Participatory approaches within development programs involving common-pool resources
are intended to revive a community's role in managing these resources. Certainly, to ensure …

Water, as a common pool resource, is threatened by the possibility of overextraction
generating a negative economic impact, conflicts among users, and greater income …

Exploration of the pollution status of river-based water sources is important to ensure quality
and safe drinking water supply for the public. The present study investigated …

Village Tank Cascade System (VTCS) landscapes in the dry zone of Sri Lanka provide
multiple ecosystem services (ESs) and benefits to local communities, sustaining the …

Sri Lanka is renowned as a nation that witnesses no or less water scarcity compared to other
countries; nevertheless, it has the threat to be water-scarce in the future due to the changes …

Conflicts around the multi-purpose water uses of Lake Diefenbaker (LD) in Saskatchewan,
Canada need to be addressed to meet rapidly expanding water demands in the arid …

Sri Lanka is an important hub connecting Asia-Africa-Europe maritime routes. It receives
abundant but uneven spatiotemporal distribution of rainfall and has evident seasonal water …

The impact of precipitation and irrigation return flow on water quality and groundwater
vulnerability was investigated in the Kala Oya basin, Sri Lanka using the Weighted …

Human activities and extreme hydrological events are posing continuing threats to
sustainable management of water resources in Gin catchment, Sri Lanka (972 km2), a rain …

Water governance is a complex, multilevel process based on the socio-political and
administrative systems. The sustainable use of water resources is the main challenge of the …