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The Peri-urban water security problématique: a case study of Hyderabad in Southern India
Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia, 2010The recent Census of India (2011) throws some very interesting facts on the process of urbanisation in India. For the first time since Independence in 1947, the absolute increase in population is more in urban than in rural areas.DocumentUrbanization, climate change and water security: a study of vulnerability and adaptation in Sultanpur and Jhanjhrola Khera in peri-urban Gurgaon, India
Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia, 2012This paper describes how urbanization and climate change shape water insecurity in two villages, Sultanpur and Jhanjhrola Khera in periurban Gurgaon in the North-West Indian state of Haryana. Using ethnographic and participatory approaches, it documents the people's lived experience of a changing climate and water insecurity.DocumentWater security in Peri-Urban Khulna: adapting to climate change and urbanization
Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia, 2011Khulna is the third largest metropolitan city of Bangladesh with a population of 1.4 million with the Rupsha and Bhairab - the two major tidal rivers flowing on the east of the city. Due to unplanned and unregulated urbanization, urban and peri-urban residents have been facing acute water scarcity.DocumentPeriurban water security in a context of urbanization and climate change: a review of concepts and relationships
Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia, 2010In peri-urban contexts, water security is shaped by the twin processes of climate change and urbanization. These processes act as multiple stressors and create an uncertain water supply for peri-urban residents.OrganisationWater Security in Peri-Urban South Asia
Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia is a three year project that works across four locations in South Asia.DocumentClimate of the Nation 2016: Australian attitudes on climate change
The Climate Institute, 2016Climate of the Nation is Australia’s longest running survey benchmarking community attitudes on climate change. Research shown here, and that of others, has identified mid-2012 as marking the low point in support for climate action.DocumentBridging the risk modeling gap: expanding climate-related risk insurance through global risk assessment
Center for American Progress, 2016In 2015, more than 1,000 natural disasters inflicted some $100 billion worth of economic damages around the world. These natural disasters included severe storms, flooding, extreme temperatures, droughts, and wildfires—all of which are expected to increase in frequency for years to come as a result of climate change.DocumentUrbanization climate change and water security: adaptation strategies and approaches
Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia, 2013The relationship between urbanisation, water insecurity, and climate change is becoming evident as cities are expanding in the global south. The first key challenge is to establish the links between these three themes.DocumentGender and Peri-urban water security
Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia, 2013As geographical areas subjected to rapid urbanisation and constantly changing land use, peri-urban sites offer women and men greater economic opportunities.At the sametime,peri-urbanresidents areDocumentDegraded Peri-urban biophysical environments in South Asia
Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia, 2013Urbanization leads to the deterioration of peri-urban biophysical environments. Urban sprawl encroaches and degrades peri-urban ecosystems,and alters the natural equilibrium. This in turn, depletes the resource base of peri-urban areas.Pages