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1 Luecke, R. 2003. Managing change and transition. Boston, MA, USA: Harvard Business School Press. 135p. (Harvard Business Essentials)
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 658.3 G000 LUE Record No: H042750)
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2 Payet, R.; Obura, D. 2004. The negative impacts of human activities in the Eastern African region: an international waters perspective. Ambio, 33(1-2):24-33.
International waters ; Social aspects ; Human behaviour ; Ecosystems ; Assessment ; Coral reefs ; Case studies ; Sustainable development ; River basins ; Water policy ; Wastes ; Pollution ; Freshwater ; Climate change / East Africa / Somali
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 8100 Record No: H044760)
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The complex interactions between human activities and the environment at the interface of land and water is analyzed with a focus on the Somali Current (East Africa), and Indian Ocean Island States, subregions of the Global International Waters Assessment (GIWA). These 2 subregions contain some of the world's richest ecosystems, including the high biodiversity forests of Madagascar and the diverse coastal habitats of the eastern African coast. These ecosystems support local communities and national and regional economies. Current and future degradation of these systems, from water basins to continental shelves, affects the livelihoods and sustainability of the countries in the region, and long-term efforts to reduce poverty. The assessments determined that pollution and climate change are the primary environmental and social concerns in the Islands of the Indian Ocean, while freshwater shortage and unsustainable exploitation of fisheries and other living resources are the primary environmental and social concerns in East Africa. The GIWA approach, through assessing root causes of environmental concerns, enables the development of policy approaches for mitigating environmental degradation. This paper explores policy frameworks for mitigating the impacts, and reducing the drivers, of 3 environmental concerns—freshwater shortage; solid waste pollution; and climate change—addressing social and institutional causes and effects, and linking the subregions to broad international frameworks. The common theme in all 3 case studies is the need to develop integrated ecosystem and international waters policies, and mechanisms to manage conflicting interests and to limit threats to natural processes.
3 Kim, G-B.; Ahn, J-S.; Marui, A. 2009. Analytic hierarchy models for regional groundwater monitoring well allocation in Southeast Asian countries and South Korea. Environmental Earth Sciences, 59(2):325-338.
Groundwater management ; Monitoring ; Water use ; Wells ; Drinking water ; Water supply ; Water quality ; Models ; Human behaviour / Southeast Asia / South Korea / Malaysia / Thailand / Cambodia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045770)
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Groundwater has played an important role in economic development in Southeast Asian countries, but some problems caused by nature or human actions such as contamination, over pumping, and land subsidence bring the necessity of more systematic groundwater monitoring wells. The analytical hierarchy process with pairwise comparison was used to allocate and organize the regional groundwater monitoring wells in five regions, Thailand, Cambodia, East/West Malaysia, and South Korea. Five different multi criteria decision models, which were composed of three primary criteria and eight secondary criteria, were developed based on the answers of the questionnaire from 76 groundwater experts in Thailand, 100 in Cambodia, 101 in East Malaysia, 87 in West Malaysia, and 93 in South Korea. It was revealed that the weights of model criteria for each country, which also represent relative importance on groundwater monitoring, were different according to the diverse groundwater situation. The most important factor to determine the number of monitoring well was ‘number of households using only groundwater as a water source’ for Thailand and South Korea, ‘number of contamination sources’ for Cambodia, ‘amount of groundwater use for drinking-water supply’ for East Malaysia, and ‘number of wells with contaminated water’ for West Malaysia.
4 Johnson, D. L.; Lewis, L. A. 1995. Land degradation: creation and destruction. Oxford, UK: Blackwell. 335p.
Land degradation ; Land use ; Human behaviour ; Climate change ; Precipitation ; Temperature ; Evapotranspiration ; Geomorphology ; Soils ; Food production ; Rainfed farming ; Irrigation ; Animal husbandry ; Environmental effects ; Irrigation ; Water demand ; Energy generation ; Urbanization ; Common property ; Transport
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333 G000 JOH Record No: H046028)
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5 Gunatilleke, N.; Jayasuriya, M.; Weerakoon, D.; Gunatilleke, S.; Ranwala, S.; Perera, D.; Wattavidanege, J.; Manamendraarachchi, K.; De Silva, M. A. T.; Wijesinghe, L. 2014. Sri Lanka's forests: nature at your service. Commemorating the decade of biodiversity. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS). 155p.
