Multi-stakeholder platforms (MSPs) have gained momentum in addressing contentious and cross-sectoral aspects of natural resources management. They helped to enhance cross-learning the inclusion marginalized groups. Tanzania’s water management sub-sector has championed these as a means breaking silos around planning, coordination, resource mobilization. However, it is not uncommon experience occ...

This paper develops the system of optimal allocation of water resources in irrigation district and irrigation decision support which integrates technologies of decision support, information management, information search and so on. It has the multi-function of water production function calculation, crop water requirement calculation, water resources optimal allocation and realtime amending the ...

This paper examines the recent emerging informal Water Users Groups (WUGs) on the Ferghana Valley for managing of the water at the former collective farm level and potential for strengthening of the weak Water Users Associations (WUAs) through replication of WUGs formation. Due to the collapse of the Soviet Union, Central Asian states have introduced reforms in different sectors including the w...

water is a main resource in sustainable development planning where the management of quality and quantity of these resources play an important role in public health and social welfare. on the other hand, due to social, economic and environmental values of this vital resource, water resource management is considered as a very important task. the long term water strategies are not only a useful g...

The collection of fog water is a simple and sustainable technology to obtain fresh water for afforestation, gardening, and as a drinking water source for human and animal consumption. In regions where fresh water is sparse and fog frequently occurs, it is feasible to set up a passive mesh system for fog water collection. The mesh is directly exposed to the atmosphere, and the foggy air is pushe...

One of the main problems experienced by the islanders of Lakshadweep is associated with the availability of fresh water for drinking purpose. The scarcity of fresh water is due to the peculiar hydrologic, geologic, geomorphic and demographic features. Proper understanding of the groundwater condition, in terms of availability, distribution and quality, is very important to meet the increasing d...

today, many of the subterranean and the threat of environmental pollution have been exposed tehran's why environmental studies and water quality monitoring subterranean as urban planning and management is an important issue. the purpose is of this research, monitoring water quality across the east tehran subterranean of environmental indicators. the research method to collect data primaril...

Water resources systems management practice around the world is challenged by serious problems. Climate change and land use change are increasingly recognized as having the major impact on hydrologic variables and therefore on management of water resources. Certainly, the profession has been slow to acknowledge these changes, and that fundamentally new approaches will be required to address the...