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1 Campanaro, A.; Rodriguez, D. J.; Amilpa, E. A.; Loaeza, E. G.; Arronte, P. 2014. Strengthening the financial system for water in Mexico: from a conceptual framework to the formulation of pilot initiatives. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank. 85p. (World Bank Water Papers 89153)
Water management ; Financing ; Water use ; Water supply ; Water rights ; Sanitation ; Legal aspects ; Pilot projects ; Public-private cooperation ; Funding ; Investment ; Disaster risk management ; Climate change ; Agricultural sector / Mexico
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046879)
http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2014/06/30/000442464_20140630094205/Rendered/PDF/891530WSP0Box385266B00PUBLIC0.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046879.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046879.pdf
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2 Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Fucugauchi, J. U.; Kijko, A.; Takeuchi, K.; Zaliapin, I. (Eds.) 2014. Extreme natural hazards, disaster risks and societal implications. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 402p. (Special Publications of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Series 1) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139523905]
Natural disasters ; Disaster risk management ; Environmental impact assessment ; Climate change ; Early warning systems ; Volcanic eruptions ; Earthquakes ; Landslides ; Hurricanes ; Tsunamis ; Flooding ; Sea level ; Ecosystems ; Models ; Precipitation ; Weather forecasting ; Hydrometeorology ; Geological process ; Satellite observation ; Remote sensing ; Socioeconomic aspects ; Capacity building ; Educational institutions ; Case studies ; Public-private cooperation / South America / Latin America / Africa / Middle East / Africa South of Sahara / Asia Pacific Region / Saudi Arabia / Iran / Thailand / Caribbean / Mexico / Madagascar / Australia / China / Japan / India / Afar Region / Mediterranean Region / Chao Phraya River / Wenchuan / Tohoku
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.34 G000 ISM Record No: H046897)
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3 Chinh, N. C.; Clarke, Y.; Manh, N. H.; Lebel, L.; Boontaveeyuwat, S.; Sophat, S.; Sinh, B. T.; Khiem, N. T. 2014. Communicating water-related climate change risks: lessons from a multitool and multi-country study in the Mekong region. In Lebel, L.; Hoanh, Chu Thai; Krittasudthacheewa, C.; Daniel, R. (Eds.). Climate risks, regional integration and sustainability in the Mekong region. Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre (SIRDC); Stockholm, Sweden: Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). pp.183-200.
Climate change ; Disaster risk management ; Flooding ; Drought ; Communication ; Models ; Households ; Living standards ; Communities ; Farmers / Southeast Asia / Cambodia / Thailand / Vietnam / Mekong Region / Mekong Delta
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI, e-copy SF Record No: H046917)
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4 Sahni, P.; Ariyabandu, M. M. (Eds.) 2003. Disaster risk reduction in South Asia. New Delhi, India: Prentice-Hall of India. 372p.
Natural disasters ; Disaster risk management ; Risk reduction ; Disaster preparedness ; Public education ; Capacity building ; Community involvement ; Gender ; Living standards ; Organizations ; Partnerships ; Health services ; Development plans ; Building construction ; Information technology ; Remote sensing ; Insurance ; Drought ; Cyclones ; Case studies ; Stakeholders / South Asia / Pakistan / India / Bangladesh / Nepal / Tharparkar
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.348 G570 SAH Record No: H047086)
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5 Chinnasamy, Pennan; Sunde, M. G. 2016. Improving spatiotemporal groundwater estimates after natural disasters using remotely sensed data: a case study of the Indian Ocean Tsunami. Earth Science Informatics, 9(1):101-111. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12145-015-0238-y]
Groundwater ; Water levels ; Water storage ; Natural disasters ; Disaster risk management ; Tsunamis ; Rain ; Flooding ; Salt water intrusion ; Remote sensing ; Coastal area ; Soil moisture ; Ecosystems ; Case studies / South Asia / India / Tamil Nadu / Indian Ocean
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047186)
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The Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 26, 2004 devastated coastal ecosystems across South Asia. Along the coastal regions of South India, increased groundwater levels (GWL), largely caused by saltwater intrusion, infiltration from inundated land, and disturbance of freshwater lenses, were reported. Many agencies allocated funding for restoration and rehabilitation projects. However, to streamline funding allocation efforts, district-level groundwater inundation/recession data would have been a useful tool for planners. Thus, to ensure better preparedness for future disaster relief operations, it is crucial to quantify pre- and post-tsunami groundwater levels across coastal districts in India. Since regional scale GWL field observations are not often available, this study instead used space gravimetry data from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), along with soil moisture data from the Global Land Data Assimilation Systems (GLDAS), to quantify GWL fluctuations caused by the tsunami. A time-series analysis of equivalent groundwater thickness was developed for February 2004–December 2005 and the results indicated a net increase of 274 % in GWLs along coastal regions in Tamil Nadu following the tsunami. The net recharge volume of groundwater due to the tsunami was 16.8 km3, just 15 % lower than the total annual groundwater recharge (19.8 km3) for the state of Tamil Nadu. Additionally, GWLs returned to average within 3 months following the tsunami. The analysis demonstrated the utility of remotely sensed data in predicting and assessing the impacts of natural disasters.