Natural resources ; Forest resources ; Forest cover ; Forest ecology ; Forest degradation ; Forest conservation ; Plants ; Species ; Deforestation ; Vegetation ; Wild animals ; Biodiversity ; Environmental effects ; Human behaviour ; Archaeology ; Water resources ; Catchment areas ; Soil conservation / Sri Lanka / Sinharaja / Kanneliya
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.75 G744 GUN Record No: H046774)
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6 Mehra, S. P.; Mehra, S.; Sharma, K. K. 2014. Importance of urban biodiversity: a case study of Udaipur, India. 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.403-418. (Water Science and Technology Library Volume 71)
Biodiversity ; Urbanization ; Ecosystems ; Habitats ; Birds ; Aquatic animals ; Species ; Wetlands ; Lakes ; Human behaviour ; Tourism ; Case studies / India / Rajasthan / Udaipur
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047050)
Urban ecosystems are complex social-ecological systems with important functions. These man-made ecosystems have certain areas with high biological diversity, including both remnant species and species purposefully or unintentionally introduced by human actions. There can be important habitats and valuable corridors for both common and less common species within the urban sprawl. The main aim of this study is to respond to the call for integrative research by studying relationships between the anthropogenic activities and urban biodiversity of the cities from the southern part of Rajasthan, India. We observed that the local population was interested in biodiversity, especially phenological events, and benefited from it by getting aesthetic pleasure and information on seasonal changes. The cities, such as Udaipur have an artificially developed diversified habitat within urban limits which provides shelter and protection to a variety of flora and fauna species. Urban areas are often rich in species, particularly vascular plants and many groups of animals, especially birds. Further, urban green spaces in the form of artificial parks and agricultural fields have the diversity of flora, whereas artificial lakes are the sites of wetland species. The most eye-catching faunal group of birds was used to understand the importance of biodiversity for Udaipur. Bird diversity and abundance are indicators of the condition of watershed habitats, both terrestrial and wetland. The role of urban areas in functions, such as the provision of ecosystem services will largely be determined by patterns of biodiversity within that area. To keep these biological indicators healthy, watershed conditions should be managed to encourage bird survival and reproduction. Further, to support an integrative approach in urban green planning, both ecological and social research has to be incorporated in the planning process.
7 Kummu, M.; Keskinen, M.; Varis, O. (Eds.) 2008. Modern myths of the Mekong: a critical review of water and development concepts, principles and policies. Espoo, Finland: Helsinki University of Technology (TKK). 187p. (Water and Development Publications 1)
Water resources development ; River basins ; Stream flow ; Water management ; Water policy ; Riverbank protection ; Erosion ; Flooding ; Upstream ; Downstream ; Water levels ; Dams ; Lakes ; Fisheries ; Community involvement ; Gender mainstreaming ; Living standards ; Community organizations ; Sustainable development ; Economic sectors ; Informal sector ; Urban areas ; Population density ; Community organizations ; Natural resources ; Environmental effects ; Human behaviour ; Ecosystems / Cambodia / China / Mekong River Basin / Tonle Sap Lake / Angkor / Phnom Penh
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G800 KUM Record No: H047272)
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8 Vayda, A. P. 2009. Explaining human actions and environmental changes. Lanham, MD, USA: AltaMira Press. 303p.
Environmental effects ; Human behaviour ; Forest fire management ; Mangroves ; Planting ; Pest management ; Insect control ; Indigenous knowledge ; Deforestation ; Tropical forests ; Highlands ; Social sciences ; Anthropology ; Interdisciplinary research ; Ecological factors ; Models ; Land conflicts ; War ; Political aspects ; Case studies / Indonesia / Philippines / New Guinea / Maring
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 304.2 G000 VAY Record No: H047655)
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9 Ward, J.; Varua, M. E.; Maheshwari, B.; Oza, S.; Purohit, R.; Hakimuddin; Dave, S. 2016. Exploring the relationship between subjective wellbeing and groundwater attitudes and practices of farmers in rural India. Journal of Hydrology, 540:1-16. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.05.037]
Groundwater management ; Farmers attitudes ; Living standards ; Social welfare ; Watersheds ; Irrigation practices ; Aquifers ; Recharge ; Community organizations ; Rural areas ; Villages ; Households ; Human behaviour ; Participatory approaches ; Statistical methods / India / Gujarat / Rajasthan / Meghraj Watershed / Dharta Watershed
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047716)
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Failure to effectively coordinate opportunistic extractions by individual well owners with groundwater recharge has led to increasing Indian groundwater scarcity, affecting future opportunities for improved rural livelihoods and household wellbeing. Investigation of the relationship between groundwater institutions, management attitudes and subjective wellbeing of Indian rural households has substantial potential to reveal initiatives that jointly improve aquifer sustainability and household wellbeing, yet has received limited attention. Subjective wellbeing was calculated as an index of dissatisfaction (IDS), revealing ranked importance and the level of dissatisfaction of individual factors selected from economic, environmental and social/relational wellbeing dimensions. High economic and environmental IDS scores were calculated for respondents in the Meghraj and Dharta watersheds, India, respectively. We tested an exploratory hypothesis that observed IDS differences were correlated with differences in life circumstances, (household attributes, income and assets) and psychological disposition (life guiding values and willingness to adapt). The distribution of ranked IDS wellbeing scores was estimated across four statistically distinct clusters reflecting attitudes towards sustainable groundwater management and practice. Decision tree analysis identified significantly different correlates of overall wellbeing specific to cluster membership and the watershed, supporting the research hypothesis. High income IDS scores were weakly correlated with actual total household income (r < 0.25) consistent with international studies. The results suggest a singular reliance on initiatives to improve household income is unlikely to manifest as improved individual subjective wellbeing for the Dharta and Meghraj watersheds. In conclusion, correlates were tabulated into a systematic decision framework to assist the design of participatory processes at the village level, by targeting specific factors likely to jointly improve aquifer sustainability and household wellbeing.
10 Khandu; Forootan, E.; Schumacher, M.; Awange, J. L.; Schmied, H. M. 2016. Exploring the influence of precipitation extremes and human water use on total water storage (TWS) changes in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna River Basin. Water Resources Research, 52(3):2240-2258. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/2015WR018113]
Water storage ; Water use ; Climate change ; Precipitation ; Surface water ; Groundwater extraction ; Rain ; Drought ; Meteorological factors ; Soil moisture ; River basins ; Satellite observation ; Models ; Human behaviour / India / Nepal / Bangladesh / Bhutan / China / Ganges River Basin / Brahmaputra River Basin / Meghna River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047761)
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Climate extremes such as droughts and intense rainfall events are expected to strongly influence global/regional water resources in addition to the growing demands for freshwater. This study examines the impacts of precipitation extremes and human water usage on total water storage (TWS) over the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) River Basin in South Asia. Monthly TWS changes derived from the Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment (GRACE) (2002–2014) and soil moisture from three reanalyses (1979–2014) are used to estimate new extreme indices. These indices are applied in conjunction with standardized precipitation indices (SPI) to explore the impacts of precipitation extremes on TWS in the region. The results indicate that although long-term precipitation do not indicate any significant trends over the two subbasins (Ganges and Brahmaputra-Meghna), there is significant decline in rainfall (9.0 6 4.0 mm/decade) over the Brahmaputra-Meghna River Basin from 1998 to 2014. Both river basins exhibit a rapid decline of TWS from 2002 to 2014 (Ganges: 12.2 6 3.4 km3 /yr and Brahmaputra-Meghna: 9.1 6 2.7 km3 /yr). While the Ganges River Basin has been regaining TWS (5.4 6 2.2 km3 /yr) from 2010 onward, the Brahmaputra Meghna River Basin exhibits a further decline (13.0 6 3.2 km3 /yr) in TWS from 2011 onward. The impact of human water consumption on TWS appears to be considerably higher in Ganges compared to Brahmaputra-Meghna, where it is mainly concentrated over Bangladesh. The interannual water storage dynamics are found to be strongly associated with meteorological forcing data such as precipitation. In particular, extreme drought conditions, such as those of 2006 and 2009, had profound negative impacts on the TWS, where groundwater resources are already being unsustainably exploited.
