4. Politics and Water Policy: A Southern Africa Example

Nicol, Alan; Mtisi, Sobona

doi:10.1111/j.1759-5436.2003.tb00076.x

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“…Figure 13 gives a visual presentation of co-occurrence analysis, where a pair of words is used in the title, abstract, keyword list, or even in the body of the full document within and across a given set of To gain a better understanding of the dynamics of co-authorship networks, the paper looked at the principal subjects addressed by the four cooperation sub-network shown in Figure 12. These are livelihood diversification as one of the significant ways for marginalized communal farmers to adapt to changes [74]; how charcoal production and trade influence rural areas [75]; and SL issues in southern Africa [49,[89][90][91].…”

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Bibliometric Analysis of Trends in Global Sustainable Livelihood Research

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The concept of sustainable livelihoods (SL) is one of the most important subjects of sustainable development, and is an important long-term goal for poverty alleviation. There has been growing interest in the nature and practical application of SL in recent decades. This paper applies bibliometric analysis to collect and analyze data on sustainable livelihoods from the expanded Science Citation index (SCIE) and the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). Bibliometric maps can assist greatly in visualizing and summarizing large volumes of data and in studying scientific outputs. The findings offer insights into research trends pertaining to SL, such as these: (1) In recent decades there has been an increase in both the number of papers on SL and their scientific influence. (2) The most active journals are Sustainability, Ecology and Society, Land Use Policy, and International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology. (3) SL papers are distributed mainly in the fields of Environmental Sciences, Environmental Studies, Ecology, Planning & Development, and Green & Sustainable Science & Technology. (4) The USA and UK are leaders in SL research as measured by both the quantity and quality of SL publications. Some developing countries, notably India and China, have seen an increase in SL publications in recent years. (5) Wageningen University in Netherlands, the Chinese Academy of Science, and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), headquartered in Indonesia, have had a major influence in the field of international SL research. (6) International cooperation has a positive effect on the growth of SL research, suggesting that there is a need for strengthening cooperation among countries, international institutions, and individuals. (7) Major areas of SL research (“hot topics”) are theoretical research on the SL concept; ecosystem conservation; poverty reduction in the poverty-stricken areas; the impact of climate change on livelihoods; and linkages between SL-related policies and institutional change.

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Bibliometric Analysis of Trends in Global Sustainable Livelihood Research

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“…For district authorities and smallholder farmers alike, the transaction costs of participating in meetings are high, and they often lack funds to attend. Water users also have to travel long distances to CMA offices to pay fees or obtain services (Derman et al, 2000;Nicol and Mtisi, 2003). In Malawi, more serious financial problems exist as well, as sustainable sources of funding for the CMAs have yet to be identified.…”

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If government failed, how are we to succeed? The importance of history and context in present-day irrigation reform in Malawi.

Ferguson¹,

Mulwafu

2007

Community-Based Water Law and Water Resource Management Reform in Developing Countries

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This chapter examines the interface between new, formal irrigation, water policies and laws and long-standing customary practices in two smallholder irrigation schemes earmarked for transfer to water user associations in Malawi. It documents how local histories and practices are shaping access to critical land and water resources in ways not anticipated by technocratic irrigation and water reform implementers. At this point, rather than creating a climate encouraging more equitable economic growth by making smallholder farmers' rights to land and water resources more secure, the opposite seems to be taking place as formalization opens the door for local elites to use diverse strategies to capture these resources.

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Political ecologies of water in South Africa: A literature review

Bourblanc

Blanchon

2019

WIREs Water

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Given the existence of a thriving epistemic community on water sciences, the high politicization of environmental issues in the country as well as the active mobilization of a grassroot movement inspired by environmental justice, South Africa appears to be an ideal case to study the development of a political ecology (PE) approach. Moreover, since the apartheid regime, water issues have long represented a marker of extreme inequality.This paper aims at drawing a panorama of the PE of water in South Africa, its main topics and approaches. In our definition, the PE of water is concerned with human-environment relations, with explicit considerations for power relations. In the first section, we identified texts that, according to this definition, constitute the core of the PE of water in South Africa, going beyond a mere "politics of water." In the second section and in the discussion, we undertook an in-depth analysis of the main topics addressed by authors, such as environmental flows, "free basic water policy," prepaid water meters. PE of water is strongly connected to international debates about the link between water and power, but also capable of addressing in a critical way the specificities of the South African waterscape. It stems from this review that critical PE in urban settings in particular dominates the discipline. We could also note that the PE of water in rural areas tends to put a bigger emphasis on the "politics of ecology" whereas urban PE tends to focus more on the "ecology in politics," although both thrive to examine the human-environment relations in an integrated manner.

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4. Politics and Water Policy: A Southern Africa Example

Cited by 8 publications

References 4 publications

Bibliometric Analysis of Trends in Global Sustainable Livelihood Research

Bibliometric Analysis of Trends in Global Sustainable Livelihood Research

If government failed, how are we to succeed? The importance of history and context in present-day irrigation reform in Malawi.

Political ecologies of water in South Africa: A literature review

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