Journal articles

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Multidimensional analysis of water poverty in MENA Region: an empirical comparison with physical indicators (with Hatem Jemmali), Social Indicators Research (2012)

It is not easy to determine whether water is really scarce in the physical sense...

 

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Managing wetlands: integrating natural and human processes according to law (with D E. Fisher), Hydrological Sciences Journal (2011)

Wetlands perform functions that are both hydrological and ecosystemic. Both humans and the natural environment...

 

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Quantifying water vulnerability: a multi-dimensional approach, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment (2011)

In today’s uncertain world, vulnerability of water supplies is of increasing concern. A number of...

 

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Saving the world's rivers: what must be done? (with David Dudgeon, S E. Bunn, P M. Davies, M O. Gessner, S Glidden, P Green, P B. McIntyre, A Prusevich, C Reidy Liermann, and C J. Vorosmarty), World Rivers Review (2011)
 

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Global threats to human water security and river biodiversity (with Charles J. Vörösmarty, P B. McIntyre, Mark O. Gessner, David Dudgeon, A Prusevich, P Green, S Glidden, Stuart E. Bunn, C Reidy Liermann, and P M. Davies), Nature (2010)

Protecting the world’s freshwater resources requires diagnosing threats over a broad range of scales, from...

 

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Integrated water resources management of overexploited hydrogeological systems using Object-Oriented Bayesian Networks (with J L. Molina, John Bromley, J L. García-Aróstegui, and J Benavente), Environmental Modelling & Software (2010)

Object-Oriented Bayesian Networks (OOBNs) have been used increasingly over the past few decades in fields...

 

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Water and poverty in rural China: developing an instrument to assess the multiple dimensions of water and poverty (with Alasdair Cohen), Ecological Economics (2010)

This paper describes the theoretical foundations and development of a multidimensional, water-focused, thematic indicator of...

 

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Development aid and access to water and sanitation in sub-Saharan Africa (with Marco Stampini and Adeleke Salami), African Development Bank: Development Research Brief no. 9 (2009)

The disparities in performance among African countries in terms of access to water and sanitation...

 

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The British river of the future: how climate change and human activity might affect two contrasting river ecosystems in England (with Andrew C. Johnston, Michael C. Acreman, Michael J. Dunbar, Stephen W. Feist, Anna Marie Giacomello, Rodolph E. Gozlan, Shelley A. Hinsley, Anton T. Ibbotson, Helen P. Jarvie, J Iwan Jones, Matt Longshaw, Stephen C. Maberly, Terry J. Marsh, Colin Neal, Jonathon R. Newman, Miles A. Nunn, Roger W. Pickup, Nick S. Reynard, John P. Sumpter, and Richard J. Williams), Science of The Total Environment (2009)

The possible effects of changing climate on a southern and a north-eastern English river (the...

 

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Integration of the biophysical and social sciences using an indicator approach: addressing water problems at different scales (with Jeremy R. Meigh), Water Resources Management (2007)

To be operationally sustainable, any system of environmental management needs to be based on a...

 

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Application of the water poverty index at different scales: a cautionary tale (with Jeremy R. Meigh and P Lawrence), Water International (2006)

The Water Poverty Index is an integrated tool developed on the basis of extensive consultation...

 

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Freshwater biodiversity: importance, threats, status and conservation challenges (with David Dudgeon, Angela H. Arthington, Mark O. Gessner, Zen-Ichiro Kawabata, Duncan J. Knowler, Christian Leveque, Robert J. Naiman, Anne-Helene Prieur-Richard, Doris Soto, and Melanie LJ Stiassny), Biological Reviews (2006)

Freshwater biodiversity is the over-riding conservation priority during the International Decade for Action -'Water for...

 

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Targeting attention on local vulnerabilities using an integrated index approach: the example of the climate vulnerability index (with Jeremy R. Meigh), Water Science & Technology (2005)

It is known that climate impacts can have significant effects on the environment, societies and...

 

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Considering the Water Poverty Index in the context of poverty alleviation (with Jeremy R. Meigh), Water Policy (2003)

The Water Poverty Index (WPI), introduced by Sullivan, is an inter-disciplinary tool that integrates the...

 

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Marula policy brief: Marula commercialisation for sustainable and equitable livelihoods (with Rachel Wynberg, Sarah A. Laird, Sheona E. Shackleton, Myles Mander, Charlie M. Shackleton, Saskia Den Adel, Pierre Du Plessis, Rodger RB Leakey, Andy Botelle, Cyril Lombard, Tony Cunningham, and Dermot O. O'Regan), Forests Trees and Livelihoods (2003)
 

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The sharing of water between society and ecosystems: from conflict to catchment–based co–management (with Jim S. Wallace and Michael C. Acreman), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Biological Sciences (2003)

Human uses of freshwater resources are increasing rapidly as the world population rises. As this...

