Water and sanitation
- Report outlining a comprehensive climate risk management study of a wetland in Niger
- J. Dekens; Y. Nazoumou; A. N. Zamudio-Trigo / United Nations Development Programme, 2013
- The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) recently implemented climate risk management studies in seven countries. This report, commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme’s Bureau for Crisis Pr...
- Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)
- Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) helps rural people in India to alleviate poverty through participatory watershed development and management.
- Outlining threats to water security by climate change in arid and semi-arid regions, and recommendations for adaptive strategies
- 2009
- This perspective document, part of the 16-paper series on water and climate change adaptation, focuses on the impacts and adaptive strategies in arid and semi-arid regions. The series reflect the central topic of the 5th World Water F...
- Opportunities from rainwater harvesting to human well-being
- United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2009
- The aim of this report is to compile a synthesis of experiences that can provide insight into the multiple opportunities rainwater harvesting can have when addressing human well-being, while continuing to sustain a range of ecosystem ...
- The role of farm ponds in sustaining livelihoods
- J. Miller / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2009
- Aquaculture has been recognized as an important component of rural development, aimed at improving food supply and generating more income for poor farming households. Ponds add value to farming activities: water from ponds can serve d...
- The affects of climate change on the water resources of vulnerable groups
- C.A. Sullivan; C. Huntingford / National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, University of Canberra, 2009
- This paper focuses on the impact of climate change on water resources and the affect it has on human society. Millions of people are at risk from the impacts of climate change associated with the socio-political dimensions of global c...
- 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...
- Reforming sanitation and water sector: networking and conducting applied research as proper means
- I. Nyborg; B. Nawab; O. Hanserud / Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of L, 2009
- This paper summarises the events of a workshop on institutional collaboration in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The workshop was held in Pakistan in March 2009, and discussed the participatory research in livelihoods that two Norwegian org...
- 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...
- Right to water and livelihoods in southern Africa: any links?
- B. Derman; A. Hellum (ed) / Law, Social Justice and Global Development Journal, 2008
- This report explores how local water management practices incorporate water within a broader right to livelihood framework. Field research findings conducted in Zimbabwe support the existence of a right to water forming part of a broa...
- Report outlining a comprehensive climate risk management study of a wetland in Niger
- J. Dekens; Y. Nazoumou; A. N. Zamudio-Trigo / United Nations Development Programme, 2013
- The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) recently implemented climate risk management studies in seven countries. This report, commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme’s Bureau for Crisis Pr...
- Outlining threats to water security by climate change in arid and semi-arid regions, and recommendations for adaptive strategies
- 2009
- This perspective document, part of the 16-paper series on water and climate change adaptation, focuses on the impacts and adaptive strategies in arid and semi-arid regions. The series reflect the central topic of the 5th World Water F...
- Opportunities from rainwater harvesting to human well-being
- United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2009
- The aim of this report is to compile a synthesis of experiences that can provide insight into the multiple opportunities rainwater harvesting can have when addressing human well-being, while continuing to sustain a range of ecosystem ...
- The role of farm ponds in sustaining livelihoods
- J. Miller / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2009
- Aquaculture has been recognized as an important component of rural development, aimed at improving food supply and generating more income for poor farming households. Ponds add value to farming activities: water from ponds can serve d...
- The affects of climate change on the water resources of vulnerable groups
- C.A. Sullivan; C. Huntingford / National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, University of Canberra, 2009
- This paper focuses on the impact of climate change on water resources and the affect it has on human society. Millions of people are at risk from the impacts of climate change associated with the socio-political dimensions of global c...
- 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...
- Reforming sanitation and water sector: networking and conducting applied research as proper means
- I. Nyborg; B. Nawab; O. Hanserud / Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of L, 2009
- This paper summarises the events of a workshop on institutional collaboration in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The workshop was held in Pakistan in March 2009, and discussed the participatory research in livelihoods that two Norwegian org...
- 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...
- Right to water and livelihoods in southern Africa: any links?
- B. Derman; A. Hellum (ed) / Law, Social Justice and Global Development Journal, 2008
- This report explores how local water management practices incorporate water within a broader right to livelihood framework. Field research findings conducted in Zimbabwe support the existence of a right to water forming part of a broa...
- Is water adaptation planning effective?
- G. Björklund (ed) / United Nations Development Programme, 2009
- The Report looks at water adaptation aspects in ongoing processes of formulating and implementing National Adaptation Programmes of Action – NAPAs. The authors discuss that the NAPA’s main objective is to serve...
- Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)
- Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) helps rural people in India to alleviate poverty through participatory watershed development and management.