6 Amarnath, Giriraj; Rajah, Ameer. 2016. An evaluation of flood inundation mapping from MODIS and ALOS satellites for Pakistan. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 7(5):1526-1537. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2015.1084953]
Natural disasters ; Disaster risk management ; Flooding ; Satellite imagery ; Mapping ; Spatial distribution ; Rain ; River basins / Pakistan / Indus River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047188)
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/19475705.2015.1084953
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047188.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047188.pdf
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The paper presents a moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) time-series imagery-based algorithm for detection and mapping of seasonal and annual changes in flood extent, and tests this using the flooding of the Indus River Basin in 2010 – one of the greatest recent disasters that affected more than 25 million people in Pakistan. The algorithm was applied to produce inundation maps for 10 annual flood seasons over the period from 2000 to 2011. The MODIS flood products were validated in comparison with advanced land observing system (ALOS) sensors, which have both advanced visible and near infrared radiometer and phased array type L-band synthetic images using the flood fraction comparison method. A simple threshold method is created to cluster the data to identify the flood pixels in the imagery. Calculations are then made to estimate a flood area for each resolution. A statistical study is performed to analyze false positive and false negative rates using the ALOS sensors as ‘ground truth’. Comparison of two flood products at a grid size of 10 km resulted in the coefficient of determination range of 0.72–0.97. This research points to a relevant spatial resolution that could be effectively used to obtain accurate mapped products of the extent of the inundated area. The approach can be used to quantify the damage caused by floods.
7 Grobicki, A.; MacLeod, F.; Pischke, F. 2015. Integrated policies and practices for flood and drought risk management. Water Policy, 17(S1):180-194. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2015.009]
Disaster risk management ; Policy ; Flood control ; Drought ; Resilience ; Water management ; Integrated management ; River basin development ; Sustainable development
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047428)
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The paper argues for an integrated approach to the management of water-related disasters that becomes a full part of the political decision-making process at the earliest possible moment and focuses on preparedness, mitigating their negative impacts and also considering their positive impacts, particularly those of floods. By doing this, there is an opportunity to consider the three pillars of sustainable development, and understand the options that exist and the trade-offs that may need to be made between economic efficiency, environmental sustainability and social equity. Within the post-2015 agenda, water-related disasters are addressed by targets under a number of different Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As climate change becomes an ever-more-present reality, whose impacts are often experienced through water-related disasters such as floods and droughts, there is an urgent need to build disaster-resilient societies through more integrated policies and practices, including stakeholders’ perspectives and a partnership approach. The paper provides stakeholder perspectives and approaches from around the world that are putting these ideas into practice.
8 Kurian, M.; Ardakanian, R.; Goncalves Veiga, L.; Meyer, K. 2016. Resources, services and risks: how can data observatories bridge the science-policy divide in environmental governance? Dresden, Germany: Springer. 75p.
Resource management ; Environmental management ; Governance ; Collective action ; Soil conservation ; Water conservation ; Wastewater treatment ; Water reuse ; Watershed management ; Water supply ; Periurban agriculture ; Ecology ; Political aspects ; Decentralization ; Public services ; Decision making ; Decision support systems ; Disaster risk management ; Flooding ; Drought ; Case studies / Lao People's Democratic Republic / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 025.32 G000 KUR Record No: H047608)
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9 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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10 Bahinipati, C. S. 2015. Determinants of farm-level adaptation diversity to cyclone and flood: insights from a farm household-level survey in Eastern India. Water Policy, 17(4):742-761. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2014.121]
Climate change adaptation ; Farmer participation ; Disaster risk management ; Cyclones ; Flooding ; Crop losses ; Farm income ; Households ; Socioeconomic environment ; Models ; Institutions ; Coastal area ; Surveys / Eastern India / Odisha / Balasore / Kendrapada / Jajpur
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047668)
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A large number of farmers’ livelihoods are susceptible to cyclones and floods, and farmers are taking up several adaptation mechanisms. Previous studies, therefore, have examined determinants of various adaptation options and provide policy suggestions to promote a specific one. However, options are undertaken at different points depending on the nature and intensity of extreme events. Hence, it is imperative to identify factors influencing farmers’ decisions to adopt an additional option, particularly during ex-ante and ex-post periods. This could assist policymakers to enhance various farm-level adaptation options. Using survey data from 285 farm households in cyclone-and flood-prone regions in eastern India, this study aims to assess the determinants of adaptation diversity. This study finds that the likelihood of undertaking adaptation diversity is high during the ex-post period, and cyclone-affected farmers are likely to adopt a higher number of adaptation measures. Further, size of household, farming experience, per capita income, agriculture as major source of income and crop loss compensation received are some of the important determinants. These findings emphasize the need for investments in scientific modeling for better prediction of extreme events and suggest restructuring the existing institutions to promote several farm-level adaptation measures.
