Browsing by Author "van der Zaag, Pieter"
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Building Bridges between the Sciences and the Arts of Water Co-operation through Collective Action – Reflections
Patrick, M. J.; Komakech, Hans; Mirumachi, N.; Moosa, H.; Prakash, A.; Salame, L.; Shubber, Z.; van der Zaag, Pieter; Wolf, A. T. (Elsevier, 2014)This reflection article highlights some of the science that underpins our understanding of cooperation over shared water resources. Power dynamics, hegemony, negotiation theory, social psychology and justice, international ... -
The dynamics between water asymmetry, inequality and heterogeneity sustaining canal institutions in the Makanya catchment, Tanzania
Komakech, Hans; van der Zaag, Pieter; van Koppen, Barbara (IWA Publishing, 2012-10-01)It has been suggested that the collective action needed for integrated water management at larger spatial scales could be more effective and sustainable if it were built, bottom-up, on the nested arrangements by which local ... -
Formalization of water allocation systems and impacts on local practices in the Hingilili sub-catchment, Tanzania
Komakech, Hans; van der Zaag, Pieter; Mul, Marloes; Mwakalukwa, Tulinumpoki; Kemerink, Jeltsje (Taylor & Francis online, 2013-05-31)Water scarcity caused by increased demands often leads to competition and conflict over water in many river catchments in Sub-Saharan Africa. At the local level, water users have in many places been able to solve water ... -
The Last Will Be First: Water Transfers from Agriculture to Cities in the Pangani River Basin, Tanzania
Komakech, Hans; van der Zaag, Pieter; van Koppen, Barbara (Water Alternatives, 2012-10)Water transfers to growing cities in sub-Sahara Africa, as elsewhere, seem inevitable. But absolute water entitlements in basins with variable supply may seriously affect many water users in times of water scarcity. This ... -
Pangani River Basin over time and space: On the interface of local and basin level responses
Komakech, Hans; van Koppen, Barbara; Mahoo, Henry; van der Zaag, Pieter (Elsevier, 2011-09)As the pressure on the water resources mounts within a river basin, institutional innovation may occur not as a result of a planned sequence of adjustments, but arising out of the interplay of several factors. By focusing ... -
Polycentrism and pitfalls: the formation of water users forums in the Kikuletwa catchment, Tanzania
Komakech, Hans; van der Zaag, Pieter (Taylor & Francis online, 2013-05-31)Catchment forums have to address the reality that river catchments typically cover several administrative districts and have overlapping arrangements of state-led and locally created institutions. Institutional nesting has ... -
The Role of Statutory and Local Rules in Allocating Water between Large- and Small-Scale Irrigators in an African River Catchment
Komakech, Hans; Condon, Madison; van der Zaag, Pieter (Elsevier, 2012-01)This paper presents a case study of large- and small-scale irrigators negotiating for access to water from Nduruma River in the Pangani River Basin, Tanzania. The paper shows that despite the existence of a formal statutory ... -
Understanding the Emergence and Functioning of River Committees in a Catchment of the Pangani Basin, Tanzania
Komakech, Hans; van der Zaag, Pieter (Water Alternatives, 2011-06)In this paper we explore the emergence and functioning of river committees (RCs) in Tanzania, which are local water management structures that allocate and solve water conflict between different water users (smallholder ... -
Water allocation and management in an emerging spate irrigation system in Makanya catchment, Tanzania
Komakech, Hans; Mul, Marloes; van der Zaag, Pieter; Rwehumbiza, Filbert (Elsevier, 2011-09)Although spate irrigation systems are risk-prone, they can be an important component for livelihood security in semi-arid areas. Spate uses water (flood water), which upstream users often do not require, as rainfall during ...