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1 Movik, S.; Mehta, L.; Mtisi, S.; Nicol, A. 2005. A “blue revolution” for African agriculture? IDS Bulletin, 36(2):41-45.
Water resource management ; Farmer participation ; Crop production ; Water use efficiency ; Food security / Africa
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 7377 Record No: H037252)
2 Mehta, L.; Marshall, F.; Movik, S.; Stirling, A.; Shah, E.; Smith, A.; Thompson, J. 2007. Liquid dynamics: challenges for sustainability in water and sanitation. Brighton, UK: University of Sussex, Institute of Development Studies, STEPS Centre. 51p. (STEPS Working Paper 6)
Water supply ; Sanitation ; Water governance ; Water scarcity ; Water policy ; Water rights ; Poverty ; Dams ; Cost benefit analysis
(Location: IWMI HQ Record No: H041268)
3 Mehta, L.; Alba, R.; Bolding, A.; Denby, K.; Derman, A.; Hove, T.; Manzungu, E.; Movik, S.; Prabhakaran, P.; van Koppen, Barbara. 2014. The politics of IWRM in southern Africa. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 30(3):528-542. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2014.916200]
Water resources ; Water management ; Water policy ; Water allocation ; Water users ; Political aspects ; Economic aspects ; Gender ; Women ; Equity ; Corporate culture ; Case studies / South Africa / Zimbabwe / Mozambique
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046840)
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/07900627.2014.916200
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This article offers an approach to the study of the evolution, spread and uptake of integrated water resources management (IWRM). Specifically, it looks at the flow of IWRM as an idea in international and national fora, its translation and adoption into national contexts, and the on-the-ground practices of IWRM. Research carried out in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique provides empirical insights into the politics of IWRM implementation in southern Africa, the interface between international and national interests in shaping water policies in specific country contexts, and the on-theground challenges of addressing equity, redress and the reallocation of water.
4 Movik, S.; van Koppen, Barbara. 2014. Addressing issues of equity and poverty reduction in South Africa’s water reforms. Brighton, UK: Institute of Development Studies (IDS). 2p. (IDS Policy Briefing 79)
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046842)
http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/bitstream/handle/123456789/4864/PB79.pdf;jsessionid=6E5DF1CC049CCADB3997E277C4969F52?sequence=1
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046842.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H046842.pdf
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5 Denby, K.; Movik, S.; Mehta, L.; van Koppen, Barbara. 2016. The 'Trickle Down' of IWRM: a case study of local-level realities in the Inkomati Water Management Area, South Africa. Water Alternatives, 9(3):473-492.
Integrated management ; Water resources ; Water management ; Water allocation ; Water governance ; Water availability ; Legal aspects ; Water law ; Land reform ; Farmers ; Decentralization ; Equity ; Catchment areas ; Rivers ; Agriculture ; Case studies / South Africa / Mpumalanga Province / Limpopo Province / Inkomati Water Management Area
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047789)
http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol9/v9issue3/333-a9-3-6/file
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The historical legacy in South Africa of apartheid and the resulting discriminatory policies and power imbalances are critical to understanding how water is managed and allocated, and how people participate in designated water governance structures. The progressive post-apartheid National Water Act (NWA) is the principal legal instrument related to water governance which has broadly embraced the principles of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). This translation of IWRM into the South African context and, in particular, the integration of institutions related to land and water have faced many challenges due to the political nature of water and land reforms, and the tendency of governmental departments to work in silos. The paper explores the dynamics surrounding the implementation of IWRM in the Inkomati Water Management Area, and the degree of integration between the parallel land and water reform processes. It also looks at what these reforms mean to black farmers’ access to water for their sugar cane crops at the regional (basin) and local levels. The empirical material highlights the discrepancies between a progressive IWRM-influenced policy on paper and the actual realities on the ground. The paper argues that the decentralisation and integration aspects of IWRM in South Africa have somewhat failed to take off in the country and what 'integrated' actually entails is unclear. Furthermore, efforts to implement the NWA and IWRM in South Africa have been fraught with challenges in practice, because the progressive policy did not fully recognise the complex historical context, and the underlying inequalities in knowledge, power and resource access.
6 Movik, S.; Mehta, L.; van Koppen, Barbara. 2016. Emergence, interpretations and translations of IWRM [Integrated Water Resources Management] in South Africa. Water Alternatives, 9(3):456-472.
Integrated management ; Water resources ; Water management ; Water allocation ; Water law ; Legislation ; Institutions ; Decentralization / South Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047790)
http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol9/v9issue3/332-a9-3-7/file
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047790.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047790.pdf
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South Africa is often regarded to be at the forefront of water reform, based on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) ideas. This paper explores how the idea of IWRM emerged in South Africa, its key debates and interpretations and how it has been translated. It maps out the history, main events, key people, and implementation efforts through a combination of reviews of available documents and in-depth semi-structured interviews with key actors. While South Africa sought to draw on experiences from abroad when drawing up its new legislation towards the end of the 1990s, the seeds of IWRM were already present since the 1970s. What emerges is a picture of multiple efforts to get IWRM to 'work' in the South African context, but these efforts failed to take sufficient account of the South African history of deep structural inequalities, the legacy of the hydraulic mission, and the slowness of water reallocation to redress past injustices. The emphasis on institutional structures being aligned with hydrological boundaries has formed a major part of how IWRM has been interpreted and conceptualised, and it has turned out to become a protracted power struggle reflecting the tensions between centralised and decentralised management.
7 Movik, S.; Mehta, L.; van Koppen, Barbara; Denby, K. 2017. Emergence, interpretation and translations of IWRM in South Africa. In Mehta, L.; Derman, B.; Manzungu, E. (Eds.). Flows and practices: the politics of integrated water resources management in eastern and southern Africa. Harare, Zimbabwe: Weaver Press. pp.85-106.
Integrated management ; Water resources ; Water management ; Water allocation ; Water law ; Legislation ; Institutional reform / South Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631.7 G154 MEH Record No: H048282)
8 Denby, K.; Movik, S.; Mehta, L.; van Koppen, Barbara. 2017. The "trickle down" of integrated water resources management: a case study of local-level realities in the Inkomati Water Management Area, South Africa. In Mehta, L.; Derman, B.; Manzungu, E. (Eds.). Flows and practices: the politics of integrated water resources management in eastern and southern Africa. Harare, Zimbabwe: Weaver Press. pp.107-131.
Integrated management ; Water resources ; Water management ; Water governance ; Water allocation ; Water law ; Local communities ; Land reform ; Farmers ; Legislation ; Catchment areas ; Agriculture ; Corporate culture ; Case studies / South Africa / Inkomati Water Management Area
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 631.7 G154 MEH Record No: H048283)
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