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22 May 2017
Flows and Practices: The Politics of Integrated Water Resources Management in Eastern and Southern Africa
Published by: Weaver Press
For the past two decades, Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) has been the dominant paradigm in water resources. This book explores how ideas of IWRM are being translated and adapted in Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
28 April 2017
Improving Livelihoods Through Better Road and Water Integration and Planning
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Poorly planned roads can negatively affect rural dwellers by damaging land-based assets, through water logging and erosion. However, by modifying the flows of water and the quantity of surface and groundwater available, roads can also have positive impacts on the lives and livelihoods of affected populations.
29 March 2017
Resilience as a Policy Narrative: Potentials and Limits in the Context of Urban Planning
Published by: Taylor & Francis Online
The aim of this paper is to analyse the emergence of the concept of 'urban resilience' in the literature and to assess its potentials and limitations as an element of policy planning.
18 November 2016
Why Invisible Power and Structural Violence Persist in the Water Domain
Published by: IDS
This article argues that inequality in access to water and sanitation is largely caused and legitimised by different forms of invisible power that prevent universal access.
1 November 2016
1 October 2016
Whose Waters? Large-Scale Agricultural Development and Water Grabbing in the Wami-Ruvu River Basin, Tanzania
Published by: Water Alternatives
This article asks how IWRM manages the competing interests as well as the diverse priorities of both large and small water users in the midst of foreign direct investment. The article asks whether institutional and capacity weaknesses around IWRM implementation can be exploited by powerful actors that seek to meet their own interests, thus allowing water grabbing to take place.
1 October 2016
The Flow of IWRM in SADC: The Role of Regional Dynamics, Advocacy Networks and External Actors
Published by: Water Alternatives
This article explores the entry and spread of IWRM in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. It traces how the idea of IWRM was promoted and sustained throughout the region by mapping key events, actors and networks that were involved in promoting the approach.
1 October 2016
Emergence, Interpretations and Translations of IWRM in South Africa
Published by: Water Alternatives
This paper explores how the idea of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) emerged in South Africa, its key debates and interpretations and how it has been translated. It maps out the history, main events, key people, and implementation efforts through a combination of reviews of available documents and in-depth semi-structured interviews with key actors.
1 October 2016
Introduction to the Special Issue – Flows and Practices: The Politics of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Southern Africa
Published by: Water Alternatives
This article provides a conceptual framework to study: the flow of IWRM as an idea; its translation and articulation into new policies, institutions and allocation mechanisms, and the resulting practices and effects across multiple scales – global, regional, national and local.