1st Edition
Integrated Water Resources Management, Institutions and Livelihoods under Stress Bottom-up Perspectives from Zimbabwe; UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis
By Collin C. Mabiza
Copyright 2013
200 Pages
by
CRC Press
200 Pages
by
CRC Press
200 Pages
by
CRC Press
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The majority of people in Limpopo river basin depend on rainfed agriculture. Unfortunately the Limpopo is water scarce, and parts of the basin, such as Zimbabwe’s Mzingwane catchment, are under stress in terms of agro-ecological and socio-politicoeconomic conditions. Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) has been adopted in the river basin in an attempt to improve water resources... Read more
1. Introduction 2: An overview of water resources management in Zimbabwe 3: Integrated Water Resources Management and livelihoods: do they meet? 4: Dynamics and complexities of practices in local water management in Zimbabwe in the IWRM era 5: Livelihood strategies and environmental management in the Zhulube micro-catchment 6: Sowing seeds of hope: the case of conservation agriculture in the smallholder farming sector 7: Contestations and coalitions in urban water supply: the state, the city and the politics of water in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 8: Processes in river basin planning: the case of the Limpopo river basin in Zimbabwe 9: Conclusions and Recommendations
Biography
Collin C. Mabiza
