Comparative analysis of hybridized solutions to water resources management in Burkina Faso, India and Peru. Issue 1 (2nd January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Everard, Mark; Loayza Muro, Raul; Bunclark, Lisa; Taboada, Rossi
• Is Part Of: International journal of water resources development. Volume 37:Issue 1(2021)
• Page Start: 94
• Page End: 117
• Publication Date: 2021-01-02
• Subjects: Sustainable water management -- nature-based solutions -- adaptation -- India -- Burkina Faso -- Peru; Water resources development -- Periodicals; Water-supply, Agricultural -- Periodicals; 333.91005
• DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2020.1712192
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0790-0627

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Hybridization of 'green' and engineered infrastructure, informed by protecting or restoring catchment processes, can resolve interconnected demands on catchment ecosystems, potentially also reversing historic degradation of socio-ecological systems. Pressures are acute in water-scarce, developing regions with episodic rainfall, exacerbated by historic presumptions favouring engineered management. Comparing conditions, histories and emerging approaches in contrasting regions – the Central Plateau of Burkina Faso, Rajasthan State (India) and Ayacucho Region (Peru) – reveals similar yet distinct approaches reflecting different starting regimes. Transferrable learning about hybridizing localized, nature-based solutions and engineered technology informs the necessary transition towards a sustainable approach in these and other regions.