Research Articles [MEWES]: Recent submissions
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Modification strategies to enhance electrosorption performance of activated carbon electrodes for capacitive deionization applications
(Elsevier, 2019-09-01)Capacitive deionization (CDI) is the competitive technology for water desalination which appears to become an alternative to conventional methods such as ion exchange resins, reverse osmosis, and electrodeionization. Variety ... -
Preparation and Characterization of Biogenic Chitosan-Hydroxyapatite Composite: Application in Defluoridation
(Cambridge University Press, 2018-02-20)In Northern Tanzania, high levels of fluoride in community drinking water supply is recognized as one of the major public health concern, the problem is further ameliorated by presence Escherichia coli and fecal coliform ... -
Methylammonium tin iodide perovskite: structural, electronic and thermodynamic properties by a DFT study with different exchange–correlation functionals
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2020-03-20)Lead-free perovskites have drawn much attention of researchers in the field of electronics and photovoltaics due to the toxicity issue of the lead halide perovskites. The methylammonium tin iodide CH3NH3SnI3 amongst others ... -
Indigenous knowledge on development and management of shallow dug wells of Dodoma Municipality in Tanzania
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2018-04-19)Dodoma city, central Tanzania, seats in a semi-arid region of East Africa with limited rains and surface water resources. Consequently, the area largely depends on shallow and deep aquifers for its freshwater needs. Owing ... -
Physicochemical and Microbiological Variations in Rivers on the Foothills of Mount Meru, Tanzania.
(International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, 2017-09-09)Little is known on the physicochemical and microbiological changes in Nduruma, Tengeru and Maji ya Chai Rivers. Such important variations were studied during wet and dry seasons in 2015. Water samples from various ... -
Levels of community participation and satisfaction with decentralized wildlife management in Idodi-Pawaga Wildlife Management Area, Tanzania
(Taylor & Francis online, 2017-09-14)Participatory approaches to conservation are viewed as a plausible alternative to the old ‘fortress conservation’ approach. The design and implementation of these approaches in developing countries have tended to embrace ... -
Origin and mechanisms of high salinity in Hombolo Dam and groundwater in Dodoma municipality Tanzania, revealed
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2017-05-12)The Hombolo dam (HD), in central Tanzania, is a shallow reservoir characterized by high salinity that limits its use for human activities. The origin of the salinity, mechanisms of reaching and concentrating in the dam ... -
African farmer-led irrigation development: re-framing agricultural policy and investment?
(Taylor & Francis online, 2016-11-09)The past decade has witnessed an intensifying focus on the development of irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa. It follows a 20-year hiatus in the wake of disappointing irrigation performance during the 1970s and 1980s. ... -
Statistics in Climate Variability, Dry Spells, and Implications for Local Livelihoods in Semiarid Regions of Tanzania: The Way Forward
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2016-10-13)The Dodoma municipality, a semiarid region of Tanzania, is characterized by limited rains, lack of surface water sources, and a high frequency of extreme climate events, particularly droughts and floods. These disadvantaged ... -
Decentralized Environmental Governance: A reflection on its role in shaping Wildlife Management Areas in Tanzania
(Tropical Conservation Science, 2015-12-01)Decentralised environmental governance has become a catchy solution to environmental problems caused by the failure of traditional centralised environmental governance. It promises to transfer power and authority, improve ... -
Building Bridges between the Sciences and the Arts of Water Co-operation through Collective Action – Reflections
(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 ... -
Polycentrism and pitfalls: the formation of water users forums in the Kikuletwa catchment, Tanzania
(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 Last Will Be First: Water Transfers from Agriculture to Cities in the Pangani River Basin, Tanzania
(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 ... -
Formalization of water allocation systems and impacts on local practices in the Hingilili sub-catchment, Tanzania
(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 fluid nature of water grabbing: the on-going contestation of water distribution between peasants and agribusinesses in Nduruma, Tanzania
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2015-08-20)This article contributes to the contemporary debate on land and water grabbing through a detailed, qualitative case study of horticultural agribusinesses which have settled in Tanzania, disrupting patterns of land and water ... -
Qualitative soil moisture assessment in semi-arid Africa – the role of experience and training on inter-rater reliability
(Copernicus Publications, 2015-08-10)Soil and water management is particularly relevant in semi-arid regions to enhance agricultural productivity. During periods of water scarcity, soil moisture differences are important indicators of the soil water deficit ... -
The dynamics between water asymmetry, inequality and heterogeneity sustaining canal institutions in the Makanya catchment, Tanzania
(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 ... -
The Role of Statutory and Local Rules in Allocating Water between Large- and Small-Scale Irrigators in an African River Catchment
(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 ... -
Water allocation and management in an emerging spate irrigation system in Makanya catchment, Tanzania
(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 ... -
Pangani River Basin over time and space: On the interface of local and basin level responses
(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 ...
