Routledge Handbook of Water and Development (Routledge International Handbooks) [1 ed.] 0367558769, 9780367558765, 9780367558772, 9781003095545

Table of contents :
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
CONTENTS
List of Figures
List of Tables
About the Contributors
Preface and Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: The Water–Development Nexus
PART I: Theories and Approaches to Water and Development
PART I: Theories and Approaches to Water and Development
2. Water as a Tool for Modernity
PART I: Theories and Approaches to Water and Development
3. Institutional Approaches to Water for Development
PART I: Theories and Approaches to Water and Development
4. Water and Human Development: Unpacking Scarcity and ‘Water Crises’
PART I: Theories and Approaches to Water and Development
5. Critical and Post-Structural Approaches to Water and Development
PART I: Theories and Approaches to Water and Development
6. Feminist Contributions to Water and Development Scholarship
PART I: Theories and Approaches to Water and Development
7. Indigenous Peoples, Sustainable Development, and Ontologies of Water
PART II: Case Studies on Water and Development
PART II: Case Studies on Water and Development
8. Cambodia
PART II: Case Studies on Water and Development
9. South Africa
PART II: Case Studies on Water and Development
10. Peru
PART II: Case Studies on Water and Development
11. Jordan
PART II: Case Studies on Water and Development
12. The Netherlands
PART III: Governing Water and Development
PART III: Governing Water and Development
13. Governing Water Services
PART III: Governing Water and Development
14. Water, Neoliberalism, and Commodification
PART III: Governing Water and Development
15. The Human Right to Water
PART III: Governing Water and Development
16. Water Resources Management: The Missing Political Link
PART III: Governing Water and Development
17. Water, Participation and Development
PART III: Governing Water and Development
18. Conflict and Cooperation over Transboundary Waters
PART III: Governing Water and Development
19. Strategies Towards SDG 6 Implementation
PART IV: Themes and Issues
PART IV: Themes and Issues
20. Water, Food, and Irrigation
PART IV: Themes and Issues
21. Groundwater
PART IV: Themes and Issues
22. Water Stress and Scarcity
PART IV: Themes and Issues
23. Water, Migration, and Development
PART IV: Themes and Issues
24. Water and Climate Change
PART IV: Themes and Issues
25. Drought
PART IV: Themes and Issues
26. Water-Energy Nexus
PART IV: Themes and Issues
27. Water Inequalities
PART IV: Themes and Issues
28. Gendered Intersections in Water and Development
PART IV: Themes and Issues
29. Urban Water
PART IV: Themes and Issues
30. Water and Health
PART IV: Themes and Issues
31. Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
PART IV: Themes and Issues
32. Digital Water
Index

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ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF WATER AND DEVELOPMENT

Water is essential for human life and at the centre of political, economic, and socio-cultural development. This Routledge Handbook of Water and Development offers a systematic, wideranging, and state-of-the-art guide to the diverse links between water and development across the globe. It is organized into four parts:

• Part I explores the most significant theories and approaches to the relationship between water and development.

• Part II consists of carefully selected in-depth case studies, revealing how water utilization

and management are deeply intertwined with historical development paths and economic and socio-cultural structures. • Part III analyses the role of governance in the management of water and development. • Part IV covers the most urgent themes and issues pertaining to water and development in the contemporary world, ranging from climate change and water stress to agriculture and migration. The 32 chapters by leading experts are meant to stimulate researchers and students in a wide range of disciplines in the social and natural sciences, including Geography, Environmental Studies, Development Studies, and Political Science. The Handbook will also be of great value to policymakers and practitioners. Sofie Hellberg is an Associate Professor of Peace and Development Research at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and a Research Associate at the ­Department of Anthropology and Development Studies at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Fredrik Söderbaum is a Professor of Peace and Development Research at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and an Associate Research Fellow at the United ­Nations University Institute of Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS), Bruges, Belgium.

Ashok Swain is Head of the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, UNESCO Chair on International Water Cooperation and Director of the Research School of International Water Cooperation at Uppsala University, Sweden. He is also the founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal Environment and Security, published by SAGE and the Environmental Peacebuilding Association. Joakim Öjendal is a Professor in Peace and Development Research since 2006 at the School of Global Studies, Gothenburg University, Sweden. He has worked on resource politics, peacebuilding, and post-war democratization for three decades in research, policy, and education.

ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF WATER AND DEVELOPMENT

Edited by Sofie Hellberg, Fredrik Söderbaum, Ashok Swain, and Joakim Öjendal

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CONTENTS

List of Figures List of Tables About the Contributors Preface and Acknowledgements

ix xi xii xxiii

1 Introduction: The Water–Development Nexus Sofie Hellberg, Fredrik Söderbaum, Ashok Swain, and Joakim Öjendal PART I

Theories and Approaches to Water and Development

1

15

2 Water as a Tool for Modernity Joakim Öjendal and Sofie Hellberg

17

3 Institutional Approaches to Water for Development Larry A. Swatuk

28

4 Water and Human Development: Unpacking Scarcity and ‘Water Crises’ Lyla Mehta

41

5 Critical and Post-Structural Approaches to Water and Development Sofie Hellberg

51

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6 Feminist Contributions to Water and Development Scholarship Margreet Zwarteveen

61

7 Indigenous Peoples, Sustainable Development, and Ontologies of Water Deborah McGregor, Mahisha Sritharan, and Steven Whitaker

71

PART II

Case Studies on Water and Development

85

8 Cambodia Joakim Öjendal

87

9 South Africa Richard Meissner, Stephen Rule, Karen Nortje, and Inga Jacobs-Mata

98

10 Peru Patricia Urteaga-Crovetto

108

11 Jordan Neda Zawahri

116

12 The Netherlands Erik Mostert

125

PART III

Governing Water and Development

133

13 Governing Water Services Klaas Schwartz and Mireia Tutusaus

135

14 Water, Neoliberalism, and Commodification Jessica Budds and Alex Loftus

144

15 The Human Right to Water Peter H. Gleick

153

16 Water Resources Management: The Missing Political Link Kurt Mørck Jensen and Jens Christian Refsgaard

161

17 Water, Participation and Development Jeroen Warner and Richard Meissner

173

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18 Conflict and Cooperation over Transboundary Waters Jeroen Warner

184

19 Strategies Towards SDG 6 Implementation Anik Bhaduri, Alexandre Teixeira, and Aditya Kaushik

194

PART IV

Themes and Issues

207

20 Water, Food, and Irrigation Jaime Hoogesteger, Diana Suhardiman, Gert Jan Veldwisch, Juan Pablo Hidalgo-Bastidas, and Rutgerd Boelens

209

21 Groundwater Susann Baez Ullberg and Henrik Josefsson

220

22 Water Stress and Scarcity Zafar Adeel

229

23 Water, Migration, and Development Ander Jagerskog and Ashok Swain

241

24 Water and Climate Change Deliang Chen and Hui-Wen Lai

250

25 Drought Elisa Savelli

263

26 Water-Energy Nexus Aiko Endo

273

27 Water Inequalities Maria Rusca

283

28 Gendered Intersections in Water and Development Gaylean Davies, Evelyn Arriagada Oyarzún, and Leila M. Harris

292

29 Urban Water Susan van de Meene

303

30 Water and Health Jo Geere, Paul R Hunter, and Bruce Lankford

311

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31 Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Nelson Ekane

321

32 Digital Water Karen Bakker, Rosemary Knight, Raymond T. Ng, Alan K. Mackworth, and Max Ritts

333

Index

344

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FIGURES

13.1 19.1 19.2 19.3 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 24.1 24.2 24.3

Water Service Modalities. 136 Global water scarcity. 197 Water availability per capita. 197 Minimum water flow. 198 Depiction of “Annual baseline water stress” in the World Water Development 233 Report (2020). Depiction of “Annual average monthly blue water scarcity” in the World Water Development Report; 30 × 30 arc min resolution 1996–2005 (Mekonnen & 233 Hoekstra, 2016). Level of water stress, by region, presented as a proportion of water withdrawal as a proportion of available water resources; adapted from UN-Water (2021).234 Depiction of “Water Poverty Index” by the International Hydrological 234 Programme of UNESCO (UNESCO, 2002). Depiction of forecasted water stress in the year 2040 (Encyclopaedia 235 Britannica, 2022; data source: World Resources Institute). Human activities as drivers of climate change and its impacts. Knowledge of 252 climate change is needed for both mitigation and adaptation measures. The five illustrative emission scenarios used by IPCC’s sixth report (a) and global historical and projected temperature changes relative to 1850–1900 253 driven by each emission scenario (b). Global maps of projected annual mean relative changes (%) in the number of dry days (i.e., days with less than 1 mm of rain) and daily precipitation intensity (mm/day), estimated as the mean daily precipitation amount during wet days (i.e., days with rain intensity greater than 1 mm/day) averaged across CMIP6 models in the SSP1-2.6 and SSP5-8.5 scenarios respectively. Uncertainty is represented using a simple approach: whereby no overlay indicates regions with a strong model agreement, defined by ≥80% of models agreeing on the sign of change, and dots indicate regions with a poor model

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24.4 24.5 30.1

agreement, defined by