Water
- Water shortages for Palestinians result from discriminatory policies and practices
- Amnesty International, 2009
- Lack of access to adequate, safe and clean water has been a longstanding problem for the Palestinian population of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). Though exacerbated in recent years by the impact of drought-induced water s...
- Lessons from a successful adaptive water management project.
- M. Lannerstad (ed); D. Molden (ed) / International Water Management Institute, 2009
- This study explores the theory and practice of Adaptive Management (AM) based on a detailed field study on the development and use of water resources in the Lower Bhavani Project (LBP). The project diverts water from the Bhavani ...
- Is it feasible to model water quality and quantity management?
- X. Cai; C. Ringler; M., G. Alcoforado de Moraes / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2009
- Water management in the Pirapama River Basin in northeastern Brazil is affected by both water quantity and water quality constraints. The region is known for significant sugarcane-based ethanol production. Sugarcane production in the ...
- Technology-based non structural measures for managing floods
- A.B. Shrestha / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, 2008
- Frequent flash floods in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region pose a severe threat to life, livelihoods and infrastructure, both within the mountains and downstream. They tend to carry with them much higher amounts of debris which can caus...
- Community-based approaches to flash flood risk management
- A.B. Shrestha; S.H. Shah; R. Karim / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, 2008
- Frequent flash floods in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region pose a severe threat to life, livelihoods and infrastructure, both within the mountains and downstream. Vulnerable groups, including people with disabilities, the poor, women an...
- How can environmental change impact energy generation?
- C. Paskal (ed) / Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK, 2009
- Energy generation, extraction, refining, processing and distribution require a multifaceted global infrastructure. However, much of that infrastructure lies in areas that may become increasingly physically unstable owing to changes in...
- Are African governments and international donors supporting the poor of Africa?
- Y. Tsegay; M. Rusare; B. Ndlovu / African Monitor, 2009
- Although Africa attracted $43 billion in private capital, $40 billion in remittances and $38 billion in aid in 2008 it still faces a considerable resource gap. Such financial support, some would argue, is needed to ensure progressive ...
- Ensuring human security can lead to better opportunities for human development in the Arab world
- M. El-Sayyid; M. Al-Rasheed; S. Benjelloun; Et al / Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2009
- This report examines human development in the Arab world through a human security lens, calling on policymakers and other stakeholders to move away from a state-centric conception of security to one which also concentrates on the secu...
- Achieving the Millenuim Development Goal 7: case study of Lao
- G. Hutton; B. Larsen; L. Leebouapao / UNDP - World Bank Water and Sanitation Program, 2009
- Unimproved sanitation and hygiene have a wide array of impacts, which can be categorized into impacts on health, water, time use, and tourism. This study shows that a significant number of people living with unimproved household sanit...
- Mainstreaming gender into Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programmes: a training manual for water professionals
- Gender and Water Alliance, 2009
- The training manual on mainstreaming gender into Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programmes is an integrated approach to both gender and WASH issues. It aims to provide participatory gender-sensitive training to water profes...
- Achieving the Millenuim Development Goal 7: case study of Lao
- G. Hutton; B. Larsen; L. Leebouapao / UNDP - World Bank Water and Sanitation Program, 2009
- Unimproved sanitation and hygiene have a wide array of impacts, which can be categorized into impacts on health, water, time use, and tourism. This study shows that a significant number of people living with unimproved household sanit...
- Mainstreaming gender into Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programmes: a training manual for water professionals
- Gender and Water Alliance, 2009
- The training manual on mainstreaming gender into Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programmes is an integrated approach to both gender and WASH issues. It aims to provide participatory gender-sensitive training to water profes...
- Is private sector participation the best measure?
- H. Gunatilake (ed); M., F. Carangal–San Jose (ed) / Asian Development Bank, 2008
- This paper examines the experiences of private sector participation (PSP) in the water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector. The paper argues that publicly owned water utilities have not always been successful in both developed and deve...
- Climate change could fuel further conflict in the Middle East
- O. Brown; A. Crawford / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2009
- Climate models are predicting a hotter, drier and less predictable climate in the Middle East, a region already considered the world's most water-scarce and where, in many places, demand for water already outstrips supply. This report...
- Addressing water scarcity in Morocco
- B. Bellettini (ed) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2009
- For the past few years, water stress has been accelerated world wide - with more severity in the Middle East North African region (MENA). Simultaneously, the economic boom of countries like Morocco has triggered a faster water demand ...
- Drought and vulnerability in Malawi
- D. Makoka / Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2008
- Vulnerability to poverty in Malawi is highly associated with risk. Households face multiple shocks, most of which threaten their livelihoods and impact negatively on their welfare. Among the important risks that rural households face ...
- Applying a gender approach to water management
- D. Milena Guio-Torres; P. Taylor / International Network for Capacity Building in Integrated Water Resources Management (Cap-Net) [UNDP, 2006
- There are significant gender differences in use, access and management of water. In many cases, gender discrimination can limit the women’s and men’s chances to access vital water resources, by placing restriction in their...
- Impact or fiction: Norad's assistance to water supply and sanitation
- O. Skaiaa / Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2008
- The main purpose of this report is to provide an update on the status of the Norwegian investments made on the water supply and sanitation sector in Tanzania and Kenya during the 1970s, 80s and 90s. The report aims at drawing lessons ...
- Biodiversity status within inland water ecosystem in Southern Africa
- W., R. Darwall (ed); K., G. Smith (ed); D. Tweddle (ed) / IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2009
- Biodiversity within inland water ecosystems in southern Africa is both highly diverse and of great regional importance to livelihoods and economies. However, development activities are not always compatible with the conservation of th...
- Socioeconomic literature on reef management in the Pacific Islands
- P. Cohen; A., D. Valemei; H. Govan / The WorldFish Center, 2008
- This paper presents a collection of literature that reports on various forms of reef area management practiced in the Pacific Islands. The collection provides an overview of impacts, influences and effectiveness of marine protec...
- Ocean Conservancy
- US based marine conservation NGO campaigning for ocean wilderness areas
- Environmental Change Institute (ECI)
- Oxford University's interdisciplinary research group
- Digital Library of the Commons
- An archive of online literature on commons research
- Gender and Water Alliance (GWA)
- Information and news about issues related to gender and integrated resource management
- Toolbox on Integrated Water Resources Management
- information and case studies on sustainable water management
- African Water Issues Research Unit, South Africa (AWIRU)
- Research unit examining social implications of water issues in Southern Africa
- Public Services International Research Unit, PSIRU
- The PSIRU was set up in 1998 to carry out empirical research into privatisation, public services, and globalisation. It is based in the School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Greenwich. PSIRU's research is based on the maintenance of an extensive database of information on the economic, political, financial, social and technicalexperience with privatisations of public services worldwid...
- Environmental Data Interactive Exchange (edie)
- Free news, information and communications service for water, waste & environment professionals around the world. Services (free registration required by users for some services) include online library, including full-text articles, news, reference materials technical database of services and suppliers table of contents of leading subject magazines job adverts database of trai...
- Agricultural Research and Extension Network (AgREN)
- ODI's Agricultural Research and Extension Network (AgREN) was established in the mid-1980s to link policy-makers, practitioners and researchers in the agriculture sector of developing countries. AgREN was founded on a strong belief in the importance of information exchange and learning from both positive and negative experience. It aims to provide its members with up-to-date information and the op...
- Resources on Southeast Asian Deltas
- Environment and development research for the Red River, Mekong, Chao Phraya and Ayeyarwady deltas
