Adaptation to climate change-exacerbated water scarcity, droughts and flashfloods: the Khojabakirgansai, a small transbo...
Combining hydrological modeling and GIS approaches to determine the spatial distribution of groundwater recharge in an a...
Accurate quantification of the rate of groundwater (GW) recharge, a pre-requisite for the sustainable management of GW resources, needs to capture complex processes, such as the upward flow of water under shallow GW conditions, which are often disregarded when estimating recharge at a larger scale. This paper provides (1) a method to determine GW r...
Justice in development?: an analysis of water interventions in the rural south
This paper explores a fruitful convergence between the distributive and procedural dimensions of environmental justice theory and current debates in the field of development studies over capitals and capabilities, institutions, and discourse formation to shed new light on natural resource management projects in the developing world. Specifically, w...
Water allocation with use of the Building Block Methodology (BBM) in the Godavari Basin, India
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Access to sufficient quantities of water of acceptable quality is a basic need for human beings and a pre-requisite to sustain and develop human welfare. In cases of limited availability, the allocation of water between different sectors can result in conflicts of interests. In this study, a modified version of the Building Block Methodology (BBM) ...
The power to resist: irrigation management transfer in Indonesia
In the last two decades, international donors have promoted Irrigation Management Transfer (IMT) as an international remedy to management problems in government irrigation systems in many developing countries. This article analyses the political processes that shape IMT policy formulation and implementation in Indonesia. It links IMT with the issue...
Community survey on water access, availability and management issues in the dry zone of Myanmar: final report for compon...
Is it possible to shift to hydrological boundaries?: the Ferghana Valley meshed system
In Stucki, V.; Wegerich, Kai; Rahaman, M. M.; Varis, O. (Eds.). Water and security in Central Asia: solving a Rubik's Cube. London, UK: Routledge / Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance / The management of water resources according to hydrological boundaries at different implementation levels (river basin, irrigation system, or wa...
An innovative public-private partnership for irrigation extension in Fergana Valley of Central Asia
A 'farmer-centric' innovative institutional mechanism, a public-private partnership, was created and strengthened, in the Fergana valley of Central Asia, for facilitating communication between farmers and researchers, and to disseminate knowledge on improved agronomic and irrigation management practices to improve water productivity at field level....
A programme theory approach in measuring impacts of irrigation management transfer interventions: the case of Central As...
In Stucki, V.; Wegerich, Kai; Rahaman, M. M.; Varis, O. (Eds.). Water and security in Central Asia: solving a Rubik's Cube. London, UK: Routledge / Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance / Irrigation management transfer (IMT) reforms in most transition economies of Central Asia have largely relied on the funding and expertise of mu...
Sustainable groundwater development for improved livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa. Part 2
