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1 Orr, S.. 2008. Business: beyond ‘water footprints’ and ‘efficiency’ Food Ethics, 3(1): 17-18.
(Location: IWMI HQ Record No: H041140)
2 Pegram, G.; Orr, S.; Williams, C. 2009. Investigating shared risk in water: corporate engagement with the public policy process. Godalming, UK: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). 47p.
Water resource management ; Water policy ; Public policy ; Water scarcity ; Risks ; Private sector ; Water footprint ; Watersheds
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 PEG Record No: H043305)
http://assets.wwf.org.uk/downloads/investigating_shared_risk.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043305.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043305.pdf
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3 Liu, J.; Orr, S.. 2010. Water footprint overview in the governmental, public policy, and corporate contexts. In Lundqvist, J. (Ed.). On the water front: selections from the 2009 World Water Week in Stockholm. Stockholm, Sweden: Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). pp.73-79.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043361)
http://www.worldwaterweek.org/documents/Resources/Synthesis/On_the_Water_Front_selections_from_WWW.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043361.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043361.pdf
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Water footprints have evolved from the quantification of virtual water theory and have been linked to advocacy, awareness, measurement for baselines and, now, to water management decision-making. To date, the role of water footprints in water policy has been limited to a few examples in the government and the corporate contexts. In this article, we show how both the government in China and one particular brewery company (SABMiller) have used the water footprint concept. In China, a sharp increase in the per capita water footprint has been reported, mainly due to diet shifts in recent decades. Partly in response to this change, the Chinese government has promoted the strategy of a “water-saving society development” to enhance water use efficiency and reduce the national water footprint. Similarly, SABMiller have used the water footprint method to estimate water reliance in their supply chain and overlay this information with business risks in the value chain. We conclude that the evolvement of the water footprint concept from basic quantitative studies to a powerful advocacy tool can help support policy development, decision-making and business risk awareness for efficient water use.
4 Morrison, J.; Schulte, P.; Christian-Smith, J.; Orr, S.; Hepworth, N.; Pegram, G. 2010. The CEO Water Mandate: guide to responsible business engagement with water policy. Oakland, CA, USA: Pacific Institute. 109p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 CEO Record No: H043738)
http://www.unglobalcompact.org/docs/issues_doc/Environment/ceo_water_mandate/Guide_Responsible_Business_Engagement_Water_Policy.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043738.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043738.pdf
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5 Orr, S.; Cartwright, A.; Tickner, D. 2009. Understanding water risks: a primer on the consequences of water scarcity for government and business. Godalming, Surrey, UK: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). 39p. (WWF Water Security Series 4)
Water management ; Conflict ; Water scarcity ; Ecosystems ; Risks ; Climate change ; Poverty ; Economic growth ; Food security ; Health hazards
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 ORR Record No: H043919)
http://assets.wwf.org.uk/downloads/understanding_water_risk.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043919.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043919.pdf
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6 Hepworth, C.; Orr, S.. 2013. Corporate water stewardship: exploring private sector engagement in water security. In Lankford, B.; Bakker, K.; Zeitoun, M.; Conway, D. (Eds.). Water security: principles, perspectives and practices. Oxon, UK: Routledge. pp.220-238. (Earthscan Water Text Series)
Water security ; Private sector ; Non governmental organizations ; Risks ; Water accounting ; Corporations ; Legal aspects
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G662 IND Record No: H046276)
7 Orr, S.. 2014. Dams on the Mekong. In Grafton, R. Q.; Wyrwoll, P.; White, C.; Allendes, D. (Eds.). Global water: issues and insights. Canberra, Australia: Australian National University (ANU Press). pp.151-154.
Dam construction ; Fisheries ; Nutrients ; Proteins ; Water requirements ; Social aspects ; Land use / Cambodia / Laos / Mekong River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046558)
http://press.anu.edu.au/apps/bookworm/view/Global+Water%3A+Issues+and+Insights/11041/ch05.6.xhtml#toc_marker-35
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046558.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046558.pdf
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8 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.
9 Lankford, B.; Closas, A.; Dalton, J.; Gunn, E. L.; Hess, T.; Knox, J. W.; van der Kooij, S.; Lautze, Jonathan; Molden, D.; Orr, S.; Pittock, J.; Richter, B.; Riddell, P. J.; Scott, C. A.; Venot, J.-P.; Vos, J.; Zwarteveen, M. 2020. A scale-based framework to understand the promises, pitfalls and paradoxes of irrigation efficiency to meet major water challenges. Global Environmental Change, 65:102182. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102182]
Irrigation efficiency ; Water management ; Frameworks ; Policies ; Water allocation ; Irrigation systems ; Water scarcity ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Hydrology ; Technology ; River basins ; Canals ; Water use ; Water loss ; Stakeholders ; Farmers
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050057)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378020307652/pdfft?md5=1d4aa4ec98836a41507a0dfd1fd6fb3a&pid=1-s2.0-S0959378020307652-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050057.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050057.pdf
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An effective placement of irrigation efficiency in water management will contribute towards meeting the pre-eminent global water challenges of our time such as addressing water scarcity, boosting crop water productivity and reconciling competing water needs between sectors. However, although irrigation efficiency may appear to be a simple measure of performance and imply dramatic positive benefits, it is not straightforward to understand, measure or apply. For example, hydrological understanding that irrigation losses recycle back to surface and groundwater in river basins attempts to account for scale, but this generalisation cannot be readily translated from one location to another or be considered neutral for farmers sharing local irrigation networks. Because irrigation efficiency (IE) motives, measures, effects and technologies play out at different scales for different people, organisations and purposes, and losses differ from place to place and over time, IE is a contested term, highly changeable and subjective. This makes generalisations for science, management and policy difficult. Accordingly, we propose new definitions for IE and irrigation hydrology and introduce a framework, termed an ‘irrigation efficiency matrix’, comprising five spatial scales and ten dimensions to understand and critique the promises, pitfalls and paradoxes of IE and to unlock its utility for addressing contemporary water challenges.
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