11 Deng, H.; Chen, Y. 2017. Influences of recent climate change and human activities on water storage variations in Central Asia. Journal of Hydrology, 544:46-57. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.11.006]
Climate change ; Human behaviour ; Water resources ; Water storage ; Water table ; Groundwater extraction ; Precipitation ; Evapotranspiration ; Air temperature ; Glaciers ; Satellite observation ; Models ; River basins ; Mountains / Central Asia / Tian Shan Mountains / Tarim River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047955)
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Terrestrial water storage (TWS) change is an indicator of climate change. Therefore, it is helpful to understand how climate change impacts water systems. In this study, the influence of climate change on TWS in Central Asia over the past decade was analyzed using the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment satellites and Climatic Research Unit datasets. Results indicate that TWS experienced a decreasing trend in Central Asia from 2003 to 2013 at a rate of 4.44 ± 2.2 mm/a, and that the maximum positive anomaly for TWS (46 mm) occurred in July 2005, while the minimum negative anomaly ( 32.5 mm) occurred in March 2008–August 2009. The decreasing trend of TWS in northern Central Asia ( 3.86 ± 0.63 mm/a) is mainly attributed to soil moisture storage depletion, which is driven primarily by the increase in evapotranspiration. In the mountainous regions, climate change exerted an influence on TWS by affecting glaciers and snow cover change. However, human activities are now the dominant factor driving the decline of TWS in the Aral Sea region and the northern Tarim River Basin.
12 Desta, H.; Lemma, B.; Stellmacher, T. 2017. Farmers’ awareness and perception of Lake Ziway (Ethiopia) and its watershed management. Limnologica, 65:61-75. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2017.07.005]
Watershed management ; Farmers attitudes ; Water use ; Water supply ; Lakes ; Human behaviour ; Pumping ; Socioeconomic environment ; Living standards ; Land tenure ; Land use ; State intervention / Ethiopia / Lake Ziway
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048260)
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The article examines how heads of farmers’ households perceive the socioeconomic benefits of Lake Ziway (Ethiopia), the causes of its current degradation, and the state of land and water use management in its watershed. The investigation was based on in-depth empirical field work including a survey with 635 heads of smallholder farmers’ households via interview using semi-structured questionnaires. Further, water abstraction was estimated from three districts that border with the lake. Respondents believe that Lake Ziway provides a number of individual and collective benefits for local communities, private companies and public institution. They stated, however, that the lake is under pressure from the floriculture industry and other investment projects, high population growth and subsequent expansion of settlements and irrigation farms, high applications of agrochemicals, soil erosion, uncontrolled water abstraction, and deforestation in the watershed. The respondents further believe that these activities are degrading the lake water quality, shrinking its water volume and decreasing its fish population. After examining government’s efforts to address these activities, the majority of respondents believe that the government role in the whole watershed is weak. This study contributes to better understand the local socio-ecological coherences and the problems Lake Ziway and its watershed are facing. It also provides information regarding long-term sustainable land and water use planning strategies for the lake and management of its watershed, which could also be applied to other lakes in Ethiopia, and beyond.
