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1 Hirji, R.; Grey, D.. 1998. Managing international waters in Africa: Process and progress. In Salman, S. M. A.; de Chazournes, L. B. (Eds.), International watercourses: Enhancing cooperation and managing conflict - Proceedings of a World Bank Seminar. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank. pp.77-99.
Water resource management ; Water use ; Water scarcity ; Drought ; Ecosystems ; Water pollution ; International cooperation ; Constraints ; Development aid / Africa / Southern Africa / Lake Victoria / Volta Basin / Nile River
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 SAL Record No: H023202)
2 Sadoff, C. W.; Whittington, D.; Grey, D.. 2002. Africa’s international rivers: An economic perspective. Washington, DC, USA: World Bank. x, 82p.
(Location: IWMI-SA Call no: 333.91 G000 SAD Record No: H031433)
3 Sadoff, C. W.; Grey, D.. 2002; 2003. Beyond the river: The benefits of cooperation on international rivers. Water Policy; Water Science and Technology, 4(5):389-403; 47(6):91-96.
Rivers ; International cooperation ; Watercourses ; Water resource management ; Conflict ; Water law
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H030921)
4 Grey, D.; Sadoff, Claudia W. 2007. Sink or Swim?: Water security for growth and development. Water Policy, 9(6):545-571.
Water resources ; Climate change ; Economic aspects ; Social aspects ; Poverty ; Infrastructure ; Investment
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 GRE, PER Record No: H040415)
Achieving basic water security, both harnessing the productive potential of water and limiting its Destructive impact, has always been a societal priority. To capture this duality, water security is defined here as the availability of an acceptable quantity and quality of water for health, livelihoods, ecosystems and production, coupled with an acceptable level of water-related risks to people, environments and economies. This paper looks broadly at those countries that have achieved water security, the paths they chose and the costs they paid, and those countries that have not achieved water security and how this constrains economies and societies. It defines three typologies: countries that have harnessed hydrology, those hampered by hydrology and those that are hostage to hydrology. It finds that countries remaining hostage to hydrology are typically among the world’s poorest. They face “difficult” hydrologies often characterized by high inter- and intra-annual rainfall and runoff variability, where the level of institutional and infrastructure investment needed is very high and the ability to invest is low. This paper seeks to capture the dynamics of achieving water security in a hypothetical water and growth “S-curve”, which illustrates how a minimum platform of investments in water institutions and infrastructure can produce a tipping point beyond which water makes an increasingly positive contribution to growth and how that tipping point will vary in different circumstances. As there are inevitable trade-offs, achieving water security is never without social and environmental costs; in some countries these are significant, often unforeseen and even unacceptable. This brief analysis suggests that the only historically demonstrated path to achieving water security at the national level has been through investment in an evolving balance of complementary institutions and infrastructure, but that lessons exist for following this basic path in more sustainable and balanced ways. Insights are provided for balancing and sequencing investments, adapting to changing values and priorities, and pushing down the social and environmental costs. The paper concludes that most water-insecure countries today face far greater challenges than those that achieved water security in the last century and are wealthy countries today. They face more difficult hydrologies and a greater understanding of and therefore greater responsibility for, the social and environment trade-offs inherent in water management. As the costs of poor countries not achieving water security, in terms of human suffering, sustained poverty, constrained growth and social unrest, would be very high, achieving water security is a challenge that must be recognized and must be met.
5 Sadoff, Claudia W.; Grey, D.. 2008. Why share?: the benefits (and costs) of transboundary water management. In Sadoff, Claudia W.; Greiber, T.; Smith, M.; Bergkamp, G. (Eds.). Share: managing water across boundaries. Gland, Switzerland: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) pp.21-35.
