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The challenges ahead — water-resources management for the next millennium
01.04.1998
At the beginning of the 1990s, water-sector 'development' still meant providing physical infrastructure. Now the emphasis is on an integrated approach — but what is the best (and most cost-effective) way of achieving and managing this sustainably? -
There's a right way to do it — informal arrangements for local resource management in Zimbabwe
01.04.1998
Any community which has survived drought — and whose people enjoy relatively equal access to water — must be doing something right. Frances Cleaver explains why, although there is always room for improvement, this does not mean superfluous or rigid new structures for the sake of formalization. -
People, livelihoods and decision making in catchment management: a case study from Tanzania
01.01.2002
This paper illustrates the complexity of catchment water management and the importance of understanding the context of economic, political and cultural aspects of livelihoods in a catchment. Issues highlighted include the need for institutions which cross resource boundaries, ways of including those stakeholders usually excluded from decision-making processes, and the importance of livelihood constraints on people's participation in resource management.