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Sakthivadivel, R.Shah, M.[Will Kudimaramathu make communities think tanks again?: a study of tanks in transit, coping mechanism of communities and government action]Will Kudimaramathu make communities think tanks again?: a study of tanks in transit, coping mechanism of communities and government action

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.Brikke, F.Vairavamoorthy, Kalanithy[Managing change to implement integrated urban water management in African cities]Managing change to implement integrated urban water management in African cities

This article discusses ways in which the South African Government and grassroots organizations envisage and implement democracy achieved since 1994 in the eld of water resources management. The focus is on the democratic, political and economic freedom and equality in resource rights for poor bl...


Schreiner, B.Mohapi, N.Koppen, Barbara C.M. van[Washing away poverty: water, democracy and gendered poverty eradication in South Africa]Washing away poverty: water, democracy and gendered poverty eradication in South Africa

A study was conducted in Sargodha, Pakistan during the year 2011 to testify irrigation practices as a method for reclaiming salt affected soil. Field experiments were conducted on saline-sodic and uncultivated land divided into 12 field plots. Six irrigation treatments, each replicated on two fie...


Bhatti, Muhammad TousifSarwar, M.KTahir, A.A.Yar, M.[Effect of irrigation application on soil and land productivity of wheat under semi-arid environment]Effect of irrigation application on soil and land productivity of wheat under semi-arid environment

The aim of this paper is to analyze the effect of irrigation delivery services and agricultural extension services on crop choice in southern Tajikistan. This analysis is motivated by the government’s recent efforts to address the country’s severe malnutrition problem by supporting changes in irr...


Buisson, Marie-CharlotteBalasubramanya, Soumya[The effect of irrigation service delivery and training in agronomy on crop choice in Tajikistan]The effect of irrigation service delivery and training in agronomy on crop choice in Tajikistan

This paper provides an overview of policy responses to arsenic in groundwater in rural Bangladesh to assess their role and potential effectiveness in reducing exposure. With 97% of the country consuming groundwater for drinking, there is a continuing crisis of tens of millions of people exposed t...


Balasubramanya, SoumyaHorbulyk, Theodore M.[Groundwater arsenic in Bangladesh: what's new for policy research?]Groundwater arsenic in Bangladesh: what's new for policy research?

Storage of surface water is widely regarded as a form of insurance against rainfall variability. However, creation of surface storage often endanger the functions of natural ecosystems, and, in turn, ecosystem services that bene t humans. The issues of optimal size, placement and the number of re...


Eriyagama, NishadiSmakhtin, V.Udamulla, L.[Centralized versus distributed reservoirs: an investigation of their implications on environmental flows and sustainable water resources management]Centralized versus distributed reservoirs: an investigation of their implications on environmental flows and sustainable water resources management

The Ganges River Basin may have a major pending water crisis. Although the basin has abundant surface water and groundwater resources, the seasonal monsoon causes a mismatch between supply and demand as well as flooding. Water availability and flood potential is high during the 3–4 months of the ...


Amarasinghe, Upali A.Muthuwatta, Lal P.Surinaidu, L.Anand, SumitJain, S.K.[Reviving the Ganges water machine: why?]Reviving the Ganges water machine: why?

Reduced river runoff and expected upstream infrastructural developments are both potential threats to irrigation water availability for the downstream countries in Central Asia. Although it has been recurrently mentioned that a reduction in water supply will hamper irrigation in the downstream co...


Bekchanov, MaksudLamers, J.P.A.[Economic costs of reduced irrigation water availability in Uzbekistan (Central Asia)]Economic costs of reduced irrigation water availability in Uzbekistan (Central Asia)

While in the international literature water sharing in the Syr Darya Basin per past agreements is widely portrayed as most benefiting Uzbekistan, here the dynamics of water allocation within small transboundary tributaries in Ferghana Province show Uzbekistan as benefiting least. The case study h...


Wegerich, KaiSoliev, I.Akramova, Indira[Dynamics of water reallocation and cost implications in the transboundary setting of Ferghana Province]Dynamics of water reallocation and cost implications in the transboundary setting of Ferghana Province

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