New book on Climate Resilient Water Resources Management

By: Bimo Nkhata on 7th Jun 2018

International Water Security Network researchers Bimo Nkhata, Charles Breen and Machaya Chomba have contributed to a new book on climate resilience. Climate Resilient Water Resources Management, edited by Robert Brears, is part of the Palgrave Studies in Climate Resilient Societies... Read more »

Categories: Africa Monash South Africa News Resilience

National water governance: A bigger deal than drought?

By: Dr Sandile Hadebe and Mr Jon McCosh on 16th May 2018

A decade ago, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) in South Africa was facing difficulties in offering basic services. Unmaintained ageing infrastructure was causing problems, with pipes either bursting or leaking severely. The country was already experiencing a water supply deficit from... Read more »

Categories: Africa Agriculture Blog Drought Resilience Water services

IWSN contributes to ‘Chintan Shivir’ in Rajasthan, India

By: Mark Everard on 30th Apr 2018

Earlier this month, the NGO Tarun Bharat Sangh (TBS) held a Chintan Shivir (‘debating workshop’) at its ashram (headquarters) in Bheekampura, a village in the Alwar District of the arid/semi-arid Indian state of Rajasthan. Regular readers of IWSN blogposts... Read more »

Categories: Blog Ecosystems Groundwater India Resilience University of the West of England

A closer look at urban water insecurity in an African context

By: Bimo Nkhata, Machaya Chomba on 23rd Jan 2018

The current public health pandemic in Lusaka, Zambia can be described as a function of extreme urban water insecurity, which takes into account important social factors such as public hygiene, water supply, waste collection, flood management (drainage), and public... Read more »

Categories: Africa Blog Flooding Monash South Africa Resilience Urban drainage Water services Zambia

3rd IWSN Winter Conference takes place in Bristol

on 22nd Jan 2018

PhD and MSc students supported by the International Water Security Network gathered in Bristol for the annual winter conference on water-related resilience on 15-16 January 2018.  There were 18 presentations on a variety of topics ranging from water and... Read more »

Categories: Green infrastructure News Resilience Student scholarships University of the West of England

Protecting the páramos and mangroves: water challenges for Colombia

By: Sarah Ward on 1st Nov 2017

As the second most biodiverse country on the planet, Colombia is rightly taking post-conflict sustainable development and economic growth seriously. During my recent two-week stay, I was able to take in perspectives in two contrasting cities with similar water... Read more »

Categories: Agriculture Blog Climate change adaptation Colombia Ecosystems Green infrastructure Resilience South America University of the West of England

First Peruvian Congress Agua-Andes: Science-policy dialogues for sustainable development

By: Chad Staddon and Bram Willems on 25th Oct 2017

A long time in the planning, it was great to see the Congress Agua-Andes (the first of its kind in Peru) take place so successfully. There were 300 people in the auditorium on the opening day (which was simultaneously... Read more »

Categories: Blog Climate change adaptation Drought Flooding Green infrastructure Peru Resilience South America

Mind the gap – finding the next step on the urban drainage journey

By: Sarah Ward on 4th Oct 2017

Dr Sarah Ward is currently a research fellow at UWE and a senior research fellow at the University of Exeter, with both her roles focusing on water, resilience and cities. She recently had the pleasure of attending the 14th... Read more »

Categories: Blog Gamification Green infrastructure Resilience University of the West of England Urban drainage

IWSN Director at World Water Week in Stockholm

By: Chad Staddon on 18th Sep 2017

World Water Week, which took place over five days in Stockholm, saw over 3,200 participants from 133 countries attend several hundred sessions, share experiences, and discuss solutions to the world’s most critical water challenges. It was, as always, full... Read more »

Categories: Blog Climate change adaptation Green infrastructure Resilience University of the West of England

Enhancing the resilience of critical energy infrastructure in Zambia

By: Musyani Siame and Bimo Nkhata on 12th Jul 2017

The critical energy infrastructure of many African countries is coming under immense stress as droughts caused by climate change continue to pose serious threats to energy security. In Zambia, droughts have become a major feature of the climate –... Read more »

Categories: Africa Blog Monash South Africa Nexus Resilience Zambia