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1 Kumar, M. D.; Chopde, S.; Prakash, A.. 1998. Banking on cooperation: A study of irrigation management institutions in Gujarat. Ahmedabad, India: VIKSAT Nehru Foundation for Development. x, 31p.
Irrigation management ; Institutions ; Organizations ; Water market ; Water rates ; Cost recovery ; Water use efficiency ; Income ; Operations ; Maintenance costs ; Economic impact ; Groundwater ; Water allocation ; Water delivery ; Public ownership ; Private ownership ; Tube wells ; Farmers' associations ; Villages ; Sustainability / India / Gujarat / Manund District / Mehsana District / Banaskantha
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.3 G635 KUM Record No: H027654)
2 Prakash, A.; Sama, R. K. 2006. Social undercurrents in a water-scarce village: Contending water uses. Economic and Political Weekly, 41(7):577-579.
Water scarcity ; Drinking water ; Villages ; Wells ; Dams ; Water supply / India / Gujarat / Vadali Village
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 7504 Record No: H038464)
3 Prakash, A.. 2005. The dark zone: Groundwater irrigation, politics and social power in North Gujarat. New Delhi, India: Orient Longman. xxi, 239p. (Wageningen University water resources series 7)
Groundwater irrigation ; Water scarcity ; Wells ; Tube wells ; Cooperatives ; Water market ; Sharecropping ; Contracts ; Land ownership ; Tenancy ; Credit / India / North Gujarat / Sangpura
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.6.3 G635 PRA Record No: H038796)
4 Prakash, A.; Singh, S.; Goodrich, C. G.; Janakarajan, S. (Eds.) 2013. Water resources policies in South Asia. New Delhi, India: Routledge. 329p.
Water resources ; Water management ; Watershed management ; Groundwater resources ; Water policy ; Water law ; Water market ; Poverty ; Gender ; Women ; Empowerment ; Irrigation management ; Participatory management ; Case studies ; Climate change ; Adaptation / South Asia / Bangladesh / Bhutan / Pakistan / Chile / South Africa / Europe
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 PRA Record No: H045864)
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5 Rap, Edwin; Prakash, A.; Zwarteveen, M. 2013. Organizing water education regionally: the innovations, experiences and challenges of three southern water networks. SAWAS (South Asian Water Studies)., 3(3):1-15.
Waste management ; Networks ; Water security ; Water policy ; Education ; Stakeholders ; Capacity building ; Gender ; Research ; Training / Africa / South Asia / Latin America / Andes
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046261)
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The paper presents and contrasts the experiences and challenges of three Regional Water Education Networks in Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) - WaterNet (Southern and Eastern Africa), Crossing Boundaries (South Asia) and Concertacion (Andes, Latin America). These continental water networks emerged in the new millennium primarily out of dissatisfaction with traditional North-South development and scientific cooperation. Rather than concentrating on centres of excellence that provide universal one-size-fits-all-models, these regional networks of knowledge centres set out to develop a contextual knowledge base on water resources management and build capacity in accordance with regional training needs. These collaborative partnerships have now gained experience in training a new generation of water professionals, who have learnt to appreciate the regional diversity in water problems and design relevant solutions for their regions, often in cooperation with local stakeholders. In this paper, we document and discuss the experiences of these regional networks, focusing especially on the networks' different approaches to 1) interdisciplinary and gender approaches, 2) the connection between capacity development, research and policy advocacy.
