Indigenous And Institutional Profile Limpopo River Basin
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Indigenous And Institutional Profile Limpopo River Basin
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Author : Anton Earle
language : en
Publisher: IWMI
Release Date : 2006-10-17
Indigenous And Institutional Profile Limpopo River Basin written by Anton Earle and has been published by IWMI this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-17 with Limpopo River Watershed categories.
This paper presents an overview of water-related governance structures and institutions in the Limpopo Basin. The Basin is of critical socio-economic importance to the 14 million peopledistributed across the four riparian states of Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe.Urban centers, mostly in Botswana and South Africa, are major water users supplying industries, power stations and municipalities. Water is also used in rural areas for domestic, livestock watering and irrigation purposes. While irrigated agricultural activities are largely concentrated in South Africa and Zimbabwe, the majority of rural populations engage in rain-fed agriculture, which does not guarantee secure livelihoods. This is due, in large part, to the region’s semi-arid climate where only two out of every five agricultural seasons produce reasonable crop yields. These climatic conditions emphasize the need for effective management of transboundary water resources and effective governance structures, delivery and control mechanisms. Appropriate institutional frameworks and governance structures have a pivotal role in defining the socio-economic situation of the people in the Basin.
Work Institutions And Sustainable Livelihood
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Author : Virginius Xaxa
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-10-24
Work Institutions And Sustainable Livelihood written by Virginius Xaxa and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-24 with Business & Economics categories.
The book explores the debates surrounding sustainable livelihood in the neoliberal era effected through transformation of the nature of work and the role of institutions, particularly in the Global South. By creating gainful work and employment opportunities through formal and informal institutions using progressive instruments and innovations within rural and urban economies, livelihood becomes ‘sustainable’, thereby reducing inequality and increasing resilience among households. Based on both theoretical and empirical studies from Asia and Africa, the book establishes the relationship between three broad concepts – work, institutions and sustainable development. The content has been divided into three broad sections: Rural Economy and Its Transformations; Urbanisation and Sustainable Livelihood; and Innovations and Instruments of Transformation. This book is a valuable resource for scholars of development studies, rural and urban studies, labour studies besides economics, sociology, political science and policymaking.
Adaptation To Climate Change Through Water Resources Management
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Author : Dominic Stucker
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-08-27
Adaptation To Climate Change Through Water Resources Management written by Dominic Stucker and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-27 with Social Science categories.
The impacts of human-induced climate change are largely mediated by water, such as alterations in precipitation and glacial melt patterns, variations in river flow, increased occurrence of droughts and floods, and sea level rise in densely populated coastal areas. Such phenomena impact both urban and rural communities in developed, emerging, and developing countries. Taking a systems approach, this book analyzes evidence from 26 countries and identifies common barriers and bridges for local adaptation to climate change through water resources management. It includes a global set of case studies from places experiencing increased environmental and social pressure due to population growth, development and migration, including in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America. All chapters consider the crosscutting themes of adaptive capacity, equity, and sustainability. These point to resilient water allocation policies and practices that are capable of protecting social and environmental interests, whilst ensuring the efficient use of an often-scarce resource.
Big Data Analytics And Its Impact On Basin Water Agreements And International Water Law
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Author : Imad Antoine Ibrahim
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2022-01-17
Big Data Analytics And Its Impact On Basin Water Agreements And International Water Law written by Imad Antoine Ibrahim and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-17 with Law categories.
Big data analytics is transforming the water sector at the national and international levels. Its potential impact on transboundary water resource governance is being assessed, in the context of selected basins in this book.
Tradition Archaeological Heritage Protection And Communities In The Limpopo Province Of South Africa
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Author : Innocent Pikirayi
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2011
Tradition Archaeological Heritage Protection And Communities In The Limpopo Province Of South Africa written by Innocent Pikirayi and has been published by African Books Collective this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with History categories.
This book captures community voices in matters relating to their relationship with specific archaeological heritage sites and landscapes in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Focusing on the stonewalled archaeological heritage associated with Venda speakers and the reburial in 2008 of human remains excavated by the University of Pretoria from the cultural landscape of Mapungubwe, the book attempts to establish why archaeology and cultural heritage conservation struggle for relevance in South Africa today. In articulating the relevance of archaeology in South Africa in particular and southern Africa in general and in the context of public or community-based archaeology, the book explores how communities and the public interact, use and negotiate with their pasts. The research critiques the notion of archaeological heritage conservation and attempts to understand cultural heritage conservation from the perspectives of descendant communities. The book further exposes the conflict between cultural heritage protection efforts and modern development and questions the role of such efforts, given the challenges of unemployment, social inequality and poverty in democratic South Africa. The book is also about community engagement in archaeology, specifically in matters relating to access to cultural heritage resources. This study suggests that there is scope for community archaeology to take centre stage and drive future directions in archaeology if archaeologists change their approach in dealing with communities. Researchers are challenged in this study to rethink the notion of heritage, to debate the objectives behind cultural heritage conservation and to critically reexamine the relevance of archaeology today. This study suggests that the conflicting positions between heritage managers, archaeologists and descendant communities may be resolved through sharing of 'tradition' with the 'present'.
