Water, Climate Change, and Sustainability (eBook)

Vishnu Prasad Pandey is a Professor of Water Resources with the Department of Civil Engineering, Pulchowk Campus, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Sangam Shrestha, Professor and Program Chair of Water Engineering and Management, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Pathumthani, Thailand. David Wiberg, Leader, Hydro-informatics Group, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Contributors vii

Preface ix

Section I: Sustainability Concepts

1. Localizing and Mainstreaming Global Initiatives on Water, Climate Change and Sustainable Development 3
Vishnu Prasad Pandey, Binaya Raj Shivakoti, Sangam Shrestha, and David Wiberg

2. A River Basin Approach for the Coordinated Implementation of Water Related Targets in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 21
Binaya Raj Shivakoti

3. Water-Energy Nexus in Bio-Based Systems 33
Seyed Hashem Mousavi-Avval, Asmita Khanal, Juliana Vasco-Correa, Luis Huezo, and Ajay Shah

4. Safe-Sanitation Adaptive-Integrated Management Systems (SAIMS): A Conceptual Process Tool for Incorporating Resilience 47
Peter Emmanuel Cookey and Mayowa Abiodun Peter-Cookey

Section II: Sustainability Approaches, Tools, and Techniques

5. Approaches and Tools to Assess Water-Climate-Sustainability Nexus: A Systematic Review 73
lusola O. Ololade, Enoch Bessah, and Marinda Avenant

6. Rejuvenation of Springs in the Himalayan Region 97
Himanshu Kulkarni, Jayesh Desai, and Mohammad Imran Siddique

7. Enhancing Water Productivity Through On-Farm Water Management 109
Mohammad Faiz Alam, Vidya Mandave, Alok Sikka, and Navneet Sharma

8. Climate Actions and Challenges for Sustainable Ecosystem Services: Approaches and Application in California Case Studies 125
Qinqin Liu

9. Monitoring and Accountability Frameworks for SDG 6: The Role of Civil Society Organisations 141
Catarina Fonseca and Laura van de Lande

10. Research to Policy and Practice: Challenges and Opportunities 151
Ashim Das Gupta

Section III: Sustainability in Practice

11. Resilient Water Infrastructure for Poverty Reduction: Cases from Asia and Middle East 171
Victor R. Shinde and Lovlesh Sharma

12. High Efficiency Irrigation Technology As a Single Solution for Multi-Challenge: A Case of Pakistan 185
Hafiz Qaisar Yasin, Malik Muhammad Akram, and Muhammad Naveed Tahir

13. Irrigation Scheduling and Management for Improved Water Productivity 197
Birendra KC, Henry Wai Chau, Magdy Mohssen, Keith Cameron, Ian McIndoe, Helen Rutter, Channa Rajanayaka, Patricia Anthony, Bart Schultz, and Krishna Prasad

14. Urban Water Security for Sustainable Cities in the Context of Climate Change 213
Soni M. Pradhanang and Khurshid Jahan

15. Approach Towards Building Climate-Resilient Irrigation Systems for Food Security in Nepal 225
Ram Chandra Khanal and Prachanda Pradhan

16. A Stakeholder-Centric Tool for Implementing Water Management Strategies and Enhancing Water Cooperation (SDG 6.5) in the Lower Mekong Region 239
Manish Shrestha, Karthikeyan Matheswaran, Orn-Uma Polapanich, Thanapon Piman, and Chayanis Krittasudthacheewa

Index 257