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    Rising temperatures, rising tension: climate change and the risk of violent conflict in the Middle East

    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 addresses the links between climate change, peace and conflict.
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    Why gender matters: a tutorial for water managers

    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 autonomy. This tutorial is primarily aimed at those people interested in or responsible for managing water resources.
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    Securing water to enhance local livelihoods: guidelines for implementing a water and livelihoods planning process

    Natural Resources Institute, UK, 2004
    This file, designed for water sector and rural development practitioners, contains detailed guidelines for implementing a water and livelihoods planning process.
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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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    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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    Returning thirsty: water, livelihoods and returnees in the Gash-Barka Region, Eritrea

    Overseas Development Institute, 2002
    What are the socio-environmental impacts of water supply development in a fragile environment? What are the key factors in the planning of water provision?
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    DFID Guidance Manual on water supply and sanitation programmes

    Department for International Development, UK, 1998
    Because the effectiveness and sustainability of Water Supply and Sanitation projects depends not only on technology choice, but also, critically, on user involvement, the right gender approaches, innovative use of community-based financing, and the promotion of behavioural change need to be considered.
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    Changing organisations for watershed management in India: from policy to practice

    Eldis Document Store, 2002
    How does organisational change favourable to sustainable livelihoods policy take place?What factors facilitate or inhibit the policy implementation process?
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    Participatory water monitoring: a guide for preventing and managing conflict

    The Office of the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman, 2008
    Participatory monitoring is one established and accepted way for the public to make informed decisions. Through the collection of data that is credible to multiple parties, participatory monitoring can become an essential instrument for generating trust.

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