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1 Giordano, Meredith; Giordano, Mark; Wolf, A. 2002. The geography of water conflict and cooperation: Internal pressures and international manifestations. Geographical Journal, 168(4):293-312.
Water resource management ; Water law ; Conflict ; International cooperation ; Water supply ; Water allocation ; Case studies ; Data collection / Middle East / South Asia / Southern Africa / Israel / India
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 GIO Record No: H031993)
2 Zhu, Zhongping; Giordano, Mark; Cai, X.; Molden, David. 2004. The Yellow River Basin: water accounting, water accounts and current issues. Water International, 29(1):2-10.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER, IWMI 631.7.1 G784 ZHU Record No: H032006)
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3 Hussain, Intizar; Giordano, Mark. (Eds.) 2004. Water and poverty linkages: case studies from Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Project report 1. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). v, 108p.
Water resource management ; Water harvesting ; Poverty ; Hydroelectric schemes ; Water potential ; Irrigation water ; Population ; Sanitation ; Food security ; Waterborne diseases ; Disease vectors ; Public health ; Soil degradation ; Drought ; Case studies ; Women ; Households ; Wells ; Domestic water ; Environmental sustainability ; Agricultural development / Nepal / Pakistan / Sri Lanka
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.3 G570 HUS Record No: H034914)
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The case studies reported here highlight important concepts and information on the linkages between water and poverty that may not be available elsewhere. The overall objective of the studies is to draw generic lessons and identify interventions that can help policy makers, planners and other stakeholders to develop actions that are effective in water resources management for the poor. All case studies focus on poor in South Asia, but all with differing geographic contexts or thematic focci. The first two papers are based on field surveys supplemented by literature reviews. The first focusses on the impact of water on poverty in a mountainous region in Nepal, while the second focusses on the impact of drought on water availability, and hence poverty, in a district in Pakistan's Baluchistan province. The final two papers both took Sri Lanka as their area of study. The first Sri Lanka paper explores the linkages between water, health and poverty and presents a conceptual framework which was used to analyze the results of previous studies. Sri Lanka's dry zone is the geographic focus of the second paper, which focusses primarily on the linkages between irrigation and poverty.
4 Yoffe, S.; Wolf, A. T.; Giordano, Mark. 2003. Conflict and cooperation over international freshwater resources: indicators of basins at risk. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 39(5):1109-1126.
River basins ; Water resource management ; Conflict ; International cooperation ; GIS ; Indicators ; Climate ; Precipitation ; Water availability
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H034876)
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5 Giordano, Mark; Zhu, Zhongping; Cai, X.; Hong, S.; Zhang, X.; Xue, Y. 2004. Water management in the Yellow River Basin: background, current critical issues and future research needs. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Comprehensive Assessment Secretariat. v, 39p. (Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Research Report 003) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.390]
River basin development ; Water management ; Water use ; History ; Water stress ; Water scarcity ; Flood water ; Soil conservation ; Policy ; Water quality ; Environmental effects ; Water conservation ; Irrigation water ; Pollution control / China / Yellow River Basin
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G592 GIO Record No: H035287)
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6 Yoffe, S.; Fiske, G.; Giordano, Mark; Giordano, Meredith; Larson, K.; Stahl, K.; Wolf, A. T. 2004. Geography of international water conflict and cooperation: data sets and applications. Water Resources Research, 40(5):1-12.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 YOF Record No: H035657)
7 Drechsel, Pay; Giordano, Mark; Gyiele, Lucy. 2004. Valuing nutrients in soil and water: concepts and techniques with examples from IWMI studies in the developing world. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). v, 33p. (IWMI Research Report 082) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.083]
Soil fertility ; Water use ; Irrigation water ; Wastewater ; Water quality ; Soil properties ; Measurement ; Productivity ; Developing countries ; Farming systems ; Maize ; Cassava / Ghana / Mexico / Africa South of Sahara / Ghana
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.4 G000 DRE Record No: H035856)
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Despite the importance of nutrient-water interactions, they are often ignored in analysis. After discussing the interrelationships between soil nutrients and water and reviewing methods for determining nutrient balances, this report describes an array of available methods for soil nutrient valuation and provides a discussion of four nutrient valuation studies, which together cover a range of scales, perspectives, and geographic contexts. It also includes case studies from Ghana, Mexico, sub-Saharan Africa, and an examination of possible approaches to valuing soil organic matter and its various functions—an often ignored area in literature
8 Drechsel, Pay; Giordano, Mark; Enters, T. 2004. Valuing soil fertility change: selected methods and case studies. In Shiferaw, B.; Freeman, H. A.; Swinton, S. M. (Eds.), Natural resource management in agriculture: Methods for assessing economic and environmental impacts. Wallingford, UK: CABI. pp.199-221.
Soil fertility ; Farming systems ; Costs ; Maize ; Cassava ; Irrigation water ; Wastewater ; Water reuse ; Erosion ; Productivity / Ghana / Mexico / Africa South of Sahara / India / Kumasi
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.2 G000 DRE, 338.1 G000 SHI Record No: H036047)
9 Giordano, Mark.; Giordano, Meredith.; Wolf, A. T. 2005. International resource conflict and mitigation. Journal of Peace Research, 42(1):47-65.
