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1 Sharma, Bharat R.; Lemenih, Mulugeta; Zemadim, Birhanu; Bossio, Deborah; Amede, Tilahun. 2011. Fighting poverty through innovations in small scale irrigation and resource sharing: the case of Mada-jalala resettled community in the Blue Nile Basin of Ethiopia. [Abstract only]. Paper presented at the 3rd International Forum on Water and Food, Tshwane, South Africa, 14-17 November 2011. 2p.
Water management ; Poverty ; Irrigation systems ; Canals ; Case studies ; Water allocation ; Community involvement ; Rural settlement ; Households / Ethiopia / Nile River Basin / Mada Jalala Small Scale Irrigation System
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044563)
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2 Knowlton, C.; Gourdji, S.; Platt, K.; Wiley, M. J. 2008. Potential public health implications of interlinking of rivers in India. In Mirza, M. M. Q.; Ahmed, A. U.; Ahmad, Q. K. (Eds.). Interlinking of rivers in India: issues and concerns. Leiden, Netherlands: CRC Press. pp.141-152.
Rivers ; Water resources development ; Water pollution ; Water quality ; Faecal coliforms ; Public health ; Malaria ; Schistosomiasis ; Cholera ; Rural settlement ; Case studies ; Models / India / Kanpur
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.6 G000 MIR Record No: H045874)
3 Sri Lanka. Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Management. 2010. Uma Oya Multipurpose Development Project: environmental impact assessment. Final report. Vol. 1 - Main report. Nugegoda, Sri Lanka: University of Sri Jayewardenepura. 320p.
River basin development ; Development projects ; Environmental impact assessment ; Surface water ; Groundwater ; Rural settlement ; Agricultural production ; Soil erosion ; Soil conservation ; Air pollution ; Irrigation schemes ; Habitats ; Cultivation ; Cost benefit analysis ; Tunnels ; Meteorology ; Hydrology ; Land use ; Rice ; Livestock ; Income ; Water supply ; Projects / Sri Lanka / Uma Oya Basin / Kirindi Oya Basin / Mahaweli River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631.7 G744 SRI Record No: H046351)
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4 Buechler, S.; Hanson, A.-M. (Eds.) 2015. A political ecology of women, water and global environmental change. Oxon, UK: Routledge. 262p.
Political ecology ; Gender ; Women's participation ; Women in development ; Water resources ; Water management ; Environmental factors ; Globalization ; Partnerships ; Climate change ; Adaptation ; Water availability ; Water governance ; Watersheds ; Lakes ; Urban areas ; Rural settlement ; Mining ; Social aspects ; Violence ; Ethnic groups ; Riparian zones ; Sustainability ; Cultivation ; Irrigation methods ; Seaweeds ; Wastes / South Africa / USA / Brazil / Mexico / Egypt / Canada / Tajikistan / Lesotho / Los Angeles / Rayon / Sonora / Yucatan / Yukon Territory
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 305.42 G000 BUE Record No: H047093)
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5 Katus, S.; Suhardiman, Diana; Senaratna Sellamutu, Sonali. 2016. When local power meets hydropower: Reconceptualizing resettlement along the Nam Gnouang River in Laos. Geoforum, 72:6-15. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2016.03.007]
Water power ; Rural settlement ; Living standards ; Economic growth ; Poverty ; Local government ; Local communities ; Rivers ; Energy generation ; Reservoir storage ; Villages / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Bolikhamxai Province / Nam Gnouang River / Mekong River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047486)
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In Laos, hydropower development is occurring at rapid, though controversial pace. While hydropower development could in principle contribute to the country’s development objectives to promote economic growth and reduce poverty, it also impacts people’s livelihoods especially local communities living along the river. Focusing on the transition of Nam Gnouang River into a reservoir, this article looks at the process of resettlement of four neighboring villages in Bolikhamxai Province, Laos into one resettlement site, Ban Keosengkham. Conceptualizing hydropower development as a ‘technology’ of power, it illustrates how power relations between villagers, local government authorities, and dam developers determine resettlement processes and outcomes.
6 Inderberg, T. H.; Eriksen, S.; O'Brien, K.; Sygna, L. (Eds.) 2015. Climate change adaptation and development: transforming paradigms and practices. Oxon, UK: Routledge. 295p.
