Pub Date : 2022-11-11DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2022.2136145
Yongping Wei, Shuanglei Wu, Zhixiang Lu, R. Ison, A. Western, M. Sivapalan
ABSTRACT Water reallocation decision-making is a challenge faced by most river basins around the world. In this study, a system thinking framework was developed to structurally unfold the complex interactions of water reallocations with societal, economic and ecological subsystems in the Heihe River Basin in China. The results indicate that ecological degradations appeared much later than economic development. Slow-changing societal values and limited considerations of technological development and government regulations towards environmental protection contributed to the weak and untimely responses of water reallocations to ecological degradation. This framework can assist in strategic water reallocation decision-making in river basins.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-01DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2022.2138135
A. Biswas, C. Tortajada
In September 2022, the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) of Saudi Arabia and Global Water Intelligence (GWI) organized an international conference on the future of desalination, in Riyadh. The SWCC was established in 1974 as an autonomous government institution. Since its formation, it has played an increasingly important role in fostering and improving desalination practices and processes not only in Saudi Arabia but also around the entire world. It is now a major force in the world of desalination and is also, by far, the largest global producer of desalinated water. The conference successfully brought together policymakers, developers, consultants, manufacturers, operators and researchers to discuss the future of desalination in the world. The conference was timely since the issue of the future of desalination, or the broader issue of the future of the world’s waters and the role desalination plays, needs to be discussed much more seriously. It was also very appropriate that SWCC convened this international conference since, as an institution, it probably now has more experience in producing and managing desalinated water than any other institution in the world. Refreshingly, presentations and discussions, for the most part, were based on real problems, issues and solutions in this sector rather than theoretical discussions. The organizers identified at least three important challenges that desalination will have to resolve by 2030:
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Pub Date : 2022-11-01DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2022.2128078
Shafiq Ahmad, Guoqing Shi, M. Zaman
ABSTRACT This case study of the Dasu Hydropower Project in Pakistan investigates the impacts of delays in resettlement on project-affected people. The analyses presented here suggest that delays in the implementation of resettlement plans lead to additional socio-economic, environmental and psychological impacts on local communities. In addition, temporary resettlement of some households prior to relocation and resettlement at the planned sites aggravated these impacts, further complicating planned resettlement. The authors argue in favour of resettlement ahead of any civil works to reduce negative project impacts.
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Pub Date : 2022-10-06DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2022.2102463
P. Decker
ABSTRACT Multi-stakeholder collaboration is the solution for a more water-secure future. Communities continue to grapple with stresses such as water accessibility, affordability and resiliency. This by-line discusses the serious need to modernize infrastructure and adopt new innovative technologies, which can alleviate the pressures facing communities and water utilities. The capabilities available across industry, academia, government and the private sector can discover and fund new solutions for the challenges caused by climate change. Water challenges can be a thing of the past with passionate, innovative and collaborative people working together as strong advocates for new approaches and creative solutions to solve water.
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Pub Date : 2022-09-22DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2022.2109604
Clare M. Stephens, Michelle Ho, Susanne Schmeidl, Hung T. Pham, A. Dansie, Gregory L. Leslie, Lucy A. Marshall
ABSTRACT In pursuit of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6, water operator partnerships (WOPs) have grown in popularity. However, the literature supporting their effectiveness is lacking. We conducted mid-term interviews and surveys with five participating utilities in a Viet Nam–Australia WOP, followed by post-programme interviews with two managing associations and 10 utilities. We found that while partnerships initially focused on technical training, the need for broader institutional learning emerged as participants gained experience. Communication and relationship-building were consistently reported as success factors for achieving desired outcomes. Expanding the scope to involve governance and policy organizations, together with funding to collaboratively implement upgrades, could enhance future programmes.
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Pub Date : 2022-08-27DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2022.2092841
John D. Pisaniello, Joanne L. Tingey-Holyoak, M. Wishart, Kimberley N. Lyon, Esteban Boj García
ABSTRACT Dam failures that cause significant adverse downstream impacts continue to occur globally. Hence, effective, adequately resourced dam safety regulation is critical for the safety of dams and downstream communities. This paper explores options for regulatory funding and resourcing according to a selected set of relevant key factors along a continuum of dam safety assurance. An international comparative analysis of 15 jurisdictional case studies against the key factors identifies trends representing indicative precedents. A procedure is developed to help identify increasingly relevant precedents for guiding target jurisdictions on potentially suitable options. Illustrative application to a real case in Australia is provided.
