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1 Poudel, S. N.; Nepal. Department of Irrigation. 1988. Working policy on irrigation development for the fulfillment of basic needs. Paper prepared for the Ministry of Water Resources, Nepal. 11p.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 877 Record No: H03645)
2 Dasgupta, S.; Deichmann, U.; Meisner, C.; Wheeler, D. 2005. Where is the poverty-environment nexus?: Evidence from Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Vietnam. World Development, 33(4):617-638.
Poverty ; Environmental effects ; Air pollution ; Basic needs ; Deforestation ; Sanitation ; Natural resources / Cambodia / Laos / Vietnam
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H037058)
3 Lautze, Jonathan; Manthrithilake, Herath. 2012. Water security: old concepts, new package, what value?. Natural Resources Forum, 36(2):76-87. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-8947.2012.01448.x]
Water management ; Water security ; Indicators ; Basic needs ; Agricultural production ; Environment ; Risk management / Asia-Pacific Region
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044909)
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“Water security” has come to infiltrate prominent discourse in the international water and development community, and achieving it is often viewed as a new water sector target. Despite the levated status that the concept has increasingly acquired, understandings of the term are murky and quantification is rare. To promote a more tangible understanding of the concept, this paper develops an index for evaluating water security at a country level. The index is comprised of indicators in five components considered to be critical to the concept: (i) basic needs; (ii) agricultural production; (iii) the environment; (iv) risk management; and (v) independence. Achieving water security in these components can be considered necessary but insufficient criteria to measure the achievement of security in related areas such as health, livelihoods, and industry. After populating indicators with data from Asia-Pacific countries, results are interpreted and the viability of methods is discussed. This effort comprises an important first step for quantifying and assessing water security across countries, which should spur more concrete understanding of the term and discussion of its added value.
4 Hellberg, S. 2017. Water for survival, water for pleasure - a biopolitical perspective on the social sustainability of the basic water agenda. Water Alternatives, 10(1):65-80.
Water supply ; Sustainable development ; Water users ; Basic needs ; Water rights ; Water access ; Water policy ; Communities ; Population ; Social structure ; Living standards ; Survival ; Socioeconomic environment ; Political aspects ; State intervention / South Africa / eThekwini Municipality
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048045)
http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol10/v10issue1/342-a10-1-4/file
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048045.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048045.pdf
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This article explores the social sustainability of the basic water agenda. It does so through a biopolitical analysis of water narratives from eThekwini municipality, South Africa, where a policy of Free Basic Water (FBW) has been implemented. The article addresses the question of what water 'is' and 'does' and shows that water and water governance are productive of lifestyles, people’s self-understanding and how they view their place in the social hierarchy. The analysis brings to light that a differentiated management system, that provides different levels of water services to different populations and individuals, becomes part of (re)producing social hierarchies and deepens divisions between communities. Based on these findings, the article argues that while the basic water agenda has brought successful results globally and remains important in terms of guaranteeing health and survival for the most vulnerable, it should not be confused with efforts of social sustainability. Social sustainability would not only involve a situation where basic needs are met but would also have to address effects of water systems on the relationships between individuals and populations in society.
5 Gimelli, F. M.; Rogers, B. C.; Bos, J. J. 2019. Linking water services and human well-being through the fundamental human needs framework: the case of India. Water Alternatives, 12(2):715-733.
Water supply ; Living standards ; Basic needs ; Frameworks ; Informal settlements ; Urban areas ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Water resources development ; Social aspects ; Case studies / India / Faridabad / Delhi / Mumbai
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049243)
http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/volume-12/v12issue2/524-a12-2-7/file
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049243.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049243.pdf
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Although the focus of water development in urban informal settlements has traditionally been on improving public health, development scholarship increasingly emphasises the relationship between water services and multiple dimensions of human well-being. Nevertheless, how well-being is defined in the literature remains unclear, leaving questions about what dimensions of it are to be fostered through water service development. In this paper, we argue that prominent interpretations of well-being in the water sector do not adequately represent the range of impacts of water services on the ability of informal settlers to meet their needs beyond survival. To address this gap, we make the case for the adoption of Max-Neef’s (1992) Fundamental Human Needs (FHN) framework in the water sector, which we show to present a clear, holistic and dynamic understanding of well-being. Through a case study of water service arrangements across six informal settlements in the Indian cities of Faridabad, Delhi and Mumbai, we illustrate how using the FHN framework uncovers potential pathways by which water service development can satisfy a broad range of fundamental human needs. Applying the FHN framework to these settings leads us to argue that: 1) water services should be linked to people’s aspirations as well as to their basic physical needs; 2) cultivating well-being has both intrinsic and instrumental benefits that enable individuals to become more resilient; 3) water services should be better linked with other development sectors; and 4) non-traditional water service arrangements should be re-evaluated according to their capacity to contribute to people’s well-being.
6 Clube, R. K. M.; Tennant, M. 2020. The circular economy and human needs satisfaction: promising the radical, delivering the familiar. Ecological Economics, 177:106772. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106772]
Economic systems ; Business models ; Sustainable development ; Basic needs ; Communities ; Economic growth ; Policies ; Social aspects ; Technology
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049859)
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The Circular Economy (“CE”) is gaining momentum as an approach to addressing sustainability challenges. The CE is framed as a transformative model with economic, environmental and social benefits. Nevertheless, the degree of circularity in the global economy is low and critics highlight that current interpretations fall short in delivering promised results regarding the social dimension of sustainability. Instead economic growth is elevated above more radical socio-environmental transformation. This exploratory paper adopts a human needs approach, using Max-Neef’s Human-Scale Development proposal as an analytical lens to explore the contentious social dimension of the CE. The study revisits four seminal texts which are commonly referenced as influencing the CE’s conceptual development: The Blue Economy; Cradle to Cradle; Regenerative Design for Sustainable Development; and, The Performance Economy. These texts were analysed to identify satisfiers of human needs. This provides insight into how inclusive earlier visualisations were of encompassing human needs, and how these compare to the current CE direction. We argue that satisfiers of human needs are embedded, to differing extents, in some of the early CE depictions. Nevertheless, the CE concept has selectively developed, neglecting radical, human-centric transformational aspects and instead adheres to a familiar pathway of business-led economic growth.
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