The management of water resources has become a critical need in Bangladesh because of growing demand for water and increasing conflict over its alternative uses.As populations expand and make various uses of water, its growing scarcity becomes a serious issue in developing countries such as Bangladesh. Water can no longer be considered a totally free resource, and plans must be developed for its efficient use through better management and rules that preserve everybody's access to it and interest in its development.

You can carry out your own analyses on poverty and ecosystem services with the GIS data made available, some of them being publicly released for the first time. All data are accompanied by metadata.

• Population & poverty
• Agriculture
• Land cover & land form
• Base data

Theory and seaborne measurements are presented for the near infrared (NIR: 700–900 nm) water-leaving reflectance in turbid waters. According to theory, the shape of the NIR spectrum is determined largely by pure water absorption and is thus almost invariant. A ‘‘similarity’’ NIR reflectance spectrum is defined by normalization at 780 nm. This spectrum is calculated from seaborne reflectance measurements and is compared with that derived from laboratory water absorption measurements. Factors influencing the shape of the similarity spectrum are analyzed

This thesis documents as well as questions how the presence of large mining operations in Andean regions of Peru alters social and natural landscapes. Taking conflicts over water as a useful entry-point for the analysis, it explores and unravels the dilemmas and challenges faced by the main conflicting actors: rural communities and mining companies. Through an in-depth analysis of how the actors navigate these challenges, focusing on those related to water, the thesis sets out to understand what happens with water in contexts of mineral extraction.

One of the measures that can help developing countries in meeting Target 10 of the Millennium Development Goals – halving the number of people without access to water and adequate sanitation by 2015 – is through a water sector reform. In this research the Malaysian water sector reform is assessed by answering the following questions: • How can we understand and explain the policy process of the reform? • To what extent have the outputs of the reform contributed to the realization of the reform’s objectives?

Desire for Greener Land compiles options for Sustainable Land Management (SLM) in drylands. It is a result of the integrated research project DESIRE (Desertification Mitigation and Remediation of Land - A Global Approach for Local Solutions). Lasting five years (2007–2012) and funded within the EU’s Sixth Framework Programme, DESIRE brought together the expertise of 26 international research institutes and non-governmental organisations.

This book is about sustainable land management, the development of water buffers and the business case underneath it. It is part of the discussion on the green economy: investment in natural resource management makes business sense. This also applies for investment in land, water and vegetative cover. Some of the parameters may be different – returns may not always be immediate – but essentially both the financial payback and the economic dividend of investing in integrated landscapes – if done properly – are rewarding.

In de periode april-augustus 2010 zijn opnieuw steekmuggen gemonitord in de waterbergingsgebieden Peize en Roden-Norg. De steekmuglarven en -poppen zijn op in totaal achttien bemonsteringslocaties en de volwassen steekmuggen op acht locaties in het buitengebied en op acht locaties nabij bewoning, gevolgd. De monitoringsresultaten lieten zien dat er in 2010 geen sprake is geweest van het optreden van overlast van steekmuggen. 2010 was een slecht steekmuggenjaar. Larven en poppen van huis-steekmuggen zijn in tijdelijke wateren, zoals droogvallende greppels, aangetroffen.

In de periode mei-augustus 2009 zijn steekmuggen gemonitord in de waterbergingsgebieden Peize en Roden-Norg; larven en poppen op 40 locaties en volwassen steekmuggen op acht locaties. Beide levensstadia zijn gemonitord volgens een gestandaardiseerde methode. De monitoring liet zien dat er momenteel geen sprake is van het optreden van eventuele overlast van steekmuggen. Larven en poppen van huissteekmuggen (Culex) zijn in plas-dras situaties aangetroffen.

Key words: Qanat, land and water, sustainability, Industrial and reflexive modernity

In 2007 is het onderzoek van het cluster VLG ondergebracht in zeven onderzoeksthema’s: Bodem, Water, Klimaat, Stad & Platteland, Landschap, Europees Plattelandsbeleid en Investeringsbudget Landelijk Gebied (ILG). Wat is het effect van de onderzoeksresultaten voor het beleid? Hoe komen we tot goede kennisvragen? Hoe kan het beste verbinding maken tussen het wetenschappelijk onderzoek, beleid en de praktijk? Deze veelgestelde vragen zetten kennisdoorstroming en kennisbenutting hoog op de agenda.

This report has three objectives: 1. To synthesise and analyse the current water resources management policy environment as it pertains to engaging community structures in development planning, 2. To describe and comparatively analyse the social, structural and operational characteristics of traditional water management institutions around the country, 3. Drawing upon these findings, to analyse the principal opportunities and challenges of using community institutions within formal water rights management structures.