In 1947, British India-the part of South Asia that is today's India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh-
emerged from the colonial era with the world's largest centrally managed canal irrigation …

Increasing water withdrawals for urban, industrial, and agricultural use have profoundly
altered the hydrology of many major rivers worldwide. Coupled with degradation of water …

Water demand management, or making better use of the water we have—as opposed to
augmenting supply—is increasingly proposed as a way of mitigating water-scarcity …

This paper investigates the extent to which entrenched interests of stakeholder groups both
maintain water use practice, and may be confronted. The focus is on the agricultural sectors …

Ecuador's mega-dam project aims to control Chone city's flooding hazards, but it submerges
peasants' territories–legitimized by 'modern city/majority benefit'versus 'rural …

Historically, Yemen was noted for its sustainable, locally-adapted system of water
management. Today, however, it faces one of the world's most acute shortages of water …

Background The MENA region's farmers and governments are very aware of water and the
potential constraints of encountering seasonal and systemic water shortages. Irrigated …

This report addresses the power-related obstacles to implementation of water demand
management (WDM) measures in Yemen and in Jordan. It is based primarily on two in …

This chapter examines large-scale rural–urban water transfers between irrigation districts
and municipal providers as a bargaining game, drawing on empirical examples from the US …

La construcción e implementación del megaproyecto hídrico Chone (Costa ecuatoriana) ha
sido legitimada como medio para promover el desarrollo de la ciudad, pero ha inundado y …