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Journal Article

1 October 2016

Special Issue: Flows and Practices: The Politics of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Southern Africa

Published by: Water Alternatives

The 14 original articles in this collection explore the on-the-ground complexities of IWRM implementation, interpretations and adaptations. Grounded in social science theory and research, this special issue demonstrates the importance of politics, political economy, history and culture in shaping water management practices and reform. It demonstrates how Africa has clearly been a laboratory for IWRM in the past two decades.

Flows and Practices: The Politics of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Africa Sustainability

Journal Article

1 October 2016

Emergence, Interpretations and Translations of IWRM in South Africa

Published by: Water Alternatives

This paper explores how the idea of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) emerged in South Africa, its key debates and interpretations and how it has been translated. It maps out the history, main events, key people, and implementation efforts through a combination of reviews of available documents and in-depth semi-structured interviews with key actors.

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Lyla Mehta
Sustainability South Africa

Journal Article

1 October 2016

Introduction to the Special Issue – Flows and Practices: The Politics of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Southern Africa

Published by: Water Alternatives

This article provides a conceptual framework to study: the flow of IWRM as an idea; its translation and articulation into new policies, institutions and allocation mechanisms, and the resulting practices and effects across multiple scales – global, regional, national and local.

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Lyla Mehta
Sustainability Sub Saharan Africa

Journal Article

1 October 2016

Whose Waters? Large-Scale Agricultural Development and Water Grabbing in the Wami-Ruvu River Basin, Tanzania

Published by: Water Alternatives

This article asks how IWRM manages the competing interests as well as the diverse priorities of both large and small water users in the midst of foreign direct investment. The article asks whether institutional and capacity weaknesses around IWRM implementation can be exploited by powerful actors that seek to meet their own interests, thus allowing water grabbing to take place.

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Lyla Mehta
Sustainability Tanzania

Journal Article

1 October 2016

The ‘Trickle Down’ of IWRM: A Case Study of Local-Level Realities in the Inkomati Water Management Area, South Africa

Published by: Water Alternatives

The translation of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) into the South African context and, in particular, the integration of institutions related to land and water have faced many challenges due to the political nature of water and land reforms, and the tendency of governmental departments to work in silos. The paper explores the dynamics surrounding the implementation of IWRM in the Inkomati Water Management Area, and the degree of integration between the parallel land and water reform processes.

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Lyla Mehta
Sustainability South Africa

Report

1 June 2016

Impact of Community-led Total Sanitation on Women’s Health in Urban Slums: A Case Study from Kalyani Municipality

Published by: IDS

This Evidence Report seeks to understand the health and other impacts of slum women’s access to sanitation through the Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach.

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Lyla Mehta
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Kamal Kar
Influencing Policies to Support the Empowerment of Women and Girls The Sanitation Learning Hub Health Inequalities and Poverty Sustainability Central and South Asia India

Book

1 January 2016

Dianne Rocheleau: The Feminist Political Ecology Legacy and Beyond

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

With original and engaging contributions, this Handbook confirms feminist scholarship in development studies as a vibrant research field. It reveals the diverse ways that feminist theory and practice inform and shape gender analysis and development policies, bridging generations of feminists from different institutions, disciplines and regions.