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1 Jong, P. 2007. The water system and water chain in Dutch water and environmental legislation. Law, Environment and Development Journal, 3(2): 202-216.
Water resource management ; Planning ; Water policy ; Legislation ; Drinking water ; Water supply ; Wastewater treatment ; Sewage ; Municipal authorities / The Netherlands
(Location: IWMI HQ Record No: H041219)
2 Danso, George; Drechsel, Pay; Cofie, Olufunke. 2008. Large-scale urban waste composting for urban and peri-urban agriculture in West Africa: an integrated approach to provide decision support to municipal authorities. In Parrot, L.; Njoya, A.; Temple, L.; Assogba-Komlan, F.; Kahane, R.; Ba Diao, M.; Havard, M. (Eds.). Agriculture and urban development in Sub-Saharan Africa: environment and health issues. Paris, France: L'Harmattan. pp.51-62. (Collection Ethique Economique)
Composting ; Waste management ; Economic analysis ; Urban agriculture ; Periurban areas ; Decision making ; Municipal authorities / Ghana / Togo / Benin / Nigeria / Mali / Burkina Faso / Accra / Kumasi / Tamale
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041923)
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3 Huchon, A.; Tricot, G. 2008. Between citizens and institutions: the dynamics of the integration of water supply and sanitation services in Hyderabad. New Delhi, India: Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities. 135p. (CSH Occasional Paper 22)
Water supply ; Sanitation ; Infrastructure ; Municipal authorities ; Drainage / India / Hyderabad / Andhra Pradesh
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.61 G635 HUC Record No: H042992)
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4 Kurian, M.; McCarney, P. (Eds.) 2010. Peri-urban water and sanitation services: policy, planning and method. New York, NY, USA: Springer. 300p.
Water supply ; Sanitation ; Policy ; Planning ; Urban areas ; Poverty ; Climate ; Risk analysis ; Wastewater ; Domestic water ; Financing ; Municipal authorities ; Local government ; Groundwater management ; Rural areas
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.61 G000 KUR Record No: H043404)
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More than 2.6 billion people in the developing world lack access to safe water and sanitation service. The Millennium Development Goal's (MDG) target is to halve the number of people without access to a sustainable source of water supply and connection to a sewer network by 2015. That target is unlikely to be met. If there is anything that can be learnt from European experience it is that institutional reform occurs incrementally when politically enfranchised urban populations perceive a threat to their material well-being due to contamination of water sources.
5 Berg, S. V. 2014. Good governance for state-owned water utilities. In Grafton, R. Q.; Wyrwoll, P.; White, C.; Allendes, D. (Eds.). Global water: issues and insights. Canberra, Australia: Australian National University (ANU Press). pp.107-111.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046551)
http://press.anu.edu.au/apps/bookworm/view/Global+Water%3A+Issues+and+Insights/11041/ch04.5.xhtml#toc_marker-27
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046551.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046551.pdf
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6 Kumar, S.; Kusakabe, K.; Pradhan, P.; Shrestha, P.; Goteti, S.; Tuan, T. A.; Meteejaroenwong, E.; Suwanprik, T.; Linh, K. 2014. Greenhouse gas emissions from tourism service providers in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and Hue, Vietnam. 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.248-269.
Greenhouse gases ; Industrial emission ; Tourism ; Carbon dioxide ; Waste gases ; Municipal authorities ; Industrial wastewater ; Solid wastes / Thailand / Vietnam / Mekong Region / Chiang Mai / Hue
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI, e-copy SF Record No: H046920)
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7 Fernando, Sudarshana; Semasinghe, Christina; Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Wijayamunie, R.; Wickramasinghe, N.; Dissanayake, S. 2016. City region food system situational analysis, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE); Rome, Italy: FAO; Accra, Ghana: Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF). 251p.
