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Emerging Livelihood Vulnerabilities in an Urbanizing and Climate Uncertain Environment for the Case of a Secondary City in Thailand

Journal Articles & Books
Avril, 2018
Thailand

ncreasing flood risks in Thailand are leading to new challenges for flood management and subsequently for livelihoods, which are still significantly agricultural. Policy makers prefer building flood protection infrastructure over utilizing non-structural measures like urban planning regulations to mitigate risks. We argue that unplanned urbanization intensifies flood risks and livelihood vulnerability and may even create new poverty patterns in peri-urban areas.

Land and Water Grabbing

Policy Papers & Briefs
Mars, 2018
Global

IN’s latest resource is an introduction to the topic Land and Water Grabbing: A discussion of integrity implications and related risks, which discusses the integrity implications and risks of land and water grabbing. The essay examines the link between land and water grabbing, the people that are most impacted by this, and legal frameworks related to both land and water rights. Land and Water Grabbing describes the impacts of land and water grabbing in Kenya and Ethiopia.

Determinants of diarrhoeal morbidity: The case of children under five years of age among agricultural and agro-pastoralist community of southern Ethiopia

Journal Articles & Books
Mars, 2018
Ethiopia
Africa
Eastern Africa

Background: Diarrhoea is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among the under-five children in low-income countries. Despite improvements in water and sanitation coverage, studies show that diarrhoea is still a major public health problem in Ethiopia. This study was designed to determine the magnitude and risk factors of diarrhoea in the agricultural and agro-pastoralist communities of the rural Sidama zone, Southern Ethiopia. Methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted in July 2013. Interview and questionnaire were the main data gathering instruments used in the study.

An assessment of policies, institutions and regulations for water harvesting, solar energy, and groundwater in Jordan

Journal Articles & Books
Février, 2018
Jordan
Sweden
Greece
United States of America
Italy

This report constitutes part of the project GCP/JOR/018/SWI: “Reduce vulnerability in Jordan

in the context of water scarcity and increasing food/energy demand” project, funded by the

Swiss Agency for Development and Corporation (SDC).

The objective of this report is to address project output 4: “Prepared appropriate long-term

policy, regulatory and institutional frameworks to facilitate the adoption and scale-up of the

three-pronged approach and integrate it within national food-water-energy related policies/

Managing aquifer recharge and sustaining groundwater use: developing a capacity building program for creating local groundwater champions

Journal Articles & Books
Février, 2018

Participatory groundwater management is increasingly being recognised for its ability to address the challenges of equity, efficiency and sustainability. It can particularly help with effective engagement at the grassroots level for monitoring, recharging and managing the groundwater as a common pool resource. The main aim of this article is to discuss the training and management process used and the lessons learnt from a participatory groundwater management project, titled Managing Aquifer Recharge and Sustainable Groundwater Use through Village-level Intervention (MARVI).

World Bank: Ningxia Desertification Control and Ecological Protection Project, China

Reports & Research
Décembre, 2017
China

Desertification in arid and semiarid areas of Northwest China is a major current environmental issue for the country, caused by the interaction of a naturally dry climate, recurrent periods of prolonged droughts, anthropogenic factors over long periods of time, and specific topographic and geographic conditions. Among the anthropogenic factors are poor land management, inadequate farming techniques and over-cultivation, overgrazing and the removal of natural vegetation; misuse of water resources; and poor environmental and ecosystem management.