irrigation performance and impacts: applying contingency theory to irrigation management in India
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. van
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Mehta, L.
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[Whose waters? large-scale agricultural development and water grabbing in the Wami-Ruvu River Basin, Tanzania]
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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.
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Jeuland, M.
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Bharati, Luna
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Pandey, Vishnu Prasad
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[The role of hydropower in visions of water resources development for rivers of western Nepal]
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The role of hydropower in visions of water resources development for rivers of western Nepal
Basin-wide planning requires tools and strategies that allow comparison of alternative pathways and priorities at relevant spatial and temporal scales. In this paper, we apply a hydroeconomic model–the Western Nepal Energy Water Model–that better accounts for feedbacks between water and energy ma...
Pakhtigian, E.L.
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Jeuland, M.
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Dhaubanjar, Sanita
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Pandey, Vishnu Prasad
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[Balancing intersectoral demands in basin-scale planning: the case of Nepal’s western river basins]
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Balancing intersectoral demands in basin-scale planning: the case of Nepal’s western river basins
Shah, M.
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[Reforming India’s water governance to meet 21st century challenges: practical pathways to realizing the vision of the Mihir Shah Committee]
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Reforming India’s water governance to meet 21st century challenges: practical pathways to realizing the vision of the Mihir Shah Committee
The Indus Basin Irrigation System suffers significant inequity in access to surface water across its millions of users. Information, i.e., monitoring and reporting of water availability, may be of value in improving conditions across the basin, and we investigated this via an experimental game of...
Shah, M.Azeem A.
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Anwar, Arif A.
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Ringler, Claudia
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[What role can information play in improved equity in Pakistan’s irrigation system?: evidence from an experimental game in Punjab]
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What role can information play in improved equity in Pakistan’s irrigation system?: evidence from an experimental game in Punjab
flow and the benefits derived from both built and natural infrastructure. The results provide initial perspectives not just on the monetary values of a number of ecosystem services (and how they change as flows vary and are altered by large dams) but also, importantly, aspects of equity and socia...
McCartney, Matthew P.
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Foudi, S.
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Muthuwatta, Lal
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Sood, Aditya
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Simons, G.
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Hunink, J.
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Vercruysse, K.
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Omuombo, C.
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[Quantifying the services of natural and built infrastructure in the context of climate change: the case of the Tana River Basin, Kenya]
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Quantifying the services of natural and built infrastructure in the context of climate change: the case of the Tana River Basin, Kenya
The Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) water and energy sectors are under increasing pressure due to population growth and agricultural and industrial development. Climate change is also negatively impacting on the region’s water and energy resources. As the majority of SADC’s popula...
Mabhaudhi, T.
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Mpandeli, S.
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Madhlopa, A.
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Modi, A.T.
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Backeberg, G.
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Nhamo, Luxon
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[Southern Africa’s water-energy nexus: towards regional integration and development]
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Southern Africa’s water-energy nexus: towards regional integration and development