Water resource management ; International inland waters ; International cooperation ; Watershed management ; River basins ; Water use ; Water rights ; Benefits ; Stakeholders / India / Pakistan / Senegal / Mali / Mauritania / Indus River Basin / Senegal River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 SAD Record No: H041689)
6 Grey, D.; Connors, G. 2009. The water security imperative: we must and can do more. In Chartres, Colin (Ed.). Words into action: delegate publication for the 5th World Water Forum, Istanbul, Turkey, 16-22 March 2009. London, UK: Faircount Media Group. pp.58-62.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 333.9162 G635 SAL Record No: H042185)
7 Hall, J. W.; Grey, D.; Garrick, D.; Fung, F.; Brown, C.; Dadson, S. J.; Sadoff, C.W. 2014. Water security: coping with the curse of freshwater variability: institutions, infrastructure, and information for adaptation. Science, 346(6208):429-430. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1257890]
Freshwater ; Water resources ; Water security ; Flooding ; Drought ; Economic aspects ; Investment ; Risk management
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048104)
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8 Grey, D.; Garrick, D.; Blackmore, Dom; Kelman, J.; Muller, M.; Sadoff, Claudia. 2013. Water security in one blue planet: twenty-first century policy challenges for science. Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 371(2002):1-10. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2012.0406]
Water security ; Water policy ; Water availability ; Hydrology ; Risk management ; Economic aspects ; Investment ; River basins ; Ecosystem services
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048106)
http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/roypta/371/2002/20120406.full.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048106.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048106.pdf
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Water-related risks threaten society at the local, national and global scales in our inter-connected and rapidly changing world. Most of the world's poor are deeply water insecure and face intolerable water-related risks associated with complex hydrology. Most of the world's wealthy face lower water-related risks and less complex hydrology. This inverse relationship between hydrological complexity and wealth contributes to a divided world. This must be addressed if global water security is to be achieved. Using a risk-based framework provides the potential to link the current policy-oriented discourse on water security to a new and rigorous science-based approach to the description, measurement, analysis and management of water security. To provide the basis for this science-based approach, we propose an encompassing definition rooted in risk science: water security is a tolerable level of water-related risk to society. Water security policy questions need to be framed so that science can marshal interdisciplinary data and evidence to identify solutions. We join a growing group of scientists in asserting a bold vision for science leadership, calling for a new and comprehensive understanding of the planet's water system and society's water needs.
9 Sadoff, C. W.; Grey, D.. 2005. Cooperation on international rivers: a continuum for securing and sharing benefits. Water International, 30(4):420-427. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060508691886]
International cooperation ; International waters ; Rivers ; River basin management ; Water resources ; Riparian zones ; Cooperative activities
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048115)
It is generally accepted that conflicting demands over international rivers will intensify. There is an active debate on whether this will lead to “water wars” or to unprecedented cooperation. Framing the debate in this manner, however, tends to cast the concept of cooperation as all-or-nothing, implying that “cooperation” is an extreme, in direct opposition to “war.” This conceptual construct obscures the many practical levels of cooperation that states can undertake to their mutual advantage. It is important to recognize that it is entirely rational that states will always have a “national agenda” for a river that they share with other states, and that they will cooperate if it serves that national agenda. In practice, there can be a continuum of levels of cooperation, from simple information sharing, to joint ownership and management of infrastructure investments. Furthermore, it may not necessarily be the case that “more” cooperation reaps “more” benefits in all river basins. There are many different types of benefits that can be secured through the cooperative management of international waters, with each individual basin offering different potential cooperative benefits with different associated costs. For each international basin, the optimal mode of cooperation will depend on a mix of factors including hydrologic characteristics, the economics of cooperative investments, numbers and the relationships of riparians, and the costs of parties coming together.
10 Sadoff, C. W.; Hall, J. W.; Grey, D.; Aerts, J. C. J. H.; Ait-Kadi, M.; Brown, C.; Cox, A.; Dadson, S.; Garrick, D.; Kelman, J.; McCornick, Peter; Ringler, C.; Rosegrant, M.; Whittington, D.; Wiberg, D. 2015. Securing water, sustaining growth. Report of the GWP/OECD Task Force on Water Security and Sustainable Growth. Oxford, UK: University of Oxford. 171p.
