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1 Thenkabail, P. S.; Hall, J.; Lin, T.; Ashton, M. S.; Harris, D.; Enclona, E. A. 2003. Detecting floristic structure and pattern across topographic and moisture gradients in a mixed species Central African forest using IKONOS and Landsat - 7 ETM + images. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation, 4:255-270.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 6620 Record No: H033320)
2 Grafton, R. Q.; McLindin, M.; Hussey, K.; Wyrwoll, P.; Wichelns, D.; Ringler, C.; Garrick, D.; Pittock, J.; Wheeler, S.; Orr, S.; Matthews, N.; Ansink, E.; Aureli, A.; Connell, D.; De Stefano, L.; Dowsley, K.; Farolfi, S.; Hall, J.; Katic, Pamela; Lankford, B.; Leckie, H.; McCartney, Matthew; Pohlner, H.; Ratna, N.; Rubarenzya, M. H.; Raman, S. N. S.; Wheeler, K.; Williams, J. 2016. Responding to global challenges in food, energy, environment and water: risks and options assessment for decision-making. Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, 3(2):275-299. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/app5.128]
Risk assessment ; Food security ; Food production ; Energy ; Sustainable development ; Intensification ; Resilience ; Environmental effects ; Water resources ; Decision making ; Households ; Stakeholders ; Farmers ; Poverty
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047589)
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We analyse the threats of global environmental change, as they relate to food security. First, we review three discourses: (i) ‘sustainable intensification’, or the increase of food supplies without compromising food producing inputs, such as soils and water; (ii) the ‘nexus’ that seeks to understand links across food, energy, environment and water systems; and (iii) ‘resilience thinking’ that focuses on how to ensure the critical capacities of food, energy and water systems are maintained in the presence of uncertainties and threats. Second, we build on these discourses to present the causal, risks and options assessment for decision-making process to improve decisionmaking in the presence of risks. The process provides a structured, but flexible, approach that moves from problem diagnosis to better risk-based decision-making and outcomes by responding to causal risks within and across food, energy, environment and water systems.
3 Hall, J.; Perdigao, R. A. P. 2021. Who is stirring the waters? Science, 371(6534):1096-1097. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abg6514]
River flow ; Water management ; Climate change ; Hydrology ; Land management ; Information transfer ; Models
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050285)
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4 Paszkowski, A.; Laurien, F.; Mechler, R.; Hall, J.. 2024. Quantifying community resilience to riverine hazards in Bangladesh. Global Environmental Change, 84:102778. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102778]
Resilience ; Flooding ; Erosion ; Communities ; Vulnerability ; Riverbanks ; Socioeconomic aspects ; Indicators ; Vulnerability ; Livelihoods ; Risk reduction ; Risk management / Bangladesh / Ganges River / Brahmaputra River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052616)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378023001449/pdfft?md5=b7479e4725d7b2c4908628ab751e2bee&pid=1-s2.0-S0959378023001449-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052616.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052616.pdf
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Every year, 30–70% of Bangladesh is inundated with flood waters, which combined with erosion, affect between 10 and 70 million people annually. Rural riverine communities in Bangladesh have long been identified as some of the poorest populations, most vulnerable to riverine hazards. However, these communities have, for generations, also developed resilience strategies – considered as the combination of absorptive, adaptive, and transformative approaches – to manage significant flooding and erosion. It is not clear whether such existing strategies are sufficient to generate resilience in the face of increasing hazards and growing pressures for land. In this study, we quantify community resilience to flooding and erosion of 35 of the most poverty-stricken and exposed communities in riverine Bangladesh by applying the systematic resilience measurement framework provided by the Flood Resilience Measurement for Communities tool. The low levels of resilience observed in the riverine communities, as well as their continued focus on enhancing absorptive capacities are alarming, especially in the face of growing climate threats and continued population growth. Innovative transformative responses are urgently required in riverine Bangladesh, which align with and complement ongoing community-centred efforts to enhance rural resilience to riverine hazards.
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