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1 Ghai, D.; Rahman, A.. 1981. The small farmers group in Nepal. Development: Seeds of Change-Village through Global Order, 1:23-28.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 1308 Record No: H02426)
2 Rahman, A.; Fataftah, A.; Abu-Taleb, M. F. 1992. Jordan's water action plan. In Schiller, E. J. (Ed.) Sustainable water resources management in arid countries: Middle East and Northern Africa - Special issue, Canadian Journal of Development Studies. pp.154-171.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 SCH Record No: H010408)
3 Rahman, A.. 1995. The state of the world rural poverty: A profile of Asia. Rome, Italy: IFAD. iv, 67p.
Poverty ; Population ; Statistics ; Credit ; Food security ; Rural economy ; Developing countries ; Development policy ; Rural women ; Landlessness ; Land tenure ; Conflict ; Resource management ; Irrigation ; Crops ; Diversification ; Economic policy ; Water user associations ; Farmer participation / Asia / Bangladesh / Bhutan / Cambodia / China / India / Indonesia / Laos / Nepal / Pakistan / Papua New Guinea / Philippines / Sri Lanka / Thailand / Vietnam
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 339.46 G570 RAH Record No: H017766)
4 Singh, S. R.; Kumar, U.; Gautam, U. S.; Sinha, S. K.; Rahman, A.. 2002. Groundwater development to enhance surface and rain water utilization and agricultural productivity in southern Bihar. IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program Annual Partners' Meet, 2002. Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India: IWMI-TATA Water Policy Research Program. 32p.
Groundwater development ; Rain ; Surface water ; Water use ; Rice ; Productivity ; Constraints ; Soil water ; Paddy fields ; Drought ; Crop production ; Crop yield ; Farmers ; Training ; Tube wells ; Wheat / India / Bihar
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.6.3 G635 SIN Record No: H029289)
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5 Gupta, M. V.; Sollows, J. D.; Mazid, M. A.; Rahman, A.; Hussain, M. G.; Dey, M. M. 1998. Integrating aquaculture with rice farming in Bangladesh: Feasibility and economic viability, its adoption and impact. Manila, Philippines: ICLARM. x, 90p. (ICLARM technical report 55)
Rice ; Paddy fields ; Fish farming ; Traditional farming ; Pests ; Pest control ; Costs ; Farming systems ; Irrigation water / Bangladesh
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 639.21 G584 GUP Record No: H031298)
6 Gani, A.; Rahman, A.; Dahono; Rustam; Hengsdijk, H. 2002. Synopsis of water management experiments in Indonesia. In Bouman, B. A. M.; Hengsdijk, H.; Hardy, B.; Bindraban, P. S.; Tuong, T. P.; Ladha, J. K. (Eds.), Water-wise rice production. Los Baños, Philippines: International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). pp.29-38.
Rice ; Plant growth ; Experiments ; Flood irrigation ; Intermittent irrigation ; Fertilizers ; Water management / Indonesia
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 631.7.2 G000 BOU Record No: H032417)
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7 Amin, S. M. A.; Rahman, A.. 2014. Opportunities and challenges of urban and peri-urban agriculture to face climate change: a critical analysis of policy and urban governance of Dhaka city. In Maheshwari, B.; Purohit, R.; Malano, H.; Singh, V. P.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie. (Eds.). The security of water, food, energy and liveability of cities: challenges and opportunities for peri-urban futures. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.365-382. (Water Science and Technology Library Volume 71)
Urban agriculture ; Suburban agriculture ; Climate change ; Policy ; Governance ; Population growth ; Housing ; Flooding ; Water stress ; Food security ; Land use / Bangladesh / Dhaka
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047047)
Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, with a current population of 14.64 million, is one of the fastest growing megacities of the world. With already over saturated population density; some 300,000 to 400,000 new migrants, mostly poor, arrive at the city annually from coastal and rural areas after experiencing some kind of environmental hardship. At present, these uprooted people constitute almost one-third of the city’s population. Along with the burden of massive population, the problems of Dhaka City are manifold. In the face of additional challenges resulting from the changing climate and increasing intensity and frequency of extreme climatic events; the overall situation is getting worse. On the other hand, poor urban governance and absence of a comprehensive policy on urbanisation have resulted in an unliveable metropolitan area with acute land scarcity and excessively high land prices, poor housing, traffic congestion, water shortages, poor sanitation and drainage, irregular electric supply, unplanned construction and environmental degradation. Now, the biggest challenge is to explore the opportunities to feed the ever-increasing urban population of Dhaka. Hence, with a particular focus on the urban food security situation, this paper has critically analysed the existing policies, strategies, urban governance system and practices; and has eventually identified the loopholes that hinder the promotion and expansion of Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture (UPA). This analysis has also proposed some strategic directions for mainstreaming UPA in the existing policies and urban governance system.
