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1 Grey, D.; Garrick, D.; Blackmore, Dom; Kelman, J.; Muller, M.; Sadoff, Claudia. 2013. Water security in one blue planet: twenty-first century policy challenges for science. Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 371(2002):1-10. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2012.0406]
Water security ; Water policy ; Water availability ; Hydrology ; Risk management ; Economic aspects ; Investment ; River basins ; Ecosystem services
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048106)
http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/roypta/371/2002/20120406.full.pdf
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Water-related risks threaten society at the local, national and global scales in our inter-connected and rapidly changing world. Most of the world's poor are deeply water insecure and face intolerable water-related risks associated with complex hydrology. Most of the world's wealthy face lower water-related risks and less complex hydrology. This inverse relationship between hydrological complexity and wealth contributes to a divided world. This must be addressed if global water security is to be achieved. Using a risk-based framework provides the potential to link the current policy-oriented discourse on water security to a new and rigorous science-based approach to the description, measurement, analysis and management of water security. To provide the basis for this science-based approach, we propose an encompassing definition rooted in risk science: water security is a tolerable level of water-related risk to society. Water security policy questions need to be framed so that science can marshal interdisciplinary data and evidence to identify solutions. We join a growing group of scientists in asserting a bold vision for science leadership, calling for a new and comprehensive understanding of the planet's water system and society's water needs.
2 Smith, D. Mark; Matthews, J. H.; Bharati, Luna; Borgomeo, Edoardo; McCartney, Matthew; Mauroner, A.; Nicol, Alan; Rodriguez, D.; Sadoff, Claudia; Suhardiman, Diana; Timboe, I.; Amarnath, Giriraj; Anisha, N. 2019. Adaptation’s thirst: accelerating the convergence of water and climate action. Background paper prepared for the 2019 report of the Global Commission on Adaptation. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA). 42p.
Climate change adaptation ; Water management ; Water governance ; Decision making ; Frameworks ; Strategies ; Policies ; Water resources ; Infrastructure ; Economic impact ; Financing ; Funding ; Investment ; International agreements ; Sustainable Development Goals ; UNFCCC ; Institutions ; Participation ; Hydrological cycle ; Risk assessment ; Flooding ; Drought ; Insurance ; Resilience ; Uncertainty ; Technological changes
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049446)
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3 Sadoff, Claudia. 2019. Focus on water for adaptive solutions. Stockholm WaterFront, 3:8-11.
Climate change adaptation ; Climate change mitigation ; Resilience ; Sustainability ; Solutions ; Water management ; Wetlands ; Agriculture ; Flooding
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049414)
https://www.siwi.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WF3-2019_webb.pdf#page=8
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4 Sadoff, Claudia; Grey, D.; Borgomeo, Edoardo. 2020. Water security. In Oxford University Press. Oxford research encyclopedia of environmental science. New York, NY, USA: Oxford University Press. 19p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199389414.013.609]
Water security ; Water stress ; Water scarcity ; Sustainable development ; Water resources ; Water management ; Flooding ; Drought ; Water pollution ; Conflicts ; Water policy ; Water governance ; Ecosystems ; Environmental effects ; Investment ; Risks ; Indicators
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049747)
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Water security has emerged in the 21st century as a powerful construct to frame the water objectives and goals of human society and to support and guide local to global water policy and management. Water security can be described as the fundamental societal goal of water policy and management. This article reviews the concept of water security, explaining the differences between water security and other approaches used to conceptualize the water-related challenges facing society and ecosystems and describing some of the actions needed to achieve water security. Achieving water security requires addressing two fundamental challenges at all scales: enhancing water’s productive contributions to human and ecosystems’ well-being, livelihoods and development, and minimizing water’s destructive impacts on societies, economies, and ecosystems resulting, for example, from too much (flood), too little (drought) or poor quality (polluted) water.
5 Doeffinger, T.; Borgomeo, E.; Young, W. J.; Sadoff, Claudia; Hall, J. W. 2020. A diagnostic dashboard to evaluate country water security. Water Policy, 22(5):825-849. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2020.235]
Water security ; Evaluation ; Indicators ; Databases ; Case studies ; Water resources ; Water stress ; Sustainable Development Goals ; International waters ; Socioeconomic environment ; Environmental effects ; Gross national product ; Trends ; Groundwater / Pakistan / Afghanistan / Tajikistan / Turkmenistan / Uzbekistan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049944)
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While water security is widely regarded as an issue of global significance and concern, there is not yet a consensus on a methodology for evaluating it. The difficulty in operationalizing the concept comes from its various interpretations and characteristics at different spatial and temporal scales. In this paper, we generate a dashboard comprised of 52 indicators to facilitate a rapid assessment of a country’s water security and to focus the first step of a more comprehensive water security diagnostic assessment. We design the dashboard around a conceptualization of water security that builds upon existing framings and metrics. To illustrate its usefulness, we apply the dashboard to a case study of Pakistan and a regional cross-country comparative analysis. The dashboard provides a rapid view of the water security status, trends, strengths, and challenges for Pakistan. The cross-country comparative analysis tentatively identifies relationships between indicators such as water stress and the transboundary dependency ratio, with countries exhibiting high values in both variables being especially vulnerable to transboundary water risk. Overall, this dashboard (1) provides quantitative information on key water-related variables at the country level in a consistent manner and (2) helps to design and focus more in-depth water security diagnostic studies.
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