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Pub Date : 2022-08-23DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2022.2110265
A. Biswas, C. Tortajada
Recently, Paul Polman, who was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Unilever (one of the world’s biggest multinational companies) between 2009 and 2019, and Andrew Winston, a specialist on sustainable business, wrote Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take (2021). This highly readable book provides a new and more appropriate framework for business, eschewing decades of dogma, which was aptly summed up by Milton Friedman (who received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in economic sciences) as ‘there is one and only one social responsibility of business – to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits ...’ (Friedman, 1962, p.133). For the most part, Friedman’s philosophy was accepted by businesses for some 50 years. Even now, many CEOs of large to small business companies have held this view, either explicitly or implicitly. We have known Polman for several years. He is one of the most unorthodox, charismatic and out-of-the-box thinkers we have ever encountered. Not surprisingly, The Financial Times of London has described him as a ‘standout CEO of the past decade’. He and his co-author have written not ‘a utopian fantasy’ but have cogently and persuasively argued for a new mindset from the business leaders to ensure ‘the scale of change and transformation the world so desperately needs’. This mindset will meet the twin essential objectives of making the world a better place to live in and also to produce decent returns for the shareholders of companies. The authors define a ‘net positive’ company as one that ‘improves well-being for everyone it impacts and at all scales – every product, every operation, every region and country, and for every stakeholder, including employees, suppliers and communities, customers, and even future generations and the planet itself’ (Polman & Winston, 2021, p.7). It is an ambitious goal that, to our knowledge, no company in the world has achieved completely. However, a most positive recent development has been that numerous companies all over the world have started on such journeys. The authors provide numerous examples from the performance of Unilever when it started its Unilever Sustainable Living Plan (USLP) in 2010. This plan made purpose and enriching others’ lives as the core to Unilever’s business philosophy. Among its aggressive goals were doubling sales while cutting its environmental footprint in half and helping one billion people to improve their health and well-being. The authors refreshingly accept that the USLP journey has not been easy, and ‘Unilever has plenty of war wounds and mistakes to point to’. Equally, Unilever has accomplished a great deal. For example, for 11 straight years, it was ranked as the number one sustainable company in the world. In fact, during Polman’s captaincy, it was the ‘gold standard’ to which CEOs of nearly all other major companies aspired to. Interestingly, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
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Pub Date : 2022-08-09DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2022.2090905
Justin Brassett, M. Akmadi, Troy Sternberg
ABSTRACT China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and infrastructural development has led to growing concerns regarding the future of Central Asia’s water resources. However, few attempts have been made to assess the impacts this will have on specific transboundary basins within the region. This article explores how the context of the BRI transcends its physical impacts within the Ili and Irtysh basins, creating a sanctioned discourse that forecloses the possibility of ‘successful’ negotiations at an official level. As such, pathways to transboundary water management that exist beyond the negotiations are shown to have greater plausibility and potential effectiveness.
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Pub Date : 2022-08-08DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2022.2078288
R. Nunes, N. Fielmua
ABSTRACT Drawing on non-representational theory, using as an example the work of Gilles Deleuze, we offer a complementary perspective on critical institutionalism. We examine four case studies of community-based water management in the Upper West Region of Ghana, which has empowered communities and encouraged democratically accountable approaches, while also underpinning discriminatory practices. We find this can be attributed to institutional bricolage, but we argue that non-representational theory also provides an alternative orientation to our data. It allows the agency of disempowered individuals to be recast as acts of hope.
{"title":"Institutional bricolage in community-based water management: some insights from non-representational theory","authors":"R. Nunes, N. Fielmua","doi":"10.1080/07900627.2022.2078288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2022.2078288","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Drawing on non-representational theory, using as an example the work of Gilles Deleuze, we offer a complementary perspective on critical institutionalism. We examine four case studies of community-based water management in the Upper West Region of Ghana, which has empowered communities and encouraged democratically accountable approaches, while also underpinning discriminatory practices. We find this can be attributed to institutional bricolage, but we argue that non-representational theory also provides an alternative orientation to our data. It allows the agency of disempowered individuals to be recast as acts of hope.","PeriodicalId":50279,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Water Resources Development","volume":"39 1","pages":"404 - 432"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2022-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44354234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-07-20DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2022.2093170
L. Warner, John M. Diaz
ABSTRACT As water scarcity worsens, social scientists seek strategies that facilitate water conservation behaviours. This study analyses the factors driving engagement in a high-impact behaviour in residential landscapes, eliminating irrigated areas in one’s yard, to guide future social marketing efforts to reduce water usage. Feelings of internal commitment (i.e., personal norms) had the strongest relationship with this behaviour followed by social pressure (i.e., subjective norms), demonstrating the influence perceived personal and societal obligations have on water conservation. Practitioners, policymakers and scientists working on urban water issues should focus on these normative influences to ensure proliferation of the identified practice.
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