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    Water and livelihoods

    Loughborough University of Technology, 2005
    The relevance of water to sustainable livelihoods is connected to problems surrounding its adequate and regulated provision by local municipalities. This overview uses municipal water service provision in South Africa as an example of both problems and potential solutions by developing a participatory methodology for water provision planning.
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    The livelihoods of ‘adivasi’ women in south India

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
    In Kerela, India, the state leads some notable development initiatives. But the many dimensions of deprivation within indigenous communities are under-researched, particularly in relation to women. More responsive measures can only developed through a better understanding of poverty. This is particularly the case for the historically neglected ‘adivasi’ (meaning ‘original inhabitants’).
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    How does illegal logging affect livelihoods in Cameroon?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
    Illegal logging is said to account for more than half of the trees harvested in, and exported from, many developing countries. But new data suggest that export-related illegal logging has decreased in recent years. How does illegal logging affect the livelihoods of people living in and near forests?
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    Groundwater fluoride levels in villages of Southern Malawi and removal studies using bauxite

    Academic Journals, 2008
    Various natural and anthropogenic ecological factors pollute groundwater because of deep percolation from intensively cultivated fields, disposal of hazardous wastes, liquid and solid wastes from industries, sewage disposal and surface impoundments. Fluorides are one such type of contaminants that leach from
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    Secure water?: poverty, livelihoods and demand-responsive approaches

    Overseas Development Institute, 2008
    This article conceptualises a methodological framework called Secure Water Assessment (SWA) which offers a way of thinking through the complex and multiple linkages between water, poverty and livelihoods. The objective of SWA is to find a balance between financial sustainability of water supply and poverty reduction.
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    The productive use of domestic water supplies: how water supplies can play a wider role in livelihood improvement and poverty reduction

    IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, 2008
    Contrary to the beliefs of many planners and engineers, large quantities of any 'domestic' water supply are used for 'non-domestic' productive purposes. People do not just drink water, or use it to wash or cook. They use it to grow crops, water livestock, produce goods, and provide services in and around the household.
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    Conserving land, protecting water

    International Water Management Institute, 2008
    Following from the Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture project, this book examines the relationships and linkages between land use and water management and social systems.
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    Water Alternatives (WaA)

    Water Alternatives is an interdisciplinary free journal addressing the full range of issues that water raises in contemporary societies.Subject coverage includes issues relate to:
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    Arab Environment Future Challenges: 2008 Report of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development

    Arab Forum for Environment and Development, 2008
    The state of the Arab environment stands at a pivotal juncture with numerous environmental problems both current and imminently threatening the region. Among the major challenges being faced are water scarcity, land degradation and desertification, inadequate waste management, coastal and marine environment degradation and air pollution.
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    Share – Managing water across boundaries

    International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union), 2008
    Nations share more than 260 international river basins which cover nearly half of the Earth’s surface. As demand for water grows in all countries, these shared resources will increasingly be drawn upon to meet the competing needs of billions of people for drinking water, food, energy, and industrial production.

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