Food consumption ; Food supply ; Food safety ; Food policies ; Food production ; Food chains ; Food security ; Stakeholders ; Corporate culture ; Institutions ; Government departments ; Municipal authorities ; Private sector ; International organizations ; Legal aspects ; Legislation ; Regulations ; Policy making ; Decision making ; Human nutrition ; Malnutrition ; Sociocultural environment ; Poverty ; Natural resources management ; Climate change ; Land use ; Economic aspects ; Small scale systems ; Vegetables ; Fruits ; Livestock ; Milk production ; Crops ; Market prices ; Waste disposal ; Waste management ; Public health ; Health hazards ; Sanitation / Sri Lanka / Colombo
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047774)
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8 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
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048523.pdf
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.
9 Joshi, N. M.; Subedee, S.; Pandey, D. R. (Eds.) 2017. Proceedings of the Seventh International Seminar on Irrigation in Local Adaptation and Resilience, Kathmandu, Nepal, 11-12 April 2017. Kathmandu, Nepal: Farmer Managed Irrigation Systems Promotion Trust. 348p.
Irrigation systems ; Irrigation management ; Irrigation practices ; Drip irrigation ; Farmer managed irrigation systems ; Climate change ; Climatic factors ; Small scale systems ; Water management ; Water availability ; Water distribution ; Water resources ; Water security ; Water governance ; Economic impact ; Multiple use ; Financing ; Highlands ; Sustainability ; Solar energy ; Economic aspects ; Cost benefit analysis ; Rural areas ; Food security ; Municipal authorities ; Socioeconomic environment ; Gender ; Women's participation ; Role of women ; Equity ; Decentralization ; Planning ; Case studies / Nepal / Nawalparasi District / Chiang Mai / Kapilavastu / Mae Rim District / Dhikurpokhari / Kaski / Andhikhola River Basin / Chapakot Irrigation System
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.913 G000 JOS Record No: H048568)
10 Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay. (Eds.) 2018. Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. 816p.
Resource recovery ; Waste management ; Business management ; Models ; Energy management ; Energy generation ; Renewable energy ; Nutrients ; Water reuse ; Low income areas ; Economic aspects ; Sanitation ; agricultural wastes ; Livestock wastes ; Organic wastes ; Organic fertilizers ; Organic matter ; Solid wastes ; Solid fuels ; Urban wastes ; Agricultural waste management ; Briquettes ; Biogas ; Faecal sludge ; Kitchen waste ; Food wastes ; Local communities ; Sustainability ; Industrial wastes ; Municipal authorities ; Abattoirs ; Ethanol ; Sugar industry ; Agroindustry ; Composting ; Cost recovery ; Public-private cooperation ; Partnerships ; Subsidies ; Carbon credits ; Excreta ; Urine ; Wastewater treatment ; Wastewater irrigation ; Forestry ; Aquaculture ; Farmers ; Fruits ; Wood production ; Financing ; Supply chain ; Fish feeding ; Risk management ; Private sector ; Private investment ; Freshwater ; Deltas ; Aquifers ; Groundwater recharge ; Downstream / Uganda / Rwanda / India / Kenya / Peru / Brazil / Mexico / Kenya / Thailand / Burkina Faso / Venezuela / Sri Lanka / Egypt / Bangladesh / Tunisia / Morocco / Ghana / Jordan / Iran / Spain / Kampala / Kigali / Sulabh / Nairobi / Santa Rosillo / Koppal / Bihar / Pune / Maharashtra / Mumias / Bangkok / Carabobo / Veracruz / Balangoda / Okhla / Bangalore / Ouagadougou / Mashhad Plain / Llobregat Delta / Tula Aquifer
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048622)
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11 Rao, Krishna C.; Parthan, B.; Doshi, K. 2018. Power from municipal solid waste at Pune Municipal Corporation (Pune, Maharashtra, India) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.222-231.
Municipal wastes ; Household wastes ; Solid wastes ; Renewable energy ; Biogas ; Electricity generation ; Municipal authorities ; Socioeconomic environment ; Business models ; Supply chain ; Environmental impact / India / Pune / Maharashtra
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048644)
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12 Niwagaba, C. B.; Otoo, Miriam; Hope, L. 2018. Municipal solid waste composting for cost recovery (Mbale Compost Plant, Uganda) - Case Study. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.324-332.
