Water, food and livelihoods in river basins

Cook, Simon; Fisher, Myles J.; Andersson, Meike S.; Rubiano, J.; Giordano, Mark

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“…The provision of a reliable, sustained and safe water supply for people worldwide is high on the international and national agendas, and to help end this appalling situation, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) include a specific target (number 10 of Goal 7) to cut in half, by 2015, the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. This is not a problem of water shortage but one of water management (Savenije 2000;Ahmad 2003;Sullivan and Meigh 2007;Cook et al 2009). Looking globally, water scarcity is primarily related to food security (Savenije 2000), since it is agriculture the predominant water user.…”

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“…The linkages between poverty and access to water have long been recognized (Sullivan 2002;Ahmad 2003;Molle and Mollinga 2003;Ward 2007;Cook et al 2009), and they highlight the role of water as being central to poverty alleviation. Water poverty might occur because people are either denied reliable water resources or because they lack the ability to use them.…”

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Analyzing Water Poverty in Basins

Foguet

Garriga

2011

Water Resour Manage

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Inadequate provision of water-related services in developing countries continues to undermine strategies for poverty alleviation. The root lies in the inability of policy makers to tackle resource development in a holistic and integrated manner. This requires a multi-faceted approach to combine physical estimates of water availability with the socio-economic drivers of poverty. It is with this in mind that the Water Poverty Index (WPI) was created. However, water resources are dynamic, and the linkages between water scarcity and poverty incorporate complex cause-effect relationships. Water poverty should thus be addressed in a more systemic way. This would allow a comprehensive understanding of the crosscutting nature of water issues and impacts. In this paper, a system approach has been adopted to develop a structured framework for a multi-dimensional evaluation of water poverty in basins. It is an attempt to assess the diverse, interacting components of catchment processes, societal pressures, and policy actions. An enhanced Water Poverty Index (eWPI) has been developed and is proposed in this study. To exemplify the utilisation of the index, and to test its applicability and validity, eWPI has been piloted in a Peruvian watershed as initial case study. Results highlight the likely utility of the tool to identify areas for improvement, and ultimately guide appropriate action towards better service delivery and sustainable management of water resources.

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Garriga

2011

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“…Hence, all waste is thrown into the catchment of the second most important river in BF, the Nakambe River, which hosts 40% of the dams and 35-40% of the population. These pressures increase food security risks in river systems (Cook et al 2009) leading to multiple fish extinctions (Ouedraogo 2010). According to the IUCN Red list settings, 26.3% of the West African freshwater fish species face extinction because of pollution, deforestation, sedimentation, mining, and agriculture ).…”

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Riverine Ecosystem Management

Schmutz¹,

Sendzimir²

2018

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Open Access This book is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author (s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this book are included in the book's Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the book's Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paperThis Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland Challenges in Riverine Ecosystem Management Jan Sendzimir and Stefan SchmutzThis book is dedicated to those interested in the natural and social sciences and elements of governance that will support the sustainable management of rivers and aquatic ecosystems. Since elements of nature and society interact to determine the integrity and trajectory of these systems, they are referred to hereafter as socialecological systems (SESs). This introduction opens the door to these topics in four steps. It begins by explaining why a book dedicated to river management and science is needed at this point. In the second part, it outlines the history of some of the major developments that challenge the integrity of SESs worldwide. In the third part, it describes several of the principal tools used to study as well as manage SES. Tools to measure the degree of degradation of an SES include indicators of biological integrity, ecosystem health, and resilience. Tools to assess and manage the trajectory of an SES include the DPSIR and adaptive management. The introduction closes by outlining the structure of the book through the progression of its chapters. Justification of BookRivers are among the most threatened ecosystems of the world. For more than a centur...

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“…Increasing water productivity means using less water to complete a particular task, or using the same amount of water, but producing more. Increased water productivity has been associated with improved food security and livelihoods (Cook et al, 2009b;Cai et al, 2011). Additionally, it leads to savings in fresh water, making it available for other uses, such as healthy ecosystem functioning.…”

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Managing water and agroecosystems for food security

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2013

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Water, food and livelihoods in river basins

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