This paper quantitatively compares water infrastructure interventions that prioritize equity with those that prioritize efficiency. The community-based model developed by Haiti Outreach (HO) trains communities to operate and maintain wells and has clear efficiency gains over the status quo aid...

Die Dissertation leistet einen Beitrag zur interdisziplinären Phosphorforschung. Zunächst werden aus aktuellen Forschungsergebnissen die Eckpfeiler des nachhaltigen P-Managements abgeleitet. Sodann werden die für das P-Management relevanten Rechtsakte auf völker-, europa- und...

The Karnataka High Court, while hearing a public interest litigation on the state of lakes and waterbodies in and around Bangalore, constituted a ten-member commitee under the chair of the high court legal services committee to look into the matter and draw up an action plan for the preservation...

The present report aims to generate greater awareness and environmental consciousness amongst our citizens. The objective of the report, therefore, is to generate a national debate among various stakeholders on the key environmental issues and challenges that must be addressed to ensure a rapid...

This study makes an attempt to analyse the transformation of common property resources (the lakes) into private property. [WP No. 60].

Die vorliegende Untersuchung wurde im Rahmen der Arbeiten zum Forschungsprojekt: "Wasserverknappung, Wassernutzungskonflikte und Wassermanagement in Trocken-gebieten Zentralasiens (Usbekistan, Kasachstan, Kirgistan, Xinjiang/VR China)" erstellt. Das Ziel des Forschungsprojektes bestand darin,...

This study estimates the influence of proximity to water bodies and park amenities on residential housing values in Knox County, Tennessee, using the hedonic price approach. Values for proximity to water bodies and parks are first estimated globally with a standard ordinary least squares (OLS)...

Being located in the Deccan Plateau region, Hyderabad city has been dotted with a number of lakes, which formed very important component of its physical environment. With the increasing control of the State and private agencies over the years, and rapid urban sprawl of the city, many of the...

Abstract: Hunderttausende von Kilometern lang ist das weit verzweigte Netz der Fließgewässer in Deutschland. Als naturräumliche Elemente sind sie landschaftsprägend und von zentraler Bedeutung für die Aufrechterhaltung ökosystemischer Funktionen. Entsprechend ihrer wasserwirtschaftlichen...

A report on a survey on ponds and ditches in Bangladesh, done to determine their potential use for aquaculture.