Integrated Water Resource Management

As defined by the Global Water Partnership, integrated water resource management is a process which promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land, and related resources in order to maximize the resultant economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising the sustainability of vital ecosystems. Resources available within this theme provide guidance on how to conserve and restore watersheds, reduce pollution, adapt to climate change and reduce risks from floods and droughts.

Integrated Water Resource Management Resources

USAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Burundi

Published: 
January 1, 2010
U.S. Agency for International Development
Since Burundi's independence in 1962, ethnically based political parties have vied for control of the country, resulting in decades of violent conflict. Families have been forced to flee successive waves of conflict, and tens of thousands have been internally displaced or temporarily resettled...Read more
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BurundiSub-Saharan Africa

USAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Central African Republic

Published: 
January 1, 2010
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Central African Republic (R'publique Centrafricaine, CAR) is a landlocked, sparsely populated country that is well-endowed with natural resources. CAR has abundant land, adequate soil, dense tropical forests, and a wealth of unexploited minerals. However, the country has a history of...Read more
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Central African RepublicSub-Saharan Africa

USAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Democratic Republic of Congo

Published: 
January 1, 2010
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as Congo (Kinshasa), is still emerging from a decade of violent conflict. From the time that foreign-based rebel forces ended President Mobutu's 32-year rule in 1997 to Joseph Kabila's election as President and establishment of the...Read more
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Congo, Democratic Republic of theSub-Saharan Africa

USAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Egypt

Published: 
January 1, 2010
U.S. Agency for International Development
The vast majority of Egypt's territory is unusable or low-value desert. Its agriculture and population are largely confined to the narrow Nile River Valley and Delta, about 4% of Egypt's total land area. All of the limited agricultural land is irrigated and most is productive, but...Read more
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Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

Quarterly Progress Report (October - December 2009) Egypt Water and Wastewater Sector Support Program

Published: 
January 1, 2010
U.S. Agency for International Development
This USAID quarterly report outlines the activities for the USAID funded Egypt Water and Wastewater Sector Support (WWSS) program. The report focuses on cross-cutting functional areas which include: business planning, performance management, financial management, operations and maintenance, program...Read more
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Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East and North Africa

USAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Kenya

Published: 
January 1, 2010
U.S. Agency for International Development
In December 2009, the Kenyan Parliament approved the National Land Policy (NLP), the result of a long and intensive process to develop an equitable land policy. The NLP mandates land restitution or resettlement for those who have been dispossessed and calls for reconsideration of constitutional...Read more
Regional focus: 
KenyaSub-Saharan Africa

Leakage Detection Survey of the Qaraoun Dam, Lebanon Using Remotely Operated Vehicle

Published: 
January 1, 2010
U.S. Agency for International Development
In April of 2010 a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) inspection was completed on the upstream face of the Qaraoun Dam in Lebanon. The survey was completed under contract with International Resources Group (IRG) of Washington, D.C. with funding from the United States Agency for International...Read more
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LebanonMiddle East and North Africa

USAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Madagascar

Published: 
January 1, 2010
U.S. Agency for International Development
Madagascar's unique wildlife and biodiversity resources have attracted both increasing numbers of tourists and significant donor investments over the last three decades. The Government of Madagascar committed itself in 1988 to a new focus on environmental management and, in 2003, to the goal...Read more
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MadagascarSub-Saharan Africa

USAID country Profile: Property Rights and Resource Governance: Uganda

Published: 
January 1, 2010
U.S. Agency for International Development
Uganda has fertile soils and abundant natural resources. Control of productive land is inequitably distributed across the regions, between income groups and by gender. The Constitution (1995) vests land in the citizens and recognizes four historic forms of land tenure'customary, leasehold,...Read more
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UgandaSub-Saharan Africa

Planning for Climate Change in the West

Published: 
January 1, 2010
The National Institutes for Water Resources
Central to the mission of Western Lands and Communities is planning for climate change. This policy focus report began as a Lincoln Institute Working Paper by Rebecca Carter (2008) titled 'Land Use Planning and the Changing Climate of the West.' The paper highlights how local planners...Read more
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North AmericaUnited StatesPacific

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