 

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The water poverty index: development and application at the community scale (with Jeremy R. Meigh, Anna Marie Giacomello, T Fediw, P Lawrence, M Samad, S Mlote, C Hutton, J A. Allan, R E. Schulze, D JM Dlamini, W Cosgrove, J Delli Priscoli, P Gleick, I Smout, J Cobbing, Roger Calow, C Hunt, A Hussain, Michael C. Acreman, J King, S Malomo, E L. Tate, Dermot O. O'Regan, S Milner, and I Steyl), Natural Resources Forum (2003)

The article details the development and uses of the water poverty index (WPI). The index...

 

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Calculating a water poverty index, World Development (2002)

This paper provides discussion of ways in which an interdisciplinary approach can be taken to...

 

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Knowledge on Sclerocarya birrea subsp. caffra with emphasis on its importance as a non-timber forest product in South and southern Africa: a summary. part 1: taxonomy, ecology and role in rural livelihoods (with Sheona E. Shackleton, Charlie M. Shackleton, Tony Cunningham, Cyril Lombard, and T R. Netshiluvhi), Southern African Forestry Journal (2002)

Sclerocarya birrea (marula) is a widespread species throughout the semi-arid, deciduous savannas of much of...

 

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Knowledge on Sclerocarya birrea subsp. caffra with emphasis on its importance as a non-timber forest product in South and southern Africa: a summary. part 2: commercial use, tenure and policy, domestication, intellectual property rights and benefit-sharing (with Rachel Wynberg, J Cribbins, Rodger RB Leakey, Cyril Lombard, Myles Mander, and Sheona E. Shackleton), Southern African Forestry Journal (2002)

Sclerocarya birrea (marula) forms an integral part of the diet, tradition and culture of rural...

 

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Redefining the water poverty index, Water International (2001)
 

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The potential for calculating a meaningful Water Poverty Index, Water International (2001)

One of the most significant failures in the development process has been our inability to...

 

Books

The adaptive water resource management handbook (with Jaroslav Mysiak, Hans Jorgen Henrikson, John Bromley, and Claudia Pahl-Wostl), (2010)
 

Book chapters

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Water, biodiversity, and ecosystems: reducing our impact (with Jay O'Keeffe), Water resources, planning and management: challenges and solutions (2011)
 

Promoting adaptive water management in the Orange Senqu river basin: a NeWater case study (with Chris Dickens, Myles Mander, Muriel Bonjean, Douglas Macfarlane, S Bharwani, Neela Matin, K van Nieukerk, N Diederichs, A Taylor, M SC King-Okumu, N Kranz, S Bisaro, A Zabala, A Romero, P Huntjens, and D Knoesen), The adaptive water resource management handbook (2010)
 

Livelihood trade-offs in the commercialisation of multiple-use NTFP: lessons from marula (Sclerocarya birrea subsp. caffra) in southern Africa (with Sheona E. Shackleton, Charlie M. Shackleton, Rachel Wynberg, Rodger RB Leakey, Myles Mander, Tania McHardy, Saskia Den Adel, Andy Botelle, Pierre Du Plessis, Cyril Lombard, Sarah Laird, Tony Cunningham, and Dermot O. O'Regan), Non-timber forest products: conservation, management and policy in the tropics (2006)

Commercialisation of non-timber forest products (NTFP), apart from the multitude of benefits, is often associated...

 

The disappearing ethics of world development, The global environment 2006: Annual Directory of the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management (2006)
 

Trees and markets for agroforestry tree products: targeting poverty reduction and enhanced livelihoods (with Rodger RB Leakey, Z Tchoundjeu, K Schreckenberg, A Simons, Sheona E. Shackleton, Myles Mander, Rachel Wynberg, and Charlie M. Shackleton), World agroforestry into the future (2006)
 

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Marula, a South African case study, Riches of the forest : for health, life and spirit in Africa (2004)
 

Forest use by Amerindians in Guyana - Implications for development policy, Resources, planning and environmental management in a changing Caribbean (2003)
 

Using an income accounting framework to value non-timber forest products, Valuing the environment in developing countries: case studies (2002)
 

Conference presentations

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Water resources, climate change and human vulnerability (with C Huntingford), Proceedings of Interfacing modelling and simulation with mathematical and computational sciences: 18th IMACS World Congress, MODSIM09 (2009)
 

Can water stressed regions be characterised when there is sparse data? (with J Buma, N Kukuric, and J Griffioen), Reducing the Vulnerability of Societies to Water Related Risks at the Basin Scale - 3rd International Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management (2007)

In the identification of effective mitigation strategies to combat water stress, indicators for natural hydrological...