8 Alam, M. Z.; Carpenter-Boggs, L.; Rahman, A.; Haque, M. M.; Miah, M. R. U.; Moniruzzaman, M.; Qayum, M. A.; Abdullah, H. M. 2017. Water quality and resident perceptions of declining ecosystem services at Shitalakka wetland in Narayanganj city. Sustainability of Water Quality and Ecology, 9-10:53-66. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.swaqe.2017.03.002]
Water quality ; Ecosystem services ; Households ; Attitudes ; Wetlands ; Chemicophysical properties ; Heavy metals ; Cations ; Anions ; Environmental effects ; Regulations ; Urban areas / Bangladesh / Narayanganj / Shitalakka Wetland
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048486)
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Wetland ecosystem services provide social benefits. These services are vulnerable due to human activities. The present research concerns perceptions of declining wetland ecosystem services and their effects on water quality parameters. The percentages of provisioning, regulating, cultural and supporting services were found to overshadow ecosystem services, such that generation of goods and values in the studied wetlands are in jeopardy. Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), turbidity, conductivity, Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Dissolved Oxygen (DO), heavy metals and salts were measured as indicators of water quality. Many significant correlations were observed and many of these parameters exceeded regulatory limits. Lead (Pb) in wetland 0.09 mg/L far exceeded the safe limit (0.01–0.05 mg/L), while turbidity in wetland 21.12 was too high to sustain fish. Wetland water pH was significantly correlated (p 0.01) with Cd. TDS was found to have a significant (p 0.01; p 0.05; p 0.1) correlation with conductivity, Ca2+, BOD, and DO. The conductivity increased (p 0.01) with increasing Ca2+ concentrations. COD was significantly different (p 0.1) with Pb, Cd and Cl. BOD increased with increasing Ca2+ concentrations (p 0.05). Continuous monitoring of water quality indicators (turbidity, EC, pH, DO, TDS, COD, BOD, cations, and anions) is crucial for improving of wetland ecosystem services and sustainability of communities.
9 Rahman, A.; Kumar, P.; Dominguez, F. 2022. Increasing freshwater supply to sustainably address global water security at scale. Scientific Reports, 12:20262. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24314-2]
Freshwater ; Water supply ; Water security ; Water scarcity ; Sustainability ; Climate change ; Water vapour ; Water yield ; Population
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051539)
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While significant parts of the globe are already facing significant freshwater scarcity, the need for more freshwater is projected to increase in order to sustain the increasing global population and economic growth, and adapt to climate change. Current approaches for addressing this challenge, which has the potential to result in catastrophic outcomes for consumptive needs and economic growth, rely on increasing the efficient use of existing resources. However, the availability of freshwater resources is rapidly declining due to over-exploitation and climate change and, therefore, is unlikely to sustainably address future needs, which requires a rethink of our solutions and associated investments. Here we present a bold departure from existing approaches by establishing the viability of significantly increasing freshwater through the capture of humid air over oceans. We show that the atmosphere above the oceans proximal to the land can yield substantial freshwater, sufficient to support large population centers across the globe, using appropriately engineered structures. Due to the practically limitless supply of water vapor from the oceans, this approach is sustainable under climate change and can transform our ability to address present and future water security concerns. This approach is envisioned to be transformative in establishing a mechanism for sustainably providing freshwater security to the present and future generations that is economically viable.
10 Biswas, R. R.; Sharma, R.; Gyasi-Agyei, Y.; Rahman, A.. 2023. Urban water security: water supply and demand management strategies in the face of climate change. Urban Water Journal, 20(6):723-737. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/1573062X.2023.2209549]
Water security ; Water supply ; Strategies ; Climate change adaptation ; Water demand ; Surface water ; Water resources ; Policies ; Infrastructure ; Water conservation / Australia / Queensland
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051987)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/1573062X.2023.2209549?needAccess=true&role=button
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051987.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051987.pdf
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Understanding the knowledge of climate-change impacts on water-resources is a priority. This article goes a step further with the main objective of this study to explore water-practitioners’ viewpoints regarding the water supply-side and water demand-side management measures in coping with future climatic impacts to achieve urban water security. Interviews were conducted with water-professionals from regional urban water authorities of Queensland, Australia. From a water-practitioner’s viewpoint, surface water is perceived to remain a high-priority water resource for the region, although climate-change is projected to make this resource more vulnerable in the area. Climate-change risks have rarely been considered as a selection-criterion when long-term water solutions were investigated by water-practitioners. Although non-pricing water demand management policies were used to reduce water demand in the region, pricing-based water demand management tools are perceived by the water-professionals to be the most effective at reducing water demand in the study area, if implemented.
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