13 Hanjra, Munir A.; Drechsel, Pay; Masundire, H. M. 2017. Urbanization, water quality and water reuse. In Lautze, Jonathan; Phiri, Z.; Smakhtin, Vladimir; Saruchera, D. (Eds.). 2017. The Zambezi River Basin: water and sustainable development. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.158-174. (Earthscan Series on Major River Basins of the World)
Urbanization ; Water resources ; Water quality ; Water reuse ; Human behaviour ; Wastewater treatment ; Environmental protection ; Sustainable development ; Waste disposal ; Solid wastes ; Sanitation ; Public health ; Mining ; Environmental health / Africa / Angola / Botswana / Malawi / Mozambique / Nambia / Tanzania / Zambia / Zambizi River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048277)
14 Crocker, J.; Saywell, D.; Shields, K. F.; Kolsky, P.; Bartram, J. 2017. The true costs of participatory sanitation: evidence from community-led total sanitation studies in Ghana and Ethiopia. Science of the Total Environment, 601-602:1075-1083. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.279]
Sanitation ; Participatory approaches ; Cost analysis ; Community involvement ; Human behaviour ; Hygiene ; Investment ; Development programmes ; Training ; Nongovernmental organizations ; Villages ; Households / Ghana / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048439)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969717313992/pdfft?md5=131bf39ae397a5e19fd7896b69ffd7e7&pid=1-s2.0-S0048969717313992-main.pdf
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https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048439.pdf
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Evidence on sanitation and hygiene program costs is used for many purposes. The few studies that report costs use top-down costing methods that are inaccurate and inappropriate. Community-led total sanitation (CLTS) is a participatory behavior-change approach that presents difficulties for cost analysis. We used implementation tracking and bottom-up, activity-based costing to assess the process, program costs, and local investments for four CLTS interventions in Ghana and Ethiopia. Data collection included implementation checklists, surveys, and financial records review. Financial costs and value-of-time spent on CLTS by different actors were assessed. Results are disaggregated by intervention, cost category, actor, geographic area, and project month. The average household size was 4.0 people in Ghana, and 5.8 people in Ethiopia. The program cost of CLTS was $30.34–$81.56 per household targeted in Ghana, and $14.15–$19.21 in Ethiopia. Most program costs were from training for three of four interventions. Local investments ranged from $7.93–$22.36 per household targeted in Ghana, and $2.35–$3.41 in Ethiopia. This is the first study to present comprehensive, disaggregated costs of a sanitation and hygiene behavior-change intervention. The findings can be used to inform policy and finance decisions, plan program scale-up, perform cost-effectiveness and benefit studies, and compare different interventions. The costing method is applicable to other public health behavior-change programs.
15 Desai, R. 2018. Urban planning, water provisioning and infrastructural violence at public housing resettlement sites in Ahmedabad, India. Water Alternatives, 11(1):86-105.
Water supply ; Infrastructure ; Maintenance ; Urban planning ; Public housing ; Resettlement ; Human behaviour ; Violence ; Conflicts ; Poverty ; Drinking water ; Water policy ; Water governance ; Municipal authorities ; Political aspects / India / Ahmedabad
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048523)
http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol11/v11issue1/421-a11-1-5/file
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https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048523.pdf
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This paper examines the links between urban planning and the politics of water provisioning and violence and conflict in people’s lives by drawing upon research in a low-income locality in Ahmedabad, India. By focusing on public housing sites constructed to resettle poor and low-income residents displaced from central and intermediate areas of the city for urban development projects, the paper looks beyond poor, informal neighbourhoods to explore the dynamics of water provisioning and inequalities in the city. A close examination of the water infrastructure at the sites and their everyday workings is undertaken in order to unravel the socio-material configurations which constitute inadequate water flows, and the ways in which urban planning, policies and governance produce infrastructural violence at the sites. It also traces the various forms of water-related deprivations, burdens, inequities, tensions and conflicts that emerge in people’s lives as a result of their practices in the context of this infrastructural violence.
16 van der Gun, J.; Custodio, E. 2018. Governing extractable subsurface resources and subsurface space. In Villholth Karen G.; Lopez-Gunn, E.; Conti, K.; Garrido, A.; Van Der Gun, J. (Eds.). Advances in groundwater governance. Leiden, Netherlands: CRC Press. pp.389-408.
