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1 ESCAP. 1995. Guidebook to water resources, use and management in Asia and the Pacific. Volume one: Water resources and water use. New York, NY, USA: UN. xi, 305p. (Water resources series no.74)
Water resources ; Water use ; Water management ; Water demand ; Groundwater ; Surface water ; Water quality ; Water availability ; Water supply ; Statistics / Asia / Pacific Islands / Afghanistan / American Samoa / Australia / Bangladesh / Bhutan / Brunei Darussalam / Cambodia / China / Cook Islands / Korea Republic / Fiji / French Polynesia / Guam / India / Indonesia / Iran / Japan / Kiribati / Laos / Malaysia / Maldives / Marshall Islands / Micronesia / Mongolia / Myanmar / Nauru / Nepal / New Caledonia / New Zealand / Niue / Northern Mariana Islands / Pakistan / Palau / Papua New Guinea / Philippines / Samoa / Singapore / Solomon Islands / Sri Lanka / Thailand / Tonga / Tuvalu / Vanuatu / Vietnam
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G570 ESC Record No: H018420)
2 Fleming, E. M. 1996. Research options for high-value agricultural exports in South Pacific Island nations. Hague, Netherlands: ISNAR. xvii, 206p. (ISNAR research report no.10)
Agricultural economics ; Agricultural research ; Research priorities ; Marketing policy ; Exports ; Developing countries / Pacific Islands / Cook Islands / Fiji / Kiribati / Niue / Papua New Guinea / Solomon Islands / Tonga / Tuvalu / Vanuatu / Western Samoa
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 338.1 G936 FLE Record No: H019962)
3 Arriens, W. L.; Bird, J.; Berkoff, J.; Mosley, P. (Eds.) 1996. Towards effective water policy in the Asian and Pacific Region: Volume two - Country papers. Manila, Philippines: ADB. 311p.
Water policy ; Water resource management ; Water resources development ; River basin development ; Water supply ; Sanitation ; Drainage ; Fisheries ; Environmental effects ; Water pollution ; Pollution control ; Water scarcity ; Conflict ; Water transfer ; Irrigation management ; Swamps ; Development plans ; Constraints ; Social aspects ; Economic aspects ; Water potential ; Water quality ; Water use efficiency ; Cost recovery ; Financing ; Private sector ; Water distribution ; Equity ; Effluents ; Soil salinity ; Salinity control ; Flood control ; Water law ; Decision making ; Privatization ; Case studies ; Legislation / Asia / Bangladesh / Cambodia / China / India / Indonesia / Kazakhstan / Kyrgyzstan / Laos / Malaysia / Mongolia / Myanmar / Nepal / Pakistan / Philippines / Sri Lanka / Thailand / Uzbekistan / Vietnam / Pacific Islands / Fiji / Kiribati / Papua New Guinea / Vanuatu / Western Samoa / Korea Republic / France / Brantas River Basin
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G570 ARR Record No: H025265)
Proceedings of the Regional Consultation Workshop, "Towards a Policy for Water Resources Development and Management in the Asian and Pacific Region," ADB, Manila, Philippines, 10-14 May 1996.
4 Gilman, E. L.; Ellison, J.; Jungblut, V.; Van Lavieren, H.; Wilson, L.; Areki, F.; Brighouse, G.; Bungitak, J.; Dus, E.; Henry, M.; Kilman, M.; Matthews, E.; Sauni, I.; Teariki-Ruatu, N.; Tukia, S.; Yuknavage, K. 2006. Adapting to Pacific Island mangrove responses to sea level rise and climate change. Climate Research, 32:161-176.
Mangroves ; Wetlands ; Monitoring ; Climate change ; Sea level ; Coastal area ; Ecosystems / Pacific Islands / Fiji / Kiribati / Marshall Islands / Micronesia / Nauru / Oalau / Papua New Guinea / Samoa / Solomon Islands / Tonga / Tuvalu / Vanuatu
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 7838 Record No: H039940)
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5 Olowu, D. 2007. Environmental governance challenges in Kiribati: an agenda for legal and policy responses. Law, Environment and Development Journal, 3(3): 259-269.
(Location: IWMI HQ Record No: H041223)
6 White, I.; Falkland, T.; Metutera, T.; Katatiya, M.; Abete-Reema, T.; Overmars, M.; Perez, P.; Dray, A. 2008. Safe water for people in low, small island Pacific nations: the rural–urban dilemma. Development, 51:282–287.
Water supply ; Sanitation ; Environmental effects ; Public health ; Diseases / Pacific Islands / Kiribati
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041528)
The issue of ensuring that growing communities in small island countries have access to safe water and adequate sanitation is examined in Kiribati, whose islands are spread over three million square kilometres in the central Pacific. Its coral island communities have water supply and sanitation problems among the most difficult in the world. Formulaic developed-world approaches, models, techniques and toolboxes that do not consider the social and cultural context have had little success. Changes in approach at the international, national and local levels are called for, and the resourcing of village-level water and sanitation committees would return ownership and control in rural communities to its traditional base.
7 Higley, M. C.; Conroy, J. L. 2019. The hydrological response of surface water to recent climate variability: a remote sensing case study from the central tropical Pacific. Hydrological Processes, 33(16):2227-2239. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13465]
Surface water ; Climate change ; Hydrological factors ; Remote sensing ; Case studies ; Freshwater ; Groundwater ; Evaporation ; El Nino-Southern Oscillation ; Satellite imagery ; Landsat ; Normalized difference vegetation index ; Islands / Pacific Islands / Kiribati / Kiritimati
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049284)
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For small tropical islands with limited freshwater resources, understanding how island hydrology is influenced by regional climate is important, considering projected hydroclimate and sea level changes as well as growing populations dependent on limited groundwater resources. However, the relationship between climate variability and hydrologic variability for many tropical islands remains uncertain due to local hydroclimatic data scarcity. Here, we present a case study from Kiritimati, Republic of Kiribati (2°N, 157°W), utilizing the normalized difference vegetation index to investigate variability in island surface water area, an important link between climate variability and groundwater storage. Kiritimati surface water area varies seasonally, following wet and dry seasons, and interannually, due to hydroclimate variability associated with the El Niño/Southern Oscillation. The NIÑO3.4 sea surface temperature index, satellite-derived precipitation, precipitation minus evaporation, and local sea level all had significant positive correlations with surface water area. Lagged correlations show sea level changes and precipitation influence surface water area up to 6 months later. Differences in the timing of surface water area changes and variable climate-surface water area correlations in island subregions indicate that surface hydrology on Kiritimati is not uniform in response to climate variations. Rather, the magnitude of the ocean–atmosphere anomalies and island–ocean connectivity determine the extent to which sea level and precipitation control surface water area. The very strong 2015–2016 El Niño event led to the largest surface water area measured in the 18-year data set. Surface water area decreased to pre-event values in a similarly rapid manner (<6 months) after both the very strong 2015–2016 event and the 2009–2010 moderate El Niño event. Future changes in the frequency and amplitude of interannual hydroclimate variability as well as seasonal duration will thus alter surface water coverage on Kiritimati, with implications for freshwater resources, flooding, and drought.
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