Water Food And Poverty In River Basins
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Author : Myles J. Fisher
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-09-13
Water Food And Poverty In River Basins written by Myles J. Fisher and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-13 with Science categories.
Conventional wisdom says that the world is heading for a major water crisis. By 2050, global population will increase from 7 billion to a staggering 9.5 billion and the demands this will place on food and water systems will inevitably push river basins over the edge. The findings from this book present a different picture. While it is convenient to visualize an inevitable global water and food crisis in which increasing demands result in increasing poverty, food insecurity and conflict, the reality is far more nuanced and revolves around the politics of equitable and sustainable development of resources. The first part of this book provides detailed insight into conditions of water flows within nine river basins. In the second part, authors summarize and re-analyze the outcome of the nine basins, providing a coherent global picture of water, water productivity and development. They assess the impacts of variations of these attributes on development and approaches for poverty alleviation, and explore the institutional factors that support or obstruct change. How people will manage river systems while protecting vital ecosystem functions will make the difference between catastrophe and survival. As Prof Asit Biswas points out, "... the world is facing a water crisis not because of physical scarcity of water but because of poor management practices in nearly all countries of the world." The book is based on the four years (2006-2010) of extensive research into the state of ten of the world’s major river basins carried out under the CGIAR Challenge Program for Water and Food’s Basin Focal Project. This book was published as a special issue of Water International.
Estuaries A Lifeline Of Ecosystem Services In The Western Indian Ocean
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Author : Salif Diop
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-03-22
Estuaries A Lifeline Of Ecosystem Services In The Western Indian Ocean written by Salif Diop and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-22 with Science categories.
This book provides recent environmental, ecological and hydrodynamic information for the major estuaries and the coastal marine systems of the Western Indian Ocean Region. It covers various functions and values of the region’s estuarine ecosystems and their respective habitats, including the land/ocean interactions that define and impact ecosystem services. The Western Indian Ocean region covered by this volume consists of the continental coastal states of Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa and Tanzania and the island states of Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and Comoros.
River Basin Trajectories
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Author : François Molle
language : en
Publisher: IWMI
Release Date : 2009
River Basin Trajectories written by François Molle and has been published by IWMI this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Business & Economics categories.
This book contains 11 papers which cover a range of vital topics in the areas of water, agriculture, food security and ecosystems - the entire spectrum of developing and managing water in agriculture, from fully irrigated to fully rainfed lands. They are about people and society, why they decide to adopt certain practices and not others and, in particular, how water management can help poor people. They are about ecosystems - how agriculture affects ecosystems, the goods and services ecosystems provide for food security and how water can be managed to meet both food and environmental security objectives. This is the eighth book in the series.
Hydro Political Assessment Of Water Governance From The Top Down And Review Of Literature On Local Level Institutions And Practices In The Volta Basin
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Author : Yaw Opoku-Ankomah
language : en
Publisher: IWMI
Release Date : 2006-07-07
Hydro Political Assessment Of Water Governance From The Top Down And Review Of Literature On Local Level Institutions And Practices In The Volta Basin written by Yaw Opoku-Ankomah and has been published by IWMI this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-07-07 with Volta River Watershed (Ghana) categories.
An “hydro-political” assessment of water governance in the Volta Basin is one of two preparatory activities intended to guide and inform the development of a generic methodological model for building local indigenous institutional principles into international/transboundary river basin institutional arrangements. This report details from a “top-down” perspective, the historical developments of water governance of the Volta River Basin, paying special attention to the economic, political and social dynamics of water management within the legal and institutional frameworks in the Ghana and Burkina Faso portions of the Volta basin. The findings are based primarily on literature review, interviews with some key professionals and to some extent, previous knowledge and field experience
Center Commissioned External Review Of International Water Management Institute Consolidated Report 19 29 May 2003
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Author : Wright, A.
language : en
Publisher: IWMI
Release Date : 2004
Center Commissioned External Review Of International Water Management Institute Consolidated Report 19 29 May 2003 written by Wright, A. and has been published by IWMI this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Agriculture categories.
A Centre Commissioned External Review (CCER) of the International Water Management Institute, Headquarters (IWMI-HQ) was carried out in Colombo in the period 20–28 May 2003. This came immediately after the reviews of the Regional Offices (Africa–by Prof. Alaphia Wright, Asia–by Prof. A. Vaidyanathan, and South East Asia–by Dr. Beatriz P. Del Rosario). The review was undertaken within the context of the (then) ongoing IWMI review and strategic planning process for future priority setting.