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1 Suhardiman, Diana. 2015. Bureaucracy and development: reflections from the Indonesian water sector. Pasir Panjang, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. 230p.
Water resources ; Water management ; Water user associations ; Water supply ; Irrigation management ; Irrigation systems ; Bureaucracy ; Farmers organizations ; Legal aspects ; Policy making ; Decision making ; State intervention ; Management techniques / Indonesia / Kulon Progo District
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046835)
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2 Bell, A. R.; Aberman, N.-L.; Zaidi, F.; Wielgosz, B. 2015. Progress of constitutional change and irrigation management transfer in Pakistan: insights from a net-map exercise. In Ringler, C.; Anwar, Arif (Eds.). Water for food security: challenges for Pakistan. Oxon, UK: Routledge. pp.11-31.
Irrigation management ; Management techniques ; State intervention ; Legislation ; Water governance ; Water management ; Financing / Pakistan / Punjab
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046848)
3 Akram, A. A. 2015. Is a surface-water market physically feasible in Pakistan’s Indus Basin Irrigation System? In Ringler, C.; Anwar, Arif (Eds.). Water for food security: challenges for Pakistan. Oxon, UK: Routledge. pp.48-66.
Irrigation systems ; Basin irrigation ; Irrigation management ; Management techniques ; Surface water ; Water market ; Watercourses ; Irrigation water ; Water allocation ; Water management ; River basins ; Economic aspects ; Costs ; Agriculture ; Canals ; Groundwater ; Pumping / Pakistan / Indus Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H046850)
4 Dagnew, D. C.; Guzman, C. D.; Tebebu, T. Y.; Zegeye, A. D.; Akal, A. T.; Mekuria, Wolde M.; Ayana, E. K.; Tilahun, S. A.; Steenhuis, T. S. 2015. Contributions of peak sediment events to annual loads and the effects of best management practices on peak loads in the sub-humid Ethiopian highlands: the Debre Mawi watershed [Abstract only] In Nyssen J., Enyew A., Poesen J et al. (Eds.). International Conference on Tropical Lakes in a Changing Environment: Water, Land, Biology, Climate and Humans (TropiLakes), Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, 23-29 September 2015. Book of Abstracts. Bahir Dar, Ethiopia: Bahir Dar University. pp.94.
Sedimentation ; Watersheds ; Highlands ; Management techniques ; Soil conservation ; Water conservation ; Water erosion / Ethiopia / Ethiopian Highlands
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047344)
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Intense rainfall/runoff events produce large proportion of suspended sediment concentrations and sediment load responses. With an aim to mitigate land degradation problems in Ethiopia, soil and water conservation projects are being massively implemented. The effect of these conservation measures in reducing sediment in streams have never been quantified due to unavailability of sediment data. In a quantitative evaluation to quantify the contribution of intense event/daily sediment loads to annual sediment loads and effect of conservation measures in reducing erosion, we monitored three nested experimental sub-watersheds and a 95 ha main watershed in the sub-humid Ethiopian highlands, Debre Mawi watershed for four consecutive years. The contribution of the largest 10–minute events and peak daily sediment loads to annual sediment loads and the effect of Best Management Practices (BMPs) on peak sediment transport processes were evaluated. The contribution of the largest event loads reached up to 22% of the total annual sediment loads. The peak event sediment loads reached up to 11 t ha-1. The contribution of the largest daily sediment load events to annual loads is up to 86%. For the two largest daily sediment load events, the contribution reached up to 95%. The total sediment loads of the two largest daily sediment load events ranged from 40-68 t ha-1day-1 indicating that most of the annual sediment loads are transported with in one or two intense daily sediment load events in the (sub) humid Ethiopian highlands. Comparison of peak sediment loads before and after the implementation of BMPs indicates that conservation practices such as soil bunds, stone faced soil bunds and stone bunds substantially reduced the contribution and magnitude of peak sediment loads. The sediment trap efficiency of the BMPs can be further improved by making ditches deeper than existing practice of 50 cm depth in the Ethiopian highlands.
