International Journal of Water Resources Development

2011 - 2025

Current editor(s): Cecilia Tortajada

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Volume 36, issue S1, 2020

Correction pp. ci-ci

The Editors

Transforming failing smallholder irrigation schemes in Africa: a theory of change pp. S1-S19

Jamie Pittock, Henning Bjornlund and André van Rooyen

Why agricultural production in sub-Saharan Africa remains low compared to the rest of the world – a historical perspective pp. S20-S53

Vibeke Bjornlund, Henning Bjornlund and Andre F. Van Rooyen

Exploring the factors causing the poor performance of most irrigation schemes in post-independence sub-Saharan Africa pp. S54-S101

Vibeke Bjornlund, Henning Bjornlund and André F. van Rooyen

The dynamics between irrigation frequency and soil nutrient management: transitioning smallholder irrigation towards more profitable and sustainable systems in Zimbabwe pp. S102-S126

Martin Moyo, André Van Rooyen, Henning Bjornlund, Karen Parry, Richard Stirzaker, Thabani Dube and Mthulisi Maya

Do agricultural innovation platforms and soil moisture and nutrient monitoring tools improve the production and livelihood of smallholder irrigators in Mozambique? pp. S127-S147

M. Chilundo, W. de Sousa, E. W. Christen, J. Faduco, H. Bjornlund, E. Cheveia, P. Munguambe, F. Jorge, R. Stirzaker and A. F. van Rooyen

The role of soil water monitoring tools and agricultural innovation platforms in improving food security and income of farmers in smallholder irrigation schemes in Tanzania pp. S148-S170

M. Mdemu, L. Kissoly, H. Bjornlund, E. Kimaro, E. W. Christen, A. van Rooyen, R. Stirzaker and P. Ramshaw

Identifying leverage points to transition dysfunctional irrigation schemes towards complex adaptive systems pp. S171-S198

André F. van Rooyen, Martin Moyo, Henning Bjornlund, Thabani Dube, Karen Parry and Richard Stirzaker

The importance of learning processes in transitioning small-scale irrigation schemes pp. S199-S223

Karen Parry, André F. van Rooyen, Henning Bjornlund, Luitfred Kissoly, Martin Moyo and Wilson de Sousa

Growth and inequality at the micro scale: an empirical analysis of farm incomes within smallholder irrigation systems in Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Mozambique pp. S224-S245

A. Manero, H. Bjornlund, Sarah Wheeler, Alec Zuo, M. Mdemu, A. Van Rooyen and M. Chilundo

Irrigators’ willingness to pay for the adoption of soil moisture monitoring tools in South-Eastern Africa pp. S246-S267

Fentahun Abebe, Alec Zuo, Sarah Wheeler, Henning Bjornlund, Andre van Rooyen, Jamie Pittock, Makarius Mdemu and Mario Chilundo

Volume 36, issue 6, 2020

Foreword pp. 871-873

Peter Joo Hee Ng

Water management in post-2020 world pp. 874-878

Cecilia Tortajada and Asit K. Biswas

Managing water demand in Singapore through a systems perspective pp. 879-887

Richard Hoo

Water demand reduction to help meet SDG 6: learning from major Australian cities pp. 888-908

James Horne

The decline of water consumption in Spanish cities: structural and contingent factors pp. 909-925

David Sauri

Information-based interventions for household water efficiency in England and Wales: evidence, barriers and learning opportunities pp. 926-939

Liang Lu

Exploring the psychosocial and behavioural determinants of household water conservation and intention pp. 940-955

Sally V. Russell and Christof Knoeri

Psychological barriers to urban recycled water acceptance: a review of relevant principles in decision psychology pp. 956-971

Carol Nemeroff, Paul Rozin, Brent Haddad and Paul Slovic

Drivers of productivity change in water companies: an empirical approach for England and Wales pp. 972-991

María Molinos-Senante and Alexandros Maziotis

Technological enablers and confidence building in end-users for effective non-domestic water demand management pp. 992-1013

