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Relationship between community and nature in the egyptian villages efla2012Ahmed Haron
The relationship between man and nature since the dawn of history embodied in the first agricultural community in the valley of the Nile in Egypt, which is one of the early societies that were formed and connected to nature. This community has been affected and influenced this nature to form one of the great civilizations over history. This relationship has continued in this valley to evolve towns, villages, countries and different communities and the key factors of these communities were water and greenery .
In recent times as a result of social, cultural and urban changes, this distinctive relationship face a set of challenges and problems that may affect the natural environment where it began migration from rural to urban areas and the collapse of the traditional concept of farming so that the urban population in Egypt could reach from 40% in 2010 to 60% in 2030, threatening the agricultural environment. Facing main reasons like the cultures of social change to rural communities in Egypt and the lack of scientific development environment may help these communities to survive and extent.
Egyptian lakes have social and environmental mixture which mixing between farmers, fishers and Bedouins. These various societies and different cultures live together surrounding Egyptian lakes that give these sites very special character. Villages surrounding lakes are contorted with number of problems such as accommodations, rapidly growing populations, unemployment, lack of education and lