Given the broad array of issues and the complexity faced by the water sector as a whole (from irrigation to flood … protection, to water conservation and hydropower), there is great demand for future exploring the potential of RBF and tackling … practical aspects of implementing various RBF water schemes. Chapter 2 provides an analytical framework to explore if and when …

Rural regions are often seen as key sources of urban water supply, creating pressure for reallocation and potential … hotspots of competition for water between cities and agriculture. How effective and equitable is reallocation from rural to … governments have reallocated relatively large volumes of water from rural to urban regions: Melbourne, Australia; Mokopane, South …

Morocco is expected to be faced with a major water shortfall prompted by either expansion in demand for water or …. It uses a computable general equilibrium model augmented with submodules that trace consumption of water by uses and land … allocation across sectors including crops, livestock, and forestry. Results show that water scarcity and changes in crop yields …

Despite being one of the most water scarce countries in the world, Israel has achieved water security and full cost … a national water conveyance system to connect all water infrastructure, (2) reuse of treated wastewater for irrigation …, (3) large-scale desalination PPP for potable water independence, (4) using aquifers as reservoirs, (5) interception of …

available water resources and current water allocation pattern. In the above context, the study analyses the water use in … agriculture, domestic and industrial(including power) sectors of Rajasthan. It identifies the water allocation patterns in … different sectors and calculates the water intensity in each of these sectors. It brings out the constraints that the available …

aspect of water resource management …

African country has at least one international river in its territory. Thus, transboundary water governance in Africa is … central to any national or regional water strategy and any economic, poverty reduction, and environmental strategy. Despite … the potential payoff from water cooperation, forging meaningful agreements for shared water management faces numerous …

Water insecurity "ranging from chronic water scarcity to lack of access to safe drinking water and sanitation services … social, economic, and environmental systems. Untangling the role of water insecurity in contributing to fragility is … difficult, yet it is becoming a fundamental question for water policy worldwide given the scale of the fragility challenge. This …

This brief for policy makers is a summary of the main conclusions derived from the "Argentina: Valuing Water" report, a … detailed and technical water security diagnostic, and is designed for decision makers beyond the water sector. Its main purpose … is to make visible the importance of water, and the cost of existing water security gaps on Argentina's economy, society …

(World Bank, 2013).Few incentives exist to save water because farmers do not see the direct cost of water provision ….This study was undertaken with the aim of contributing to better irrigation water management in Central Asia, beginning in … Uzbekistan. It identifies factors and conditions that positively affect the performance of local irrigation water management …