Harry Seah and Nina Lee

Drivers and challenges to water tariff reform in Saudi Arabia pp. 1014-1030

Stephen J. McIlwaine and Omar K. M. Ouda

Importance of internal factors for community-managed water and wastewater systems in Cochabamba, Bolivia pp. 1031-1053

Ida Helgegren, Jennifer McConville, Graciela Landaeta and Sebastien Rauch

Some systems perspectives on demand management during Cape Town’s 2015–2018 water crisis pp. 1054-1072

Mike Muller

How OCWD made potable reuse palatable and avoided public opposition to its project pp. 1073-1092

Michael R. Markus and Eleanor Torres

Nestlé caring for water pp. 1093-1104

Carlo C. Galli and Christian Vousvouras

Volume 36, issue 5, 2020

Using two-eyed seeing to bridge Western science and Indigenous knowledge systems and understand long-term change in the Saskatchewan River Delta, Canada pp. 757-776

Razak Abu, Maureen G. Reed and Timothy D. Jardine

Sustainable water resources development in northern Australia: the need for coordination, integration and representation pp. 777-799

Barry Hart, Erin O’Donnell and Avril Horne

The spatial component of integrative water resources management: differentiating integration of land and water governance pp. 800-817

Tom Scholten, Thomas Hartmann and Tejo Spit

Adaptive governance: a catalyst for advancing sustainable urban transformation in the global South pp. 818-838

T. Yasmin, M. Farrelly and B. C. Rogers

Cost and schedule overruns in large hydropower dams: an assessment of projects completed since 2000 pp. 839-854

Judith Plummer Braeckman, Tim Disselhoff and Julian Kirchherr

Functionality of handpump water supplies: a review of data from sub-Saharan Africa and the Asia-Pacific region pp. 855-869

Tim Foster, Sean Furey, Brian Banks and Juliet Willetts

Volume 36, issue 4, 2020

Innovative and transformative water policy and management in China pp. 565-572

Yahua Wang, Xun Wu and Cecilia Tortajada

A portfolio of China’s urban water governance sector: administrative system, coordination problems and policy evolution pp. 573-589

Shaofeng Jia, Dalong Li and Raymond Yu Wang

Water use control system in China pp. 590-609

Dajun Shen, Ali Guna and Xiaodan He

River chief system as a collaborative water governance approach in China pp. 610-630

Yahua Wang and Xiangning Chen

Public–private partnerships in the water sector in China: a comparative analysis pp. 631-650

Neng Qian, Schuyler House, Alfred Wu and Xun Wu

The Chinese characteristics of payments for ecosystem services: a conceptual analysis of water eco-compensation mechanisms pp. 651-669

Raymond Yu Wang, Cho Nam Ng and Xiaoxing Qi

Groundwater irrigation and management in northern China: status, trends, and challenges pp. 670-696

Jinxia Wang, Yuting Jiang, Huimin Wang, Qiuqiong Huang and Hongbo Deng

How to promote effective irrigation pricing reform in northern China? Insights from the Taocheng District pp. 697-715

Sicheng Chen, Yahua Wang and Jesper Svensson

Joint analysis of water rights trading and water-saving management contracts in China pp. 716-737

Hui Guo, Xiangdong Chen, Jiahong Liu, Hongjiang Zhang and Jesper Svensson

Freshwater use in China: relations to economic development and natural water resources availability pp. 738-756

Siao Sun, Chao Bao and Chuanglin Fang

Volume 36, issue 2-3, 2020

Correction pp. ci-ci

The Editors

Foreword pp. 223-225

Masagos Zulkifli

Festschrift pp. 226-228

Cecilia Tortajada and Eduardo Araral

A decade of work on water governance at the OECD: what have we learnt? pp. 229-234

Angel Gurría

The knowledge economy in the twenty-first century: a modest proposal pp. 235-238

Annie Callanan

Scotland: a world-leading Hydro Nation pp. 239-244

Vito Muscatelli, Erin McKee and Sean McGivern

Nestlé’s corporate water strategy over time: a backward- and forward-looking view pp. 245-257