Water security ; Water scarcity ; Water supply ; Sustainable development ; Economic growth ; Investment ; Energy conservation ; Sanitation ; River basins ; Aquifers ; Urban areas ; Hydrological factors
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047036)
http://www.water.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/SCHOOL-OF-GEOGRAPHY-SECURING-WATER-SUSTAINING-GROWTH-DOWNLOADABLE.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047036.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H047036.pdf
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11 Grey, D.; Sadoff, C. 2006. Water for growth and development. A theme document of the 4th World Water Forum. Mexico City, Mexico: National Water Commission. 55p.
Water security ; Water power ; Poverty ; Developing countries ; Hydrology ; Economic development ; Economic evaluation ; Corporate culture ; Infrastructure ; Gender ; Lakes ; Investments ; River basins ; Resource management ; Case studies / USA / North America / Western Europe / Asia / South Africa / Poland / Mexico / Ethiopia / Yemen
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048117)
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWRD/Resources/FINAL_0601_SUBMITTED_Water_for_Growth_and_Development.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048117.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048117.pdf
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12 Dadson, S.; Hall, J. W.; Garrick, D.; Sadoff, C.; Grey, D.; Whittington, D. 2017. Water security, risk, and economic growth: insights from a dynamical systems model. Water Resources Research, 53(8):6425-6438. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/2017WR020640]
Water security ; Weather hazards ; Risk reduction ; Water poverty ; Water policy ; Economic growth ; Models ; Decision making ; Investment ; Assets ; Constraints
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048226)
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Investments in the physical infrastructure, human capital, and institutions needed for water resources management have been noteworthy in the development of most civilizations. These investments affect the economy in two distinct ways: (i) by improving the factor productivity of water in multiple economic sectors, especially those that are water intensive such as agriculture and energy and (ii) by reducing acute and chronic harmful effects of water-related hazards like floods, droughts, and water-related diseases. The need for capital investment to mitigate risks and promote economic growth is widely acknowledged, but prior conceptual work on the relationship between water-related investments and economic growth has focused on the productive and harmful roles of water in the economy independently. Here the two influences are combined using a simple, dynamical systems model of water-related investment, risk, and growth. In cases where initial water security is low, initial investment in water-related assets enables growth. Without such investment, losses due to water-related hazards exert a drag on economic growth and may create a poverty trap. The presence and location of the poverty trap is context-specific and depends on the exposure of productive water-related assets to water-related risk. Exogenous changes in water-related risk can potentially push an economy away from a growth path toward a poverty trap. Our investigation shows that an inverted-U-shaped investment relation between the level of investment in water security and the current level of water security leads to faster rates of growth than the alternatives that we consider here, and that this relation is responsible for the "S"-curve that is posited in the literature. These results illustrate the importance of accounting for environmental and health risks in economic models and offer insights for the design of robust policies for investment in water-related productive assets to manage risk, in the face of environmental change.
13 Sadoff, Claudia; Grey, D.; Borgomeo, Edoardo. 2020. Water security. In Oxford University Press. Oxford research encyclopedia of environmental science. New York, NY, USA: Oxford University Press. 19p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199389414.013.609]
Water security ; Water stress ; Water scarcity ; Sustainable development ; Water resources ; Water management ; Flooding ; Drought ; Water pollution ; Conflicts ; Water policy ; Water governance ; Ecosystems ; Environmental effects ; Investment ; Risks ; Indicators
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049747)
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Water security has emerged in the 21st century as a powerful construct to frame the water objectives and goals of human society and to support and guide local to global water policy and management. Water security can be described as the fundamental societal goal of water policy and management. This article reviews the concept of water security, explaining the differences between water security and other approaches used to conceptualize the water-related challenges facing society and ecosystems and describing some of the actions needed to achieve water security. Achieving water security requires addressing two fundamental challenges at all scales: enhancing water’s productive contributions to human and ecosystems’ well-being, livelihoods and development, and minimizing water’s destructive impacts on societies, economies, and ecosystems resulting, for example, from too much (flood), too little (drought) or poor quality (polluted) water.
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