Water
- The interlinked nature of water security challenges requires comprehensive solutions coordinated among diverse stakeholders
- D. Waughray (ed) / World Economic Forum, 2011
- Water security links together food, energy, climate, economic growth and human security threats. This publication sets out the challenge the world faces if nothing is done to improve water management in the next two decades. In nine c...
- Healthy Reefs Initiative
- Healthy Reefs for Healthy People is a collaborative international initiative that generates user-friendly tools to measure the health of the Mesoamerican Reef Ecosystem, and delivers scientifically credible reports to improve decision-making that effectively sustain social and ecosystem well-being.
- Reefs at Risk Revisted
- L. Burke / World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2011
- Like the original Reefs at Risk, this study evaluates threats to coral reefs from a wide range of human activities. It also includes an assessment of climate-related threats to reefs. In addition, Reefs at Risk Revisited includes a gl...
- Highlighting the need and potential for adaptation to climate change in African international river basins
- M. Goulden (ed); D. Conway (ed); A. Persechino (ed) / Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, 2008
- Africa’s fresh water resources, which are under pressure, are vital to the support of livelihoods, food security and power generation, as well as growing domestic and industrial needs. This paper reviews literature on climate ch...
- Water and energy dynamics in the Greater Himalayan region: opportunities for environmental peacebuilding
- M. Renner / Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2011
- The water crisis in the Greater Himalayas constitutes an enormous challenge for the region and a growing, if still under-reported, concern in the West. Elements of the crisis include floods and droughts, unpredictable changes in the t...
- India Water Portal
- The India Water Portal is an open, inclusive, web-based platform for sharing water management knowledge amongst practitioners and the general public. It aims to draw on the rich experience of practitioners and citizens who have worked on water issues and themes, and use the internet to disseminate this information and knowledge, to a wider audience.
- National water mission - vol I
- India Water Portal, 2009
- Draft proposal prepared by the Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India. With water scarcity projected to worsen as a result of climate change, the plan sets a goal of a 20% improvement in water use efficiency through pricing ...
- National water mission - vol II
- India Water Portal, 2008
- Draft prepared by the Ministry of Water Resources. It estimates that currently about 83 percent of developed water resources is used by Irrigation sector alone in our country. This may get progressively reduced to about 75 percent in ...
- The impacts of and efforts to address climate change in the fragile ecosystem of Sundarbans
- A. Danda (ed) / WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2010
- The eco-region of Sundarbans is unique and fragile because it is one of the most extensive mangrove forests in the world. This report describes the Sundarbans region and the impacts of climate change using evidence from the people who...
- Does land cover affect rainfall patterns in southern Africa?
- C.J.R. Williams; D.R. Kniveton 2011
- The paper presents an investigation on the influence of land cover changes on rainfall variability, and in particular daily rainfall extremes in southern Africa. It examines the effect of increasing the amount of vegetation over the m...
- The impacts of and efforts to address climate change in the fragile ecosystem of Sundarbans
- A. Danda (ed) / WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2010
- The eco-region of Sundarbans is unique and fragile because it is one of the most extensive mangrove forests in the world. This report describes the Sundarbans region and the impacts of climate change using evidence from the people who...
- Does land cover affect rainfall patterns in southern Africa?
- C.J.R. Williams; D.R. Kniveton 2011
- The paper presents an investigation on the influence of land cover changes on rainfall variability, and in particular daily rainfall extremes in southern Africa. It examines the effect of increasing the amount of vegetation over the m...
- Challenges for the Nile Basin region
- T. Oestigaard (ed) / Nile Basin Research Programme, University of Bergen, 2010
- The Nile Basin Research Programme (NBRP), as a strategic, multidisciplinary programme for research and higher education on topics related to the Nile Basin, has had the overall aim to enhance and promote quality research on Nile-relat...
- Strengthen glacial research and modeling of glaciers to avoid floods and droughts
- B. P. Kaltenborn (ed); C. Nellemann (ed); I. I. Vistnes (ed) / Arendal Maps & Graphics Library, UNEP/GRID, 2010
- Climate change is causing significant mass loss of glaciers in high mountains worldwide. This report calls for accelerating research, monitoring and modeling of glaciers, snow and their role in water supplies. Although gl...
- Adaptation of water resource management to climate change in Africa
- J. Church (ed) / UK Parliament, 2011
- The continent of Africa is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change, mostly through the medium of water. The continent has always had unpredictable rainfall and climate patterns which will be made worse by future climate c...
- African cities must restore ecosystems, reduce water consumption and recycle waste water
- C. Mafuta (ed); R.K. Formo (ed); C. Nellemann (ed) / Arendal Maps & Graphics Library, UNEP/GRID, 2011
- In light of its rapid urban growth, Africa is likely to experience some of the most severe impacts of climate change – particularly when it comes to water and food security, which places enormous pressure on growing urban p...
- A need for improved understanding of hill furrow irrigation systems in Kilimanjaro (Tanzania)
- M. Tagseth / Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2011
- The main objective of this thesis is to contribute knowledge of water management and water use in hill furrow irrigation in Kilimanjaro region in Tanzania. The paper analyses the waters of the region, conceptualised as a waterscape co...
- Technology have an equity effect on water access
- E.L.K. Hazell / School of Development Studies, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, 2010
- Access to sufficient water to meet basic needs has been identified as a critical development issue and a human right. This study set out to investigate the dynamic relationship between gender, water and livelihoods in a traditional, r...
- Successful Vietnamese programme for rural water supply relied on policy dialogue and government leadership
- Australian Agency for International Development, 2011
- National Target Program 2 (NTP2) for rural water supply and sanitation is a part of the Vietnamese government’s national strategy to help poor and vulnerable households. This paper reviews the achievements of NTP2, presenting so...
- How can the international community help Pakistan to overcome its water crisis?
- M. Kugelman / Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2010
- Pakistan faces a multidimensional water crisis that claims hundreds of thousands of lives every year. This paper examines the potentials for the international community to help Pakistan to overcome this crisis, and makes recommendatio...
- Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS)
- Partnership organisation working against desertification and poverty in Africa
- Institute of Water and Environment (IWE)
Providing practical solutions to water management issues
- IDRC Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA)
- South Asian focused environment and economy research programme
- The International Water Academy
- Academy promotes expertise on water access and usage
- Winrock International India, New Delhi (WII)
- Environmental research and capacity building organisation
- The Earth Institute, Columbia University
- Interdisciplinary approach to sustainable development and poverty reduction
- Action contre la Faim
- French NGO working in nutrition, health, food security, and water and sanitation
- Asian Institute of Technology, JACS-South East Asia (JACS-SEA) (AIT)
- Research institute on environmental sanitation in South East Asia
- Journal of Water and Health
- The Journal of Water and Health is published by IWA Publishing in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO). The journal represents a joint commitment to promote high quality research and practice across the full range of challenges to harnessing water for health in developing and developed countries alike.
- Centro Andino para la Gestión y Uso de Agua [Centro AGUA / Andean Centre for the Management and Use of Water], Cochabamba, Bolivia
- Conducts teaching and research on irrigation and water