Municipal wastes ; Solid wastes ; Waste management ; Composting ; Cost recovery ; Carbon credits ; Municipal authorities ; Dumping ; Organic fertilizers ; Macroeconomics ; Financing ; Business models ; Supply chain ; Corporate culture / Uganda / Mbale
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048654)
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13 Hanjra, Munir A.; Otoo, Miriam. 2018. Partially subsidized composting at district level - Business Model 10. In Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay (Eds.). Resource recovery from waste: business models for energy, nutrient and water reuse in low- and middle-income countries. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.351-361.
Municipal wastes ; Municipal authorities ; Solid wastes ; Faecal sludge ; Composting ; Subsidies ; Business models ; Supply chain ; Public-private cooperation ; Partnerships ; Carbon credits ; Risk reduction ; Health hazards
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048657)
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14 Storey, D.; Santucci, L.; Sinha, B. 2017. Urban nexus: an integrated approach for the implementation of the sustainable development goals. In Salam, P. A.; Shrestha, S.; Pandey, V. P.; Anal, A. K. (Eds.). Water-energy-food nexus: principles and practices. Indianapolis, IN, USA: Wiley. pp.43-54.
Sustainable Development Goals ; Urbanization ; Natural resources ; Urban environment ; Nexus ; Land use ; Land cover ; Water management ; Municipal authorities ; Case studies / Asia and the Pacific / China / India / Shenzhen / Nashik
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048736)
15 Cobbing, J. 2018. The North West dolomite aquifers, South Africa: a stalled opportunity for water security and development. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 20p. (Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP) Case Profile Series 03) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2018.223]
Aquifers ; Groundwater management ; Groundwater level ; Groundwater extraction ; Water resources development ; Water governance ; Water user associations ; Water quality ; Water supply ; Water institutions ; Dolomite ; Public health ; Legal aspects ; Regulations ; Policy making ; Municipal authorities ; Local authorities ; Hydrogeology ; Stakeholders ; Farmers ; Costs
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048970)
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The karst dolomite aquifers of the North West Province in South Africa are among the most important in the nation. They serve as key water sources for municipal water supply and irrigation, and are also ecologically important in supplying springs that feed important rivers. Over-abstraction and consequent falling groundwater levels jeopardize water supply security, with increasing costs and risks to sustainable development. Better aquifer and conjunctive water management would improve water supply security and lower costs, with wider benefits to many sectors. This GRIPP Case Profile discusses these challenges and management experiences through the examples of two representative North West dolomite aquifers - the Grootfontein and Steenkoppies aquifers. These aquifers are relatively well understood hydrogeologically, and modern South African water law mandates sustainable use. Yet, underperforming collaboration between stakeholders using and managing the aquifers at various levels, and poor support from the national authority have led to an entrenched suboptimal equilibrium where stakeholders are reluctant to change behavior, despite awareness of the negative outcomes. Neither prescriptive local nor top-down organization has been effective. The synthesis argues for prioritized input from a legally mandated and capacitated convening authority (the national Department of Water and Sanitation) to catalyze and support effective local stakeholder groups and other governance initiatives. It calls for a renewed effort by this convening authority and other stakeholders, emphasizing mutually beneficial or “win-win” outcomes.
16 Grassini, L. 2019. Participatory water governance between theories and practices: learning from a community-based initiative in India. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 35(3):404-429. (Special issue: Understanding Emergent Participation Practices in Water Governance). [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2017.1354761]
Water governance ; Participatory approaches ; Community involvement ; Development projects ; Slums ; Best practices ; Empowerment ; Strategies ; Municipal authorities ; Nongovernmental organizations ; Conflicts ; Social aspects ; Case studies / India / Ahmedabad
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049155)
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Despite increasing convergence on the social learning concept as a theoretical foundation of collaborative practices for water governance, this article shows the pitfalls of its uncritical application as a normative ideal. The discussion is based on the analysis of a community-based initiative for water supply and slum upgrading in India, which is considered a best practice of good governance due to its collaborative approach. A different interpretation of the project is proposed through the analysis of its successes and failures from a community perspective. Finally, a recommendation for context-specific selection of theoretical bases for participatory practices is made.