Paul Bulcke, Samuel Vionnet, Christian Vousvouras and Ghislaine Weder

Scarcity of water or scarcity of management? pp. 258-268

David Molden

Singapore’s water challenges past to present pp. 269-277

Peter Joo Hee Ng and Celine Teo

Facing the challenge of extreme climate: the case of Metropolitan Sao Paulo pp. 278-291

B. Braga and J. Kelman

China’s achievements of water governance over the past seven decades pp. 292-310

Shaofeng Jia and Wenbin Zhu

Some reflections on water for residential uses in developed countries pp. 311-324

Francisco González-Gómez, Miguel Á. García-Rubio and Jorge Guardiola

Can water professionals do more? pp. 325-337

Michael Rouse

Reflections on flood control in Japan and recommendations for developing countries pp. 338-350

Yutaka Takahasi, Kimio Takeya, Miki Inaoka, Wataru Ono and Kaoru Sasaoka

A retrospective analysis of Laos’s Nam Theun 2 Dam pp. 351-370

Thayer Scudder

What I learned from Asit Biswas about transboundary water, ethics, mentoring and, in general, how to be a better human being pp. 371-376

Aaron T. Wolf

Water resilience and human life support - global outlook for the next half century pp. 377-396

Malin Falkenmark

Adaptive and sustainable water management: from improved conceptual foundations to transformative change pp. 397-415

Claudia Pahl-Wostl

Economically challenged and water scarce: identification of global populations most vulnerable to water crises pp. 416-428

Taikan Oki and Rose E. Quiocho

The status of the UN Watercourses Convention: does it still hold water? pp. 429-461

Gabriel Eckstein

Australian water decision making: are politicians performing? pp. 462-483

James Horne

Rent-seeking behaviour and regulatory capture in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia pp. 484-504

R. Quentin Grafton and John Williams

Quenching the thirst of rapidly growing and water-insecure cities in sub-Saharan Africa pp. 505-527

Madiodio Niasse and Olli Varis

Sustainability of water and energy use for food production based on optimal allocation of agricultural irrigation water pp. 528-546

Mo Li and Vijay P. Singh

Rethinking on the methodology for assessing global water and food challenges pp. 547-564

M. Dinesh Kumar, Nitin Bassi and O. P. Singh

Volume 36, issue 1, 2020

Water operators’ partnerships and their supporting role in the improvement of urban water supply in Da Nang pp. 1-26

Lucía Wright-Contreras, Julie Perkins, Maria Pascual and Gerard Soppe

Local government and public–private partnerships: experiencing multilevel governance issues in Indonesian water supply provision pp. 27-49

Radies Kusprihanto Purbo, Christine Smith and Robert Bianchi

Institutional inertia: challenges in urban water management on the path towards a water-sensitive Surabaya, Indonesia pp. 50-68

M. Kösters, F. Bichai and K. Schwartz

Attitude, behaviour and choice: the role of psychosocial drivers in water demand management in Singapore pp. 69-87

Y.T. Rachel Koh

Drought risk assessment in Vietnamese communities using household survey information pp. 88-105

Joost Buurman, Du Duong Bui and Le Thuy Tien Du

Policy transfer into flood management in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: a North Vam Nao study pp. 106-126

Thong Anh Tran and Le Anh Tuan

The rationality of groundwater governance in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta’s coastal zone pp. 127-148

Thomas Hamer, Carel Dieperink, Van Pham Dang Tri, Henriëtte S. Otter and Piet Hoekstra

Putting farmers’ strategies in the centre of agricultural groundwater use in the Vientiane Plain, Laos pp. 149-169

Diana Suhardiman, Paul Pavelic, Oulavanh Keovilignavong and Mark Giordano

What about the tributaries of the tributaries? Fish migrations, fisheries, dams and fishers’ knowledge in North-Eastern Thailand pp. 170-199

Ian G. Baird, Kanokwan Manorom, Aurore Phenow and Sirasak Gaja-Svasti

Water governance in the Mekong after the Watercourses Convention 35th ratification: Multilateral or bilateral approach? pp. 200-220

Imad Antoine Ibrahim

Tribute to Arjen Hoekstra pp. 221-221

Cecilia Tortajada