11 Amarnath, Giriraj; Islam, A. K. M. S.; Shrestha, M. S. 2016. Managing variability: floods and droughts. In Bharati, Luna; Sharma, Bharat R.; Smakhtin, Vladimir (Eds.). The Ganges River Basin: status and challenges in water, environment and livelihoods. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.71-92. (Earthscan Series on Major River Basins of the World)
Disaster risk management ; Flooding ; Drought ; Climate change ; Monitoring ; Mapping ; Satellite observation ; Remote sensing ; Spatial distribution ; Monsoon climate ; Rain ; Hydrology ; Models ; Early warning systems ; Forecasting ; Precipitation ; Crop yield ; Population / India / Nepal / Bangladesh / Ganges Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047812)
12 Price, G.; Mittra, S. 2016. Water, ecosystems and energy in South Asia making cross-border collaboration work. London, UK: The Royal Institute of International Affairs. 54p.
Water resources ; Water management ; Water power ; Electricity generation ; Ecosystems ; Energy resources ; Early warning systems ; Flooding ; Disaster risk management ; Environmental protection ; Nongovernmental organizations ; State intervention ; Community involvement ; Cooperation ; Rivers ; River basins ; Research projects ; Action plans ; Political aspects ; Stakeholders ; Case studies / South Asia / Bangladesh / India / Bhutan / Pakistan / China / Nepal / Himalayas / Karnali River / Ghaghara River / Koshi Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047923)
https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/files/chathamhouse/publications/research/2016-06-30-water-south-asia-price-mittra.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047923.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047923.pdf
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13 Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). 2014. Restoring agriculture after a tsunami: the experience from Aceh, Indonesia. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). 88p.
Agricultural extension ; Agricultural sector ; Farmland ; Natural disasters ; Tsunamis ; Disaster recovery ; Disaster risk management ; Soil salinity ; Water quality ; Crop management ; Seed quality ; Pest management ; Weed control ; Plant nutrition ; Farmers ; Living standards ; Communication ; Coordination ; Capacity building ; Social participation / Indonesia / Aceh
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 630 G662 AUS Record No: H047930)
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14 Solik, B.; Penning-Rowsell, E. C. 2017. Adding an implementation phase to the framework for flood policy evolution: insights from South Africa. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 33(1):51-68. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2016.1142860]
Disaster risk management ; Risk reduction ; Flooding ; Policy ; Evolution ; Frameworks ; Legislation ; Weather hazards ; Assessment ; State intervention ; Case studies / South Africa / Eden District Municipality
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048005)
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South African flood risk management policy changed radically after the end of apartheid (1994), with the Disaster Management Act of 2002 promoting a modern proactive approach. However, policy document research and two case studies show an implementation deficit. The ‘crises and catalysts’ theoretical framework used to analyze flood policy evolution needs more attention to implementation issues and the learning involved. Future flood policy change in South Africa or elsewhere should ensure that the process of learning is purposefully embedded within the structures, procedures and practices that are promoted to facilitate policy implementation, rather than being left to chance.
15 Douxchamps, S.; Debevec, Liza; Giordano, Meredith; Barron, Jennie. 2017. Monitoring and evaluation of climate resilience for agricultural development: a review of currently available tools. World Development Perspectives, 5:10-23. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2017.02.001]
Agricultural development ; Adaptation ; Monitoring ; Climate change ; Transformation ; Indicators ; Economic evaluation ; Food security ; Disaster risk management ; International organizations ; Development organizations ; Nongovernmental organizations ; Research organizations ; Assessment
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048037)
Building climate resilience, defined as the ability to anticipate, absorb, accommodate, or recover from climate change in a timely and efficient manner, is becoming a major priority of development across multiple sectors. However, there is still no consensus on how resilience should be assessed despite the release of numerous theoretical papers on the topic. Various measurement frameworks and recommendations have emerged, but their applicability is yet to be critically assessed. Using a comprehensive review and a systematic selection approach, we review resilience assessment tools developed for the context of climate change and agricultural development, and their linkages to theoretical frameworks, with a particular focus on the choice of indicators and the scale and methods of measurement. Fifteen tools originating from diverse organizations were selected and evaluated according to a measurement framework. Our study finds that, while some of the tools remain embedded in classical approaches, by simply adding a resilience lens to previous tools and by recycling indicators, others demonstrate a true attempt to re-think in order to account for resilience dimensions. We conclude that for the use of resilience assessment tools, a major challenge is to ensure that simple and operational tools can address complexity. Full baseline should comprise both quantitative and qualitative data collection, and include more systemic indicators as well as indicators of stability and shocks. Changes should be tracked with regular monitoring and evaluation using simple tools based on key variables that capture short-term adaptive processes and changes in states, at the appropriate system level. Clear pathways to human well-being, including transformation, should be discussed through system-oriented approaches, to discard potential undesired resilient states. Finally, robust outcome and impact records from the use of these tools are needed to demonstrate whether the resilience concept is useful over time in driving development into more desirable paths.