 

Facilitating adaptive management in large river basins: using the transboundary analytical framework (with Michael C. Acreman, P K. Wouters, and E Castro), CAIWA 2007: ICoping with complexity and uncertaintainty: International Conference on Adaptive & Integrated Water Management (2007)
 

Current approaches for transboundary water management: are they best practice? (with P K. Wouters, Michael C. Acreman, and E Castro), Third International Symposium on Transboundary Waters (2006)

The challenge of transboundary water management is geographically widespread throughout the world, but the responses...

 

Do investments and policy interventions reach the poorest of the poor?, Water crisis: myth or reality? : Marcelino Botín Water Forum 2004 (2006)
 

Water management for human security, Proceedings Water and better human life in the future : RIHN Ist International Symposium (2006)
 

Linking water resources and global change in West Africa: options for assessment (with Jeremy R. Meigh and S Folwell), Regional hydrological impacts of climatic change: impact assessment and decision making : Proceedings symposium 6 at IAHS 2005 (2005)
 

Reports & training materials

Development aid and access to water and sanitation in sub-Saharan Africa: volume II case studies (with Marco Stampini, Muriel Bonjean, and John Bromley), African Development Bank (2010)
 

Assessing water vulnerability in the Orange River Basin in South Africa (with N Diederichs and Myles Mander), NeWater Technical Report (2009)
 

Review of issues on water storage in international development (with Michael C. Acreman, Richard Harding, Charles Stratford, Francis Farquharson, Gwyn Rees, Helen Houghton-Carr, Ian Gale, Roger Calow, Alan MacDonald, and John Chilton), Centre for Ecology and Hydrology/BGS (2009)

Water is essential for all life is and occurs in various natural stores of the...

 

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The impacts of Alqueva Dam in the development of the region (with Fantina Tedim and Marco Estrela), Report of the NeWater project - New approaches to adaptive water management under uncertainty (2009)
 

Engaging in IWRM - practical steps and tools for local governments : Training Handbook (with R Philip, B Anton, Muriel Bonjean, John Bromley, D Cox, Chris Dickens, L Nyagwambo, S Smits, K Van Nierkerk, E Chonguica, F Monggae, R Pule, and M Berraondo), ICLEI Africa (2008)

The set of materials entitled “Local Government and Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)” aims to...

 

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Keeping the benefits flowing and growing: quantifying the benefits of wetlands in the upper Orange Senqu Basin (with Douglas Macfarlane, Chris Dickens, Myles Mander, Muriel Bonjean, Adam Teixeira-Leita, and Catherine Pringle), Report to NeWater, a project funded under the Sixth Research Framework of the European Union (2008)

Background to the project

This study has been carried out under the EU funded NeWater...

 

Making water work for local governments and helping local governments work for water: ten top tips for integration in water management (with Muriel Bonjean, B Anton, D Cox, S Smits, E Chonguica, F Monggae, L Nyagwambo, R Pule, and M Berraondo), ICLEI Africa (2008)

The set of materials entitled “Local Government and Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)” aims to...

 

Reaping the benefits - How local governments gain from IWRM (with D Cox, K Van Nierkerk, V Govender, B Anton, S Smits, E Chonguica, F Monggawe, L Nyagwambo, R Pule, M Berraondo, and Muriel Bonjean), ICLEI Africa (2008)

The set of materials entitled “Local Government and Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)” aims to...

 

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Regional and country scale water resource assessment; informing investments in future water supply in the Asia Pacific Region – a decision support tool (with Magnus Moglia, Kim S. Alexander, Stephen Cook, Bradley Lane, Felix Lipkin, Stewart Burn, and Carolyn Haskard), Water for a Healthy Country Flagship Report (2008)
 

The rural water livelihoods index: a tool to prioritize water-related interventions for poverty reduction (with Alasdair Cohen, Jean Marc Faures, and Guido Santini), FAO Water (2008)
 

Understanding the context - The role of local government in IWRM (with R Philip, B Anton, D Cox, S Smits, E Chonguica, F Monggae, L Nyagwambo, R Pule, M Berraondo, and Muriel Bonjean), ICLEI Africa (2008)
 

Valuation of livelihood benefits of wetlands (with Douglas Macfarlane), NeWater Technical Report (2008)
 

An application of the transboundary analytical framework: a case study of the Jordan River (with Michael C. Acreman, P K. Wouters, and E Castro), Department for International Development (2007)
 

Local governance in integrated water resources management in the Danube Basin: a working paper (with Dermot O. O'Regan and John Bromley), School of Environmental Science and Management Papers (2007)
 

Report on indicators for water stress (with M Manez, S Schmidt, E Moors, E Preziosi, S Loubier, D Inman, K Tarnacki, I van den Wyngaert, A FM Olsthoorn, J Fröbrich, B Blümling, P Koundouri, S Panebianco, Anna Marie Giacomello, Dirk Günther, and D Jones), AquaStress Deliverable D2.1-3 (2007)
 

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Water poverty mapping in the Volta region: looking for linkages between water and poverty (with Simon D. Cook, Jorge Rubiano, Winston Andah, Felix Ashante, Jeremy Wallace, Isabelle Terrasson, Aude Nikiema, Eric Kemp-Benedict, Ignacio Tourino, and Gerald AB Yiran), Workshop report Accra, Ghana, 3-8 March (2007)
 

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Challenges for freshwater biodiversity research : science plan and implementation strategy (with Robert J. Naiman, Anne-Helene Prieur-Richard, Angela Arthington, David Dudgeon, Mark O. Gessner, Zen-Ichiro Kawabata, Duncan Knowler, J O'Keefe, C Leveque, Doris Soto, and Melanie LJ Stiassny), School of Environmental Science and Management Papers (2006)

The environmental vitality of freshwater ecosystems and their inherent biodiversity are at the heart of...

 

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Mapping the links between water, poverty and food security (with Charles J. Vörösmarty, Eric Craswell, Stuart Bunn, Sarah Cline, Claudia Heidecke, Adam Storygard, Alex Proussevitch, Ellen Douglas, Deborah Bossio, Dirk Günther, Anna Marie Giacomello, Dermot P. O'Regan, and Jeremy R. Meigh), Report on the Water Indicators workshop held at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK, 16 to 19 May, 2005 (2006)
 

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New approaches to evaluating and quantifying the benefits of chemicals regulation: four case studies (TBT, Methiocarb, DDT and PCBs) (with Anna Marie Giacomello, Panchali Guha, Paul Howe, Kevin C. Jones, Peter Matthiessen, Richard F. Shore, Andrew Sweetman, and Lee Walker), Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (2006)
 

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Rapid appraisal of poverty, gender and health: application to the NeWater case studies (with Neela Matin and Dagmar Ridder), NeWater Report 2.4.1 (2006)
 

A comparative economic analysis of the impacts of improved agroforestry techniques in Sahelian farming systems in Senegal and Mali (with P Sissoko, D Sidibe, Dermot P. O'Regan, A Sene, S AN Samba, and J D. Deans), ENRICH final WP report to the Economic Union (2004)
 

An assessment of the potential impacts of climate-induced deglaciation on communities and their livelihoods in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (with S P. Rijal, M Shrestha, N Khanal, and Dermot P. O'Regan), Department for International Development (2004)
 

Farmers, crops and trees: sustainable agroforestry: research and experience from West Africa: an introductory handbook (with Dermot O. O'Regan), School of Environmental Science and Management Papers (2004)
 

Managing watersheds for a better future: improved catchment management methodologies to achieve poverty alleviation through better access to water (with N Jackson, Anna Marie Giacomello, Dermot P. O'Regan, and G Patterson), Department for International Development (2004)
 

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Winners and losers in forest product commercialisation (with Dermot P. O'Regan), Department for International Development Forestry Research Program, R7795 Final Technical Report, vol. 1-3 (2003)
 

Developing and testing the Water Poverty Index: phase 1 final technical report (with Jeremy R. Meigh and T Fediw), Department for International Development (2002)
 

Evaluating your water : a management primer for the Water Poverty Index (with Jeremy Meigh and Dermot O. O'Regan), School of Environmental Science and Management Papers (2002)
 

Constructing a water poverty index: a feasibility study, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology/Department for International Development (2000)
 

Managed flood releases from reservoirs: issues and guidance (with Michael C. Acreman, Francis Farquharson, M P. McCartney, K Campbell, N Hodgson, J Morton, D Smith, M Birley, D Knott, J Lazenby, R Wingfield, and E B. Barbier), Department for International Development & World Commission on Dams (2000)
 

Ecosystem impacts of large dams (with M P. McCartney and Michael C. Acreman), International Union for Conservation of Nature (1999)