IWMI celebrating 25 years of research achievements. [Supplement of IWMI Annual Report 2010].
Title | IWMI celebrating 25 years of research achievements. [Supplement of IWMI Annual Report 2010]. PDF eBook |
Author | International Water Management Institute (IWMI). |
Publisher | IWMI |
Pages | 48 |
Release | |
Genre | |
ISBN | 929090741X |
IWMI Annual report 2020
Title | IWMI Annual report 2020 PDF eBook |
Author | International Water Management Institute (IWMI) |
Publisher | IWMI |
Pages | 62 |
Release | 2021-10-04 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN |
Cities and Agriculture
Title | Cities and Agriculture PDF eBook |
Author | Henk de Zeeuw |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 374 |
Release | 2015-09-16 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1317506618 |
As people increasingly migrate to urban settings and more than half of the world's population now lives in cities, it is vital to plan and provide for sustainable and resilient food systems which reflect this challenge. This volume presents experience and evidence-based "state of the art" chapters on the key dimensions of urban food challenges and types of intra- and peri-urban agriculture. The book provides urban planners, local policy makers and urban development practitioners with an overview of crucial aspects of urban food systems based on an up to date review of research results and practical experiences in both developed and developing countries. By doing so, the international team of authors provides a balanced textbook for students of the growing number of courses on sustainable agriculture, food and urban studies, as well as a solid basis for well-informed policy making, planning and implementation regarding the development of sustainable, resilient and just urban food systems.
Wastewater Use in Irrigated Agriculture
Title | Wastewater Use in Irrigated Agriculture PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Scott |
Publisher | Cabi |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2008-02 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9781845934514 |
The use of urban wastewater in agriculture is receiving renewed attention, with the increasing scarcity of fresh water resources in many arid and semi-arid regions of the world. Wastewater is a low-cost alternative to conventional irrigation water, although it may carry health and environmental risks. This book critically reviews experience worldwide of these issues. Emphasis is placed on untreated wastewater use by means of field-based case studies from Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. It brings together a range of perspectives including economic, health, agronomic, environmental, institutional, and policy dimensions.
Water is Life
Title | Water is Life PDF eBook |
Author | Anne Hellum |
Publisher | African Books Collective |
Pages | 641 |
Release | 2015-10-19 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1779222874 |
This book approached water and sanitation as an African gender and human rights issue. Empirical case studies from Kenya, Malawi, South Africa and Zimbabwe show how coexisting international, national and local regulations of water and sanitation respond to the ways in which different groups of rural and urban women gain access to water for personal, domestic and livelihood purposes. The authors, who are lawyers, sociologists, political scientists and anthropologists, explore how women cope in contexts where they lack secure rights, and participation in water governance institutions, formal and informal. The research shows how women - as producers of family food - rely on water from multiple sources that are governed by community based norms and institutions which recognise the right to water for livelihood. How these common pool water resources - due to protection gaps in both international and national law - are threatened by large-scale development and commercialisation initiatives, facilitated through national permit systems, is a key concern. The studies demonstrate that existing water governance structures lack mechanisms which make them accountable to poor and vulnerable water users on the ground, most importantly women. The findings thus underscore the need to intensify measures to hold states accountable, not just in water services provision, but in assuring the basic human right to clean drinking water and sanitation; and also to protect water for livelihoods.
Managing aquifer recharge
Title | Managing aquifer recharge PDF eBook |
Author | UNESCO |
Publisher | UNESCO Publishing |
Pages | 366 |
Release | 2021-11-25 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9231004883 |
Wastewater Irrigation and Health
Title | Wastewater Irrigation and Health PDF eBook |
Author | Pay Drechsel |
Publisher | IWMI |
Pages | 434 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1844077969 |
First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.