16 Sadoff, C. W.; Muller, M. 2007. Better water resources management: reater resilience today, more effective adaptation tomorrow. Stockholm, Sweden: Global Water Partnership. 17p.
Integrated management ; Water resources ; Water management ; Climate change ; Disaster risk management ; Water quality ; Water rights ; Water allocation ; Water storage ; Water security ; Financing
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048116)
http://www.preventionweb.net/files/12909_PersPap04.PlanningBetterWRM1.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048116.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048116.pdf
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17 International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2017. IWMI Annual report 2016. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 36p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2017.210]
Water management ; Watershed management ; Groundwater management ; Groundwater irrigation ; Sustainability ; Disaster risk management ; Irrigation management ; Surface irrigation ; River basins ; Nutrients ; Soils ; Land resources ; Ecosystems ; Drought ; Health ; Aquifers ; Farmers ; Economic aspects ; Environmental management ; State intervention / Ethiopia / India / Ganges River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048180)
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18 Nasiri, H.; Yusof, M. J. M.; Ali, T. A. M. 2016. An overview to flood vulnerability assessment methods. Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2(3):331-336. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40899-016-0051-x]
Disaster risk management ; Weather hazards ; Flooding ; Risk assessment ; Indicators ; Evaluation techniques ; Planning ; Models
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048194)
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs40899-016-0051-x.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048194.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048194.pdf
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Vulnerability is the main construct in flood risk management. One of the most significant aims of flood vulnerability assessment is to make a clear association between the theoretical conceptions of flood vulnerability and the daily administrative process. Variety of approaches has been introduced to assess vulnerability therefore selection of more appropriate methodology is vital for authorities. The more accepted assessing methods can be categorized in four groups: curve method, disaster loos data method, computer modeling methods and indicator based methods. The purpose of this study is to review these methods and compare their benefits and drawbacks. The article concluded that the indicator-based approach gives more precise vision of overall flood vulnerability in each area rather than other approaches.
19 Nguimalet, C.-R. 2018. Comparison of community-based adaptation strategies for droughts and floods in Kenya and the Central African Republic. Water International, 43(2):183-204. (Special issue: Climate Change and Adaptive Water Management: Innovative Solutions from the Global South). [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2017.1393713]
Climate change adaptation ; Community involvement ; Strategies ; Disaster risk management ; Disaster preparedness ; Drought ; Flooding ; Water scarcity ; Watersheds ; Rain ; Socioeconomic environment / Kenya / Central African Republic / Malewa Watershed / Tomi Watershed / Gribingui Watershed / Fafa Watershed
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048592)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02508060.2017.1393713?needAccess=true
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048592.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048592.pdf
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This paper discusses community-based adaptation strategies for droughts and floods in small watersheds in Kenya and the Central African Republic. Survey data on adaptation strategies and annual rainfall data in the watersheds were used to assess the occurrence of floods and droughts, and their impacts. In both areas, the main adaptation strategy for floods is temporary relocation. For droughts, changing livelihood activities was the main adaptation strategy, while relief-seeking applied to both droughts and floods. We recommend greater preparedness, capacity building, and the diversification of livelihoods as means of enhancing adaptation.
20 Horne, J.; Tortajada, C.; Harrington, L. 2018. Achieving the sustainable development goals: improving water services in cities affected by extreme weather events. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 34(4):475-489. (Special issue: Urban Resilience to Droughts and Floods: Policies and Governance). [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2018.1464902]
Sustainable Development Goals ; Water supply ; Towns ; Extreme weather events ; Climate change ; Water governance ; Water policy ; Financing ; Tariffs ; Disaster risk management ; Informal settlements ; Slums
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048812)
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This article discusses how key risks from extreme weather events might affect progress towards meeting Sustainable Development Goals 6 and 11 in cities in developing countries. It outlines the magnitude of the existing shortfall in safe water and sanitation services, and how climate change will exacerbate existing problems. It argues that the performance of many governments thus far has lacked urgency and purpose. Unless governments in particular become more committed, with redoubled effort, the goals are unlikely to be achieved.
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