Groundwater management ; Water resources ; Human behaviour ; Environmental factors ; Legal aspects ; Financing ; Energy generation ; Mining ; Waste management
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048558)
17 Meinzen-Dick, R.; Janssen, M. A.; Kandikuppa, S.; Chaturvedi, R.; Rao, K.; Theis, S. 2018. Playing games to save water: collective action games for groundwater management in Andhra Pradesh, India. World Development, 107:40-53. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.02.006]
Groundwater management ; Water conservation ; Collective action ; Game theory ; Human behaviour ; Experimentation ; Groundwater table ; Crops ; Stakeholders ; Nongovernmental organizations ; Research organizations ; Communities ; Models / India / Andhra Pradesh
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048587)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X18300445/pdfft?md5=edf7de8abb3f4dffd9577674b0b40969&pid=1-s2.0-S0305750X18300445-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048587.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048587.pdf
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Groundwater is one of the most challenging common pool resources to govern, resulting in resource depletion in many areas. We present an innovative use of collective action games to not only measure propensity for cooperation, but to improve local understanding of groundwater interrelationships and stimulate collective governance of groundwater, based on a pilot study in Andhra Pradesh, India. The games simulate crop choice and consequences for the aquifer. These were followed by a community debriefing, which provided an entry point for discussing the interconnectedness of groundwater use, to affect mental models about groundwater. A slightly modified game was played in the same communities, one year later. Our study finds communication within the game increased the likelihood of groups reaching sustainable extraction levels in the second year of play, but not the first. Individual payments to participants based on how they played in the game had no effect on crop choice. Either repeated experience with the games or the revised structure of the game evoked more cooperation in the second year, outweighing other factors influencing behavior, such as education, gender, and trust index scores. After the games were played, a significantly higher proportion of communities adopted water registers and rules to govern groundwater, compared to other communities in the same NGO water commons program. Because groundwater levels are affected by many factors, games alone will not end groundwater depletion. However, games can contribute to social learning about the role of crop choice and collective action, to motivate behavior change toward more sustainable groundwater extraction.
18 Tarannum, F.; Kansal, A.; Sharma, P. 2018. Understanding public perception, knowledge and behaviour for water quality management of the river Yamuna in India. Water Policy, 20(2):266-281. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2018.134]
Water quality ; Water management ; Public opinion ; Awareness ; Human behaviour ; Water pollution ; Risk assessment ; Water policy ; Rivers / India / Yamuna River / Delhi
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048716)
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The paper aims to understand how the public perceives river water quality and related risks and behaviour. Using the stratified semi-purposive sampling process, the study explores the perception of people residing along the river Yamuna in India. The method applied involved a structured questionnaire survey of 2706 respondents and four focused group discussions with people residing within two kilometres of the river bank. Non-parametric tests such as Kruskal Wallis, Mann Whitney U-test and One-Sample Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test were used to analyse the data. The findings suggest that the majority of the respondents formulate their perceptions using non-scientific methods like sensorial and heuristics. Perception on sources of pollution is shaped by personal experiences and people do not perceive diffused sources of pollution that affect river water quality. Respondents attributed the pollution in the river to anthropogenic activities and their risk perception was found to be linked to their direct dependence on the river for their daily needs. The paper suggests behavioural change strategies to focus on social, governance, and technological drivers.
19 Mapani, B.; Makurira, H.; Magole, L.; Meck, M.; Mkandawire, T.; Mul, Marloes; Ngongondo, C. 2018. Innovative solutions for intractable water problems in the face of climate change in southern and East African sub regions. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 105:1-2.
Climate change ; Water supply ; Water resources ; Water management ; Water use ; Water governance ; Water law ; Water allocation ; Urban areas ; Hydrogeology ; Human behaviour ; Land use / East Africa / South Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048784)
20 Abubakar, I. R. 2018. Strategies for coping with inadequate domestic water supply in Abuja, Nigeria. Water International, 43(5):570-590. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2018.1490862]
Water supply ; Domestic water ; Households ; Strategies ; Water scarcity ; Water conservation ; Wastewater treatment ; Recycling ; Water quality ; Water market ; Water storage ; Boreholes ; Dug wells ; Pipes ; Human behaviour / Nigeria / Abuja
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048895)
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This article explores household strategies for coping with inadequate domestic water supply in Abuja, and the factors that affect strategy choice. In-depth interviews found that water storage (90%), bottled and sachet water (82%), water vendors (78%) and fetching water from neighbours (60%) were prefered for coping with inadequate water supply over water conservation and recycling (38%), boreholes (23%), home water treatment (15%), and surface water (10%). The necessity of water, costs of coping strategies, housing characteristics, socio-economic factors and planning regulations influenced household choice of strategies.
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