Climate change adaptation ; Sustainable development ; Disaster risk management ; Flood control ; Technology transfer ; Resilience ; Gender ; Women ; Farmers ; Households ; Living standards ; Urban planning ; Rural settlement ; Governance ; Stakeholders ; Policy making ; Political aspects ; Socioeconomic development ; Indigenous knowledge ; Food security ; Agricultural sector ; Charcoal ; Arid zones ; Semiarid zones ; Case studies / Mozambique / Kenya / Tanzania / Ethiopia / Nepal / Lake Victoria Basin / Maputo / Makueni / Dar es Salaam / Afar Region / Humla
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 338.927 G000 IND Record No: H047643)
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7 Weeratunge, N.; Joffre, O.; Senaratna Sellamuttu, Sonali; Bouahom, B.; Keophoxay, Anousith. 2016. Gender and household decision-making in a Lao village: implications for livelihoods in hydropower development. Gender, Place and Culture, 23(11):1599-1614. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2016.1219319]
Gender ; Women ; Men ; Decision making ; Households ; Living standards ; Water power ; Economic aspects ; Income ; Upland rice ; Rural settlement ; Reservoir operation ; Social welfare ; Labour ; Cost benefit analysis ; Equity ; Cultivation / Lao People's Democratic Republic
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047838)
Hydropower development with concomitant changes in water and land regimes often results in livelihood transformation of affected people, entailing changes in intra-household decision-making upon which livelihood strategies are based. Economic factors underlying gender dimensions of household decision-making have been studied rigorously since the 1970s. However, empirical data on gender and decision-making within households, needed for evidence-based action, remain scarce. This is more so in hydropower contexts. This article explores gender and livelihood-related decision-making within rural households in the context of hydropower development in Lao PDR. Based on a social well-being conceptual approach with data from a household survey and qualitative interviews, it focuses on household decisions in an ethnic minority resettlement site soon after displacement, from an interpretive perspective. The article, first, aims to assess the extent to which household decision-making is gendered and secondly, to understand the complex reasoning behind household decisions, especially the relevance of material, relational, and subjective factors. It argues that while most household decisions are ostensibly considered as ‘joint’ in the study site, the nuanced nature of gendered values, norms, practices, relations, attitudes, and feelings underlying these decisions are important to assessing why households might or might not adopt livelihood interventions proposed by hydropower developers.
8 Nguyen, H. T.; de Bruyn, L. L.; Koech, R. 2016. Impact of hydropower dam development on agriculturally based livelihoods of resettled communities: a case study of Duong Hoa Commune in central Vietnam. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 32(6):978-996. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2015.1121138]
Water power ; Dam construction ; Living standards ; Agricultural production ; Rural settlement ; Communes ; Households ; Income ; Reservoirs ; Forest land ; River basins ; Animal husbandry ; Forestry ; Case studies / Vietnam / Huong River Basin / Ta Trach Reservoir
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047931)
Dam development is widespread in central Vietnam. Interviews were conducted with households that had been resettled and those that had not to determine the type of agricultural livelihoods that were re-established nine years after resettlement due to the Ta Trach reservoir project. Results showed that resettled households, despite having more forest land, were economically worse off compared with households that were not moved. This discrepancy between households was attributed to less arable land allocated to resettled households. The provision of good-quality land, able to grow crops and food trees, was essential if households were to re-establish a comparable agriculturally based livelihood.
9 Taye, Meron Teferi; Haile, Alemseged Tamiru; Genet, A.; Geremew, Y.; Wassie, S.; Abebe, B.; Alemayehu, B. 2022. Data quality deterioration in the Lake Tana Sub-basin, Ethiopia: scoping study to provide streamflow and water withdrawal data. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 32p. (IWMI Working Paper 204) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2022.208]
Hydrological data ; Data quality ; Lakes ; Stream flow ; Water extraction ; Monitoring ; Flow measurement ; Water level measurement ; Data collection ; Surface water ; Water availability ; Water use ; Irrigation schemes ; Small scale systems ; Water supply ; Urban areas ; Rural settlement ; Drinking water ; Domestic water ; Industry ; Hydropower ; Livestock ; Rainfed agriculture ; Irrigated farming ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Water resources ; Water management ; Planning ; Stakeholders ; Partnerships ; River basin institutions ; Data management ; Alliances ; Climatic data ; Models / Ethiopia / Abbay Basin / Lake Tana Sub-Basin / Gilgel Abay River / Gumara River / Ribb River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H051149)
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This working paper was prepared under a research project from the Future Leaders – African Independent Research (FLAIR) fellowship programme – focusing on understanding hydrological changes in the Lake Tana sub-basin, Ethiopia, due to water abstraction, land use and climate change. FLAIR is funded by the UK government’s Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) through The Royal Society, UK. The study was jointly conducted by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and staff of the Abbay Basin Development Office (ABDO). The paper provides information on the deterioration of streamflow data quality in the sub-basin. It demonstrates how to support the sub-basin by generating primary data and compiling current water abstraction data that are relevant for development planning. The project showed the possibility of conducting such activities with limited financial resources and time constraints but with strong collaboration. This work also demonstrated the need for a data alliance among stakeholders in the sub-basin.
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