Resource management ; Conflict ; Social aspects ; Economic aspects ; Institutions ; International cooperation ; Dams
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G000 GIO Record No: H036054)
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10 Giordano, Mark. 2003. Economics and soil conservation on sloping lands: Nine hypotheses for MSEC Project implementation and research. In Maglinao, Amado R.; Valentin, Christian; Penning de Vries, Frits (Eds.). From soil research to land and water management: Harmonizing people and nature – Proceedings of the IWMI-ADB Project Annual Meeting and 7th MSEC Assembly. Bangkok, Thailand: IWMI. pp.227-238.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.45 G570 MAG Record No: H036277)
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11 Giordano, Mark; Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele. 2004. Agricultural groundwater use in Sub-Saharan Africa: analysis and considerations for Ethiopia. Paper presented at the International Conference and Exhibition on Groundwater in Ethiopia: Providing Water for Millions, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 25-27 May, 2004. 17p.
Groundwater irrigation ; Crop production ; Livestock ; Drought ; Policy / Ethiopia / Africa South of Sahara
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.6.3 G136 GIO Record No: H036411)
12 Lesterlin, G.; Giordano, Mark; Keohavong, G. 2005. When “conservation” leads to land degradation: lessons from Ban Lak Sip, Laos. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). v, 25p. (IWMI Research Report 091) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.092]
Land degradation ; Soil erosion ; Farming systems ; Environmental policy ; Political ecology ; Households ; Population growth / Laos / Ban Lak Sip
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.5 G000 LES Record No: H037202)
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In this report, we test the hypothesis that the primary factors behind the farming system changes in Ban Lak Sip lay not in the village itself but rather in the broader Laotian social, economic and political setting. The study uses an integrated approach that examines both the physical and social dimensions of land use and soil erosion in Ban Lak Sip within this broader system environment.
13 Upadhyay, Bhawana; Samad, Madar; Giordano, Mark. 2005. Livelihoods and gender roles in drip-irrigation technology: A case of Nepal. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) v, 13p. (IWMI Working Paper 087) [doi: https://doi.org/10.3910/2009.273]
Gender ; Drip irrigation ; Technology ; Rural women ; Empowerment ; Vegetables ; Family income ; Households ; Villages ; Farmers ; Economic aspects / Nepal
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7088042 G726 UPA Record No: H037306)
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14 Abdullaev, Iskandar; Giordano, Mark; Rasulov, A. 2005. Cotton in Uzbekistan: water and welfare. Paper presented at Conference on Cotton Sector in Central Asia: economic policy and development challenges, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 3-4 November 2005. 19p.
Cotton ; Crop production ; Agricultural policy ; Irrigated farming ; Land degradation ; Environmental degradation ; Salinity ; Waterlogging / Central Asia / Uzbekistan / Aral Sea
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7 G782 ABD Record No: H037863)
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15 Jarvis, T.; Giordano, Mark; Puri, S.; Matsumoto, K.; Wolf, A. 2005. International borders, ground water flow, and hydroschizophrenia. Ground Water, 43(5):764-770.
Groundwater ; Aquifers ; Mapping ; Flow discharge ; Water use ; Conflict ; Rivers ; Watersheds ; International cooperation
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 346.0432 G000 JAR Record No: H037888)
16 Danso, George; Drechsel, Pay; Fialor, S.; Giordano, Mark. 2006. Estimating the demand for municipal waste compost via farmers’ willingness-to-pay in Ghana. Waste Management, 26:1400–1409.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 631.86 G200 DAN Record No: H038107)
17 Shah, Tushaar; Giordano, Mark; Wang, Jinxia. 2004. Irrigation institutions in a dynamic economy: What is China doing differently from India? Economic and Political Weekly, 39(31):3452-3461.
Irrigation programs ; Irrigation management ; Energy ; Costs ; Tube wells ; Water rates ; Farmers ; Groundwater irrigation ; Groundwater depletion ; Bureaucracy ; Institutional development / India / China
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 7004 Record No: H035368)
India’s water sector is crying for institutional and policy reforms. Its public irrigation systems are performing far below par. As a direct consequence, farmers are turning to groundwater for their irrigation needs. Booming groundwater irrigation has become the mainstay of Indian farming but it has also all but wrecked the country’s power economy because of perverse policies of pricing of electricity for agriculture. Yet, there is no firm strategy of dealing with these and other challenges. Other south Asian countries are in much the same boat. Based on two spells of fieldwork in six provinces of north China, this article shows that, facing much the same problems as its south Asian neighbours, China is responding differently to its water problems. This is by no means a suggestion that the approaches China is trying out would work in India – or even in China itself. However, by including China’s experience in its discussions, Indian policy-makers will clearly have a wider repertoire of institutional alternatives with which to experiment.
18 Giordano, Mark. 2005. Agricultural groundwater use in Sub-Saharan Africa: what do we know and where should we go? Water Policy, 7(6):613-626.
Groundwater development ; Crop production ; Livestock ; Drought ; Public policy / Africa South of Sahara
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: PER Record No: H038178)
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19 Giordano, Mark; Zhu, Zhongping; Cai, X.; Hong, S,; Zhang, X.; Xue, Y. 2005. Management reforms needed in the Yellow River Basin. id21 Natural Resources Highlights - Water, pp.3.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 7492 Record No: H038281)
20 Lautze, J.; Giordano, Mark; Borghese, M. 2005. Driving forces behind African transboundary water law: internal, external, and implications. In van Koppen, Barbara; Butterworth, J.; Juma, I. (Eds.), African water laws: plural legislative frameworks for rural water management in Africa: an international workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26-28 January 2005. pp.26-1/26-13.
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: IWMI 333.91 G100 LAU Record No: H038704)
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