17 Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Kumara, I. U.; Fernando, Sudarshana. 2020. Solid and liquid waste management and resource recovery in Sri Lanka: a 20 city analysis. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 83p.
Waste management ; Solid wastes ; Liquid wastes ; Resource recovery ; Reuse ; Resource management ; Urban areas ; Urban wastes ; Municipal wastewater ; Treatment plants ; Waste disposal ; Sewerage ; Septic tanks ; Faecal sludge ; Latrines ; Recycling ; Desludging ; Composting ; Waste landfills ; Water supply ; Municipal authorities ; Local authorities ; Households ; Sanitation ; Development projects / Sri Lanka / Anuradhapura / Badulla / Batticaloa / Colombo / Galle / Jaffna / Kaluthara / Kandy / Kilinochchi / Kurunegala / Mannar / Matale / Matara / Mullaithivu / Negombo / Nuwara Eliya / Puttalam / Ratnapura / Trincomalee / Vauniya
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050009)
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18 Karhinen, S.; Peltomaa, J.; Riekkinen, V.; Saikku, L. 2021. Impact of a climate network: the role of intermediaries in local level climate action. Global Environmental Change, 67:102225. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102225]
Climate change ; Local government ; Networks ; Greenhouse gas emissions ; Emission reduction ; Mitigation ; Strategies ; Municipal authorities ; Policies ; Models / Finland
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050299)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378021000042/pdfft?md5=eed0b24c7e4aadae40aa33d6bf619237&pid=1-s2.0-S0959378021000042-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050299.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050299.pdf
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Local governments have set highly ambitious greenhouse gas emission reduction targets on a strategic level, in some cases influenced by intermediary networks. Yet, the quantitative impacts of climate strategies or the sharing of best practices on emissions still remain largely unknown. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of an intermediary network on municipal greenhouse gas emissions. This was done through an econometric analysis of the emissions of municipalities that are members of the Finnish Hinku (Towards Carbon Neutral Municipalities) network, and through comprehensive qualitative interviews conducted in 40 of those municipalities. Our quantitative results show that Hinku network membership has successfully led to the lowering of greenhouse gas emission levels in participating municipalities. The qualitative interviews suggest that this is due to systematic local level climate work, enhanced by network membership. The network functions as an intermediary in two ways: by providing expertise and enabling peer-support. In addition, it has also succeeded in legitimising local level climate action. Ambitious local level climate action can also affect the ambition of national climate policy, which in turn may reflect on the amount resources allocated to local climate action.
19 Aheeyar, Mohamed; Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Bandara, A.; Bucatariu, C.; Reitemeier, M.; Drechsel, Pay. 2021. Urban stakeholder analysis for food waste prevention and reduction in Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 62p.
Food wastes ; Waste reduction ; Stakeholder analysis ; Waste management ; Urban areas ; Municipal authorities ; Local authorities ; Solid wastes ; Food production ; Policies ; Institutions / Sri Lanka / Colombo / Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte / Kaduwela / Moratuwa / Negombo / Kandy / Galle / Jaffna / Kurunegala / Batticaloa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050833)
https://waterdata.iwmi.org/applications/sanitaion/reports/Report%20Institutions_First%20draft.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050833.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050833.pdf
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20 Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Drechsel, Pay; Dominish, E.; Carrard, N. 2021. Organic waste system assessment: Kaduwela Municipal Council. Report prepared by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) as part of Activity 1 within the project “From Urban Waste to Sustainable Value Chains: Linking Sanitation and Agriculture through Innovative Partnerships”. Sydney, Australia: University of Technology Sydney. Institute for Sustainable Futures. 53p.
Organic wastes ; Urban wastes ; Municipal authorities ; Waste management ; Assessment ; Solid wastes ; Faecal sludge ; Waste collection ; Waste treatment ; Waste disposal ; Treatment plants ; Recycling ; Composting ; Biogas ; Landfills ; Resource recovery ; Sanitation ; Private sector ; Financial analysis ; Parameters / Sri Lanka / Kaduwela
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050835)
https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/bitstream/10453/148959/2/Waste%20Supply%20Assessment_From%20urban%20waste%20to%20sustainable%20value%20chains.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050835.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050835.pdf
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