5 Mekuria, Wolde; Barron, Jennie; Dessalegn, Mengistu; Adimassu, Zenebe; Amare, T.; Wondie, M. 2017. Exclosures for ecosystem restoration and economic benefits in Ethiopia: a catalogue of management options. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 28p. (WLE Research for Development (R4D) Learning Series 4) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2017.204]
Research and development ; Learning ; Capacity building ; Ecosystems ; Economic situation ; Stakeholders ; Smallholders ; Livestock production ; Milk production ; Woodlands ; Habitats ; Renewable energy ; Energy sources ; Natural resources management ; Gender ; Women ; Youth ; Guidelines ; Governance ; State intervention ; Local communities ; Community involvement ; Land use ; Land management ; Land degradation ; Living standards ; Income ; Fodder plants ; Soil conservation ; Water conservation ; Watershed management ; Management techniques ; Sustainability ; Risk reduction ; Private sector ; Public sector / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048081)
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6 Bellaubi, F.; Boehm, F. 2018. Management practices and corruption risks in water service delivery in Kenya and Ghana. Water Policy, 20(2):388-409. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2018.017]
Water management ; Management techniques ; Delinquent behaviour ; Risk analysis ; Water control ; Water governance ; Water supply ; Water delivery ; Water policy ; Water use ; Organizations ; Institutional reform ; Regulations ; Performance evaluation ; Case studies / Kenya / Ghana / Mombasa / Kisumu / Nairobi / Accra
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048711)
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Water sector reform has brought considerable changes in organizations in Kenya and Ghana while the overall water service delivery (WSD) performance has remained low. The changes have also brought a shift in the balance of power between the different actors involved in WSD as well as a number of integrity issues at an institutional level in terms of corruption risks. The paper analyzes the power distribution between the main actors involved in WSD in terms of principals and agents, in relation to identified corruption risks and organizational structures at policy and regulatory, provision, and consumption WSD levels. The results identify different water control domains that are compared to management situations described in the literature but, according to the opinion of the authors, are considered insufficient to reflect on the empirical observations found in the three case studies in Kenya and two in Ghana. Furthermore, the authors suggest complementing management practice definitions with the findings of this research.
7 Li, K.; Zhang, H.; Li, X.; Wang, C.; Zhang, J.; Jiang, R.; Feng, G.; Liu, X.; Zuo, Y.; Yuan, H.; Zhang, C.; Gai, J.; Tian, J. 2021. Field management practices drive ecosystem multifunctionality in a smallholder-dominated agricultural system. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 313:107389. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2021.107389]
Farming systems ; Smallholders ; Ecosystem services ; Agroecosystems ; Management techniques ; Farmland ; Soil microorganisms ; Agrochemicals ; Fertilizers ; Households ; Farm income ; Farmers ; Socioeconomic aspects / China / Hebei / Quzhou
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050334)
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Agroecosystems provide multiple goods and services that are important for human welfare. Despite the importance of field management practices for agroecosystem service delivery, the links of socioeconomic factors, management practices and ecosystem multifunctionality have rarely been explicitly evaluated in agroecosystems. Here we used a county-scale database with 100 farmer households and their farmlands, and analyzed the relative importance of management practices, soil abiotic environment and soil biota on multifunctionality under three distinct (‘smallholder’s viewpoint’, ‘sustainable soils’ and ‘equal weight’) scenarios. Furthermore, we also analyzed the effect of smallholders’ socioeconomic factors on management practices. Our results found that smallholders’ high inputs of fertilizers and agrochemicals were associated with their high agricultural income and less farmland area, but total land area had a positive effect on straw incorporation. Total soil biota index was positively related to multifunctionality, however, management practices (fertilizer input, agrochemical input, organic fertilizer amount and straw incorporation) had stronger effect on multifunctionality than that of soil biota or the abiotic environment. Their strength varied with distinct scenarios. Our work suggests that increasing organic materials (organic fertilizers and crop residues) and decreasing agrochemicals are beneficial for maintaining or increasing ecosystem multifunctionality in smallholder-dominated agroecosystems. Moreover, improving management practices of smallholders needs to take into account the effects of their socioeconomic factors.
8 Ouattara, Z. A.; Kabo-Bah, A. T.; Dongo, K.; Akpoti, Komlavi. 2023. A review of sewerage and drainage systems typologies with case study in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire: failures, policy and management techniques perspectives. Cogent Engineering, 10(1):2178125. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/23311916.2023.2178125]
Sewerage ; Drainage systems ; Policies ; Management techniques ; Urban areas ; Cities ; Solid wastes ; Wastewater ; Sanitation ; Decision support systems ; Models ; Institutions ; Case studies / Africa South of Sahara / Côte d'Ivoire / Abidjan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051899)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/23311916.2023.2178125?needAccess=true&role=button
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051899.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051899.pdf
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The failure of sewage and drainage systems in SubSaharan African cities is frequent and can be considered as a critical issue, both from an environmental standpoint and in terms of associated maintenance costs. This study analyzes the state of the sanitation systems, the elements behind the failures, the environmental concepts used to classify the problems, and the tools and methodological alternatives for ranking the various management solutions. This research illustrates the causes that contribute to the dysfunctions in the sewage systems of Abidjan as a typical example of sewerage systems management challenges in SubSaharan Africa’s large cities. Poor solid waste and wastewater management practices by residents, e.g., illegal dumping of solid waste into the sewers, unauthorized and defective connections to the network, structural dysfunctions related to the age of the network (cracked, denuded, or broken), urban agriculture in the vicinity of the channels, natural phenomena such as erosion, landslides in the undeveloped parts, and the high concentration of vegetation in the network, wholly contribute to the degradation of the network. A variety of decision support systems for the management of the assets of the urban sewage network were presented. The instruments have been categorized based on their capacity and functionality. The operating concept of each of these tools has been outlined, as well as their respective data needs. In addition, the study analyzes challenges related to the usage of existing decision support systems and provides an outlook on future research requirements in this area. This study offers a detailed analysis of the issues of sanitation management and could serve as a reference for other emerging nations in SubSaharan Africa.
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