Supporting just transitions to renewable run-of-the-river hydropower: Lessons from Nepal Himalayas

By: Arica Crootof (MS) on 8th Aug 2018

Coding each interview, I am taken back to the dusty bench, the leather chair, the kitchen stool, the grassy patch where I was given chai and cookies and invited to sit and to listen. Whittling down the hundreds of... Read more »

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A great academic experience at the University of the West of England, Bristol

By: Rossi Taboada on 19th Jul 2018

In October 2017, the British Council and Cienciactiva – Concytec (National Council of Science, Technology and Innovation) announced the first call of the Newton-Paulet Fund ‘Researcher Links Travel Grants’ in Peru. This fund, supported by resources from the British... Read more »

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IWSN at the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Conference 2018

By: Robert Varady, Sarah Ward, Rossi Taboada, Chad Staddon, and Mark Everard on 24th May 2018

Overview by Robert Varady: On 9-10 May 2018, Lloyd’s Register Foundation (the Foundation), the sponsor of the International Water Security Network (IWSN), held its second international conference. This took place at the Institution of Engineering and Technology offices in... Read more »

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Could Mexico export desalinated water to the U.S.?

By: Nicolás Pineda Pablos on 26th Apr 2018

Could countries ever import and export desalinated water? This is the question raised by Stephen Mumme, Jamie McEvoy, Nicolas Pineda and Margaret Wilder in their recent article (‘Shipping water across the U.S.-Mexico border: international governance dimensions of desalination for... Read more »

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What is limiting the performance of River Basin Councils in Mexico?

By: Erik M. Parra on 19th Apr 2018

River basin councils emerged in Mexico in 1992 following the passing of the National Water Law. They are conceived as spaces of coordination between the different levels of government, users and organised society, with the objective of reaching agreements... Read more »

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IWSN at UNESCO in a time of change

By: Chad Staddon, Robert G. Varady on 9th Nov 2017

On 18-20 October 2017, the International Water Security Network (IWSN) was represented by Robert Varady of the University of Arizona and Chad Staddon of the University of the West of England at an event organised and hosted in Paris... Read more »

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Green infrastructure and urban resilience

By: Laura De Vito and Chad Staddon on 14th Jun 2017

With 70% of the world’s population likely to be living in cities by 2050, it is important that urban infrastructure is well equipped to manage the wide variety of potential environmental, social, technological and economic challenges. In order to... Read more »

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A photo essay of the water-energy-food nexus in the Himalayas

By: Arica Crootof (MS) on 18th May 2017

The following photo essay offers a glimpse into my fieldwork in Nepal. As a Ph.D. student, I am exploring how run-of-the-river hydropower alters the availability (amount, timing, and location) of water resources that are critical for agricultural livelihoods. Across... Read more »

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State of the Watershed: Using indicators and adaptive management to sustain one of the last perennial streams in Southern Arizona

By: Adriana Zuniga-Teran, Larry Fisher and Tom Meixner on 15th May 2017

The Cienega Creek is one of the last running streamlets in semiarid, drought-prone Southern Arizona (annual rainfall is 15 inches), and it is the defining feature of the surrounding watershed. The Cienega Watershed, located southeast of Tucson, contains some... Read more »

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Enhancing resilience in cities: from grey to green infrastructure

By: Adriana Zuniga-Teran, Andrea K. Gerlak on 4th May 2017

Many cities in the world have invested in grey infrastructure for stormwater management. Grey infrastructure usually includes storm drains, sewers, and combined sewer systems (CSS) – or systems that use a single pipeline network to transport stormwater runoff and... Read more »

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