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1 Huiyan, Z.; Yu, W.; Libin, Y.; Dapeng, Y. 2003. Application of decision support system to the Yellow River water resources management. In Yellow River Conservancy Commission. Proceedings, 1st International Yellow River Forum on River Basin Management – Volume I. Zhengzhou, China: The Yellow River Conservancy Publishing House. pp.155-160.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G592 YEL Record No: H033784)
2 Yu, W.. 2003. Research on utilization limit and load capacity of water resources in the northwest regions of China. In Yellow River Conservancy Commission. Proceedings, 1st International Yellow River Forum on River Basin Management – Volume I. Zhengzhou, China: The Yellow River Conservancy Publishing House. pp.340-344.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G592 YEL Record No: H033806)
3 Huber-Lee, A.; Yates, D.; Purkey, D.; Yu, W.; Young, C.; Runkle, B. 2004. How can we sustain agriculture and ecosystems?: The Sacramento Basin (California, USA) In Aerts, J. C. J. H.; Droogers, Peter (Eds.), Climate change in contrasting river basins: Adaptation strategies for water, food and environment. Cambridge, MA, USA: CABI. pp.215-238.
River basins ; Climate change ; Hydrology ; Food security ; Environmental effects / USA / California / Sacramento Basin / California / Sacramento Basin
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 630.2515 G000 AER Record No: H036678)
4 Jagerskog, A.; Granit, J.; Risberg, A.; Yu, W.. 2007. Transboundary water management as a regional public good: Financing development: An example from the Nile Basin. Stockholm, Sweden: SIWI. 18p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 346.0432 GG30 JAG Record No: H039841)
5 Yu, W.; Rex, William; McCartney, Matthew; Uhlenbrook, Stefan; von Gnechten, Rachel; Priscoli, J. D. 2021. Storing water: a new integrated approach for resilient development. Stockholm, Sweden: Global Water Partnership (GWP); Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 28p. (GWP Perspectives Paper 13)
Water storage ; Integrated management ; Water resources ; Water management ; Sustainable development ; Climate change ; Resilience ; Socioeconomic development ; Water supply ; Infrastructure ; Water demand ; Risk ; Rainfall patterns ; Soil moisture ; Groundwater ; Aquifers ; Dams ; Lakes ; River basins ; Glaciers ; Reservoirs ; Wetlands
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050263)
https://www.gwp.org/globalassets/global/toolbox/publications/perspective-papers/perspectives-paper-on-water-storage.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050263.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050263.pdf
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This paper outlines a new and integrated water storage agenda for resilient development in a world increasingly characterised by water stress and climate uncertainty and variability. Storing water has long been a cornerstone of socio-economic development, particularly for societies exposed to large climatic variability. Nature has always supplied the bulk of water storage on earth, but built storage has increased significantly, particularly over the twentieth century. Today, numerous countries suffer from water storage gaps and increasingly variable precipitation, threatening sustainable development and even societal stability. There is a growing need to develop more storage types and manage existing storage better. At the same time, the policy, engineering, and scientific communities may not fully recognise the extent of these storage gaps and how best to manage them. There are large and uncertain costs and benefits of different types of storage, and developing storage can be risky and controversial. Although there is consensus that built and natural storage are fundamentally complementary, there is still no pragmatic agenda to guide future integrated water storage development. This paper argues that water storage should be recognised as a service rather than only a facility. More than volumes of water stored behind a dam or in a watershed, what ultimately matters is the ability to provide different services at a particular time and place with a given level of assurance. Integrated storage systems should be developed and managed to deliver a targeted service standard. This will reduce the costs of new storage development and make the benefits more sustainable. As this paper demonstrates, there are numerous data gaps pertaining to water storage, as well as a need for greater clarity on some key concepts. This paper does not introduce new data or research but rather provides a review of some of the current knowledge and issues around water storage, and outlines a new, integrated and constructive water storage agenda for the decades to come.
6 Uhlenbrook, Stefan; Yu, W.; Schmitter, Petra; Smith, Douglas Mark. 2022. Optimising the water we eat - rethinking policy to enhance productive and sustainable use of water in agri-food systems across scales. Lancet Planetary Health, 6(1):E59-E65. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00264-3]
Agricultural water use ; Sustainable use ; Water use efficiency ; Agrifood systems ; Policies ; Agricultural production ; Food production ; Food security ; Water resources ; Water scarcity ; Water productivity ; Water management ; Groundwater ; Water users ; Climate change ; Resilience ; Sustainable Development Goals
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050852)
https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2542-5196%2821%2900264-3
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050852.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050852.pdf
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Sustainable and resilient food systems depend on sustainable and resilient water management. Resilience is characterised by overlapping decision spaces and scales and interdependencies among water users and competing sectors. Increasing water scarcity, due to climate change and other environmental and societal changes, makes putting caps on the consumption of water resources indispensable. Implementation requires an understanding of different domains, actors, and their objectives, and drivers and barriers to transformational change. We suggest a scale-specific approach, in which agricultural water use is embedded in a larger systems approach (including natural and human systems). This approach is the basis for policy coherence and the design of effective incentive schemes to change agricultural water use behaviour and, therefore, optimise the water we eat.
7 Borgomeo, E.; Kingdom, B.; Plummer-Braeckman, J.; Yu, W.. 2022. Water infrastructure in Asia: financing and policy options. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 21p. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2022.2062707]
Water supply ; Infrastructure ; Financing ; Water policies ; Water security ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Investment ; Governance ; Irrigation ; Economic aspects / Asia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051195)
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How should the world deal with the problem of insufficient water infrastructure financing? Here we attempt to answer this question in the context of Asia. We estimate investment needs in water infrastructure to meet the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals to be in the range of US$120–330 billion/year until 2030, compared with current investment of US$40–50 billion/year. Closing this financing gap is not just a matter of spending more, but also spending with greater quality and efficiency considering competing national policy goals and the distinctive characteristics of water infrastructure that make its financing more challenging.
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