6 Merrey, D. J.; Hussain, A.; Tamang, D. D.; Thapa, B.; Prakash, A.. 2018. Evolving high altitude livelihoods and climate change: a study from Rasuwa District, Nepal. Food Security, 10(4):1055-1071. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-018-0827-y]
Climate change adaptation ; Living standards ; Mountain farming ; Altitude ; Water resources ; Farmer managed irrigation systems ; Food security ; Agricultural production ; Livestock ; Socioeconomic environment ; Villages / Nepal / Rasuwa / Gatlang / Goljung / Chilime / Thuman / Grey
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048937)
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs12571-018-0827-y.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048937.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048937.pdf
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This study examined local people’s perception of climate change and its impacts on their livelihoods, and identified key opportunities and threats arising in four Village Development Committees in the high mountains of Rasuwa District, Nepal. The local people are still heavily dependent on agriculture and livestock for their food security and livelihoods, despite the involvement of a significant proportion of households in non-agricultural income-generating activities, such as tourist services and labour work in other areas (outmigration). In agriculture, farmers mainly cultivate traditional food crops such as millets, buckwheat, local beans, and barley. They also cultivate rice, potato, and vegetables. Agriculture is mainly rainfed with a few exceptions of micro-irrigation systems fed by springs and snow-melt water. The impacts of climate change are mixed to date: changes in patterns of snowfall and snowmelt, rainfall, and temperatures are having both positive and negative impacts. Households are adapting to this changing climate through changes in their cropping patterns, integration of livestock with agriculture, and adoption of non-farm income activities. There are also new opportunities coming up at the study sites such as new markets for vegetables, traditional crops, and livestock.
7 Scott, C. A.; Zhang, F.; Mukherji, A.; Immerzeel, W.; Mustafa, D.; Bharati, Luna; Zhang, H.; Albrecht, T.; Lutz, A.; Nepal, S.; Siddiqi, A.; Kuemmerle, H.; Qadir, M.; Bhuchar, S.; Prakash, A.; Sinha, R. 2019. Water in the Hindu Kush Himalaya. In Wester, P.; Mishra, A.; Mukherji, A.; Shrestha, A. B. (Eds.). The Hindu Kush Himalaya assessment: mountains, climate change, sustainability and people. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. pp.257-299.
Water availability ; Precipitation ; River basin management ; Flow discharge ; Sedimentation ; Water springs ; Water use ; Water quality ; Water pollution ; Water governance ; Water institutions ; Groundwater management ; Lowland ; Mountains ; Plains ; Drinking water ; Sanitation ; Contaminants ; Urbanization ; Ecosystems ; Environmental flows ; International waters ; International cooperation ; Decision making / Central Asia / South Asia / Hindu Kush / Himalaya
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049103)
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-319-92288-1.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049103.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049103.pdf
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8 Singh, S.; Shrestha, K.; Hamal, M.; Prakash, A.. 2020. Perform or wither: role of water users' associations in municipalities of Nepal. Water Policy, 22(S1):90-106. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2019.051]
Water user associations ; Water institutions ; Community involvement ; Water user groups ; Urban areas ; Towns ; Drinking water ; Water supply ; Water availability ; Water demand ; Water springs ; Infrastructure ; Regulations ; Political aspects ; Households / Nepal / Tansen / Damauli
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049631)
https://iwaponline.com/wp/article-pdf/22/S1/90/651622/022000090.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049631.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049631.pdf
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In Nepal, water institutions have played a very significant role, and in Tansen and Damauli, the presence of user groups has indicated that proper management of water can help people avert critical water shortages. However, although in both Tansen and Damauli the user groups have been operating for a long time, their performances vary. In Tansen, infrastructural constraints tend to throw up challenges, although operational hazards associated with the supply systems are no less threatening. Moreover, there is large-scale corruption in the systems' upkeep and maintenance, allowing low grade vendors to operate in place of readily available efficient institutions. In Damauli, the systems have been rather perfectly managed, except for minor glitches from time to time. Funding has been good and community bonding has paid off. This paper delves into the community-managed water systems in the two cities and how the performance varies across them and the factors that play a role.
9 Martin, M. A.; Boakye, E. A.; Boyd, E.; Broadgate, W.; Bustamante, M.; Canadell, J. G.; Carr, E. R.; Chu, E. K.; Cleugh, H.; Csevar, S.; Daoudy, M.; de Bremond, A.; Dhimal, M.; Ebi, K. L.; Edwards, C.; Fuss, S.; Girardin, M. P.; Glavovic, B.; Hebden, S.; Hirota, M.; Hsu, H.-H.; Huq, S.; Ingold, K.; Johannessen, O. M.; Kameyama, Y.; Kumarasinghe, N.; Langendijk, G. S.; Lissner, T.; Lwasa, S.; Machalaba, C.; Maltais, A.; Mathai, M. V.; Mbow, C.; McNamara, K. E.; Mukherji, Aditi; Murray, V.; Mysiak, J.; Okereke, C.; Ospina, D.; Otto, F.; Prakash, A.; Pulhin, J. M.; Raju, E.; Redman, A.; Rigaud, K. K.; Rockstrom, J.; Roy, J.; Schipper, E. L. F.; Schlosser, P.; Schulz, K. A.; Schumacher, K.; Schwarz, L.; Scown, M.; Sedova, B.; Siddiqui, T. A.; Singh, C.; Sioen, G. B.; Stammer, D.; Steinert, N. J.; Suk, S.; Sutton, R.; Thalheimer, L.; van Aalst, M.; van der Geest, K.; Zhao, Z. J. 2022. Ten new insights in climate science 2022. Global Sustainability, 5(e20):1-20. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2022.17]
Climate change adaptation ; Climate change mitigation ; Vulnerability ; Climate resilience ; Global warming ; Emission ; Sustainable land use ; Private sector ; Water ; Energy ; Foods ; Ecology ; Biodiversity ; Economics ; Policies ; Governance ; Health ; Finance ; Gender ; Inclusion ; Social aspects ; Political aspects
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051580)
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/62C90D59C9F9890791B64762EAA06B8D/S2059479822000175a.pdf/ten-new-insights-in-climate-science-2022.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051580.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051580.pdf
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Non-technical summary:
We summarize what we assess as the past year's most important findings within climate change research: limits to adaptation, vulnerability hotspots, new threats coming from the climate–health nexus, climate (im)mobility and security, sustainable practices for land use and finance, losses and damages, inclusive societal climate decisions and ways to overcome structural barriers to accelerate mitigation and limit global warming to below 2°C.
Technical summary:
We synthesize 10 topics within climate research where there have been significant advances or emerging scientific consensus since January 2021. The selection of these insights was based on input from an international open call with broad disciplinary scope. Findings concern: (1) new aspects of soft and hard limits to adaptation; (2) the emergence of regional vulnerability hotspots from climate impacts and human vulnerability; (3) new threats on the climate–health horizon – some involving plants and animals; (4) climate (im)mobility and the need for anticipatory action; (5) security and climate; (6) sustainable land management as a prerequisite to land-based solutions; (7) sustainable finance practices in the private sector and the need for political guidance; (8) the urgent planetary imperative for addressing losses and damages; (9) inclusive societal choices for climate-resilient development and (10) how to overcome barriers to accelerate mitigation and limit global warming to below 2°C.
Social media summary:
Science has evidence on barriers to mitigation and how to overcome them to avoid limits to adaptation across multiple fields.
We summarize what we assess as the past year's most important findings within climate change research: limits to adaptation, vulnerability hotspots, new threats coming from the climate–health nexus, climate (im)mobility and security, sustainable practices for land use and finance, losses and damages, inclusive societal climate decisions and ways to overcome structural barriers to accelerate mitigation and limit global warming to below 2°C.
Technical summary:
We synthesize 10 topics within climate research where there have been significant advances or emerging scientific consensus since January 2021. The selection of these insights was based on input from an international open call with broad disciplinary scope. Findings concern: (1) new aspects of soft and hard limits to adaptation; (2) the emergence of regional vulnerability hotspots from climate impacts and human vulnerability; (3) new threats on the climate–health horizon – some involving plants and animals; (4) climate (im)mobility and the need for anticipatory action; (5) security and climate; (6) sustainable land management as a prerequisite to land-based solutions; (7) sustainable finance practices in the private sector and the need for political guidance; (8) the urgent planetary imperative for addressing losses and damages; (9) inclusive societal choices for climate-resilient development and (10) how to overcome barriers to accelerate mitigation and limit global warming to below 2°C.
Social media summary:
Science has evidence on barriers to mitigation and how to overcome them to avoid limits to adaptation across multiple fields.
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