From bucket to basin: Managing river basins to alleviate water deprivation

Poverty is increasingly recognized as a problem that needs to be brought to the center stage of mainstream water policy and intervention. Carrying buckets, drinking unsafe water, and also lacking the access to water to improve subminimal incomes are increasingly seen as important aspects of integrat...

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Autor principal: van Koppen, Barbara
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Irrigation Management Institute 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/36530
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description Poverty is increasingly recognized as a problem that needs to be brought to the center stage of mainstream water policy and intervention. Carrying buckets, drinking unsafe water, and also lacking the access to water to improve subminimal incomes are increasingly seen as important aspects of integrated water management at basin level. However, there are no agreed-upon concepts integrating poverty, gender, and water that: adequately define the nature of the problem for poor people; capture the multiple aspects and linkages in a comprehensive way; allow an analysis of the different processes in society that create and perpetuate the problem; orient policy makers in their efforts to alleviate water-related poverty. The aim of this paper, therefore, is to fill this gap by elaborating the concept of "water deprivation" and by highlighting the policy implications.
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spelling CGSpace365302025-12-08T07:53:10Z From bucket to basin: Managing river basins to alleviate water deprivation van Koppen, Barbara water resources gender water scarcity water policy irrigated farming water use efficiency poverty women in development rural development river basins employment irrigable land water pollution water users' associations Poverty is increasingly recognized as a problem that needs to be brought to the center stage of mainstream water policy and intervention. Carrying buckets, drinking unsafe water, and also lacking the access to water to improve subminimal incomes are increasingly seen as important aspects of integrated water management at basin level. However, there are no agreed-upon concepts integrating poverty, gender, and water that: adequately define the nature of the problem for poor people; capture the multiple aspects and linkages in a comprehensive way; allow an analysis of the different processes in society that create and perpetuate the problem; orient policy makers in their efforts to alleviate water-related poverty. The aim of this paper, therefore, is to fill this gap by elaborating the concept of "water deprivation" and by highlighting the policy implications. 2000 2014-06-12T13:48:58Z 2014-06-12T13:48:58Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/36530 en Open Access application/pdf International Irrigation Management Institute International Water Management Institute van Koppen, B. 2000. From bucket to basin: Managing river basins to alleviate water deprivation. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI). ix, 34p.
spellingShingle water resources
gender
water scarcity
water policy
irrigated farming
water use efficiency
poverty
women in development
rural development
river basins
employment
irrigable land
water pollution
water users' associations
van Koppen, Barbara
From bucket to basin: Managing river basins to alleviate water deprivation
title From bucket to basin: Managing river basins to alleviate water deprivation
title_full From bucket to basin: Managing river basins to alleviate water deprivation
title_fullStr From bucket to basin: Managing river basins to alleviate water deprivation
title_full_unstemmed From bucket to basin: Managing river basins to alleviate water deprivation
title_short From bucket to basin: Managing river basins to alleviate water deprivation
title_sort from bucket to basin managing river basins to alleviate water deprivation
topic water resources
gender
water scarcity
water policy
irrigated farming
water use efficiency
poverty
women in development
rural development
river basins
employment
irrigable land
water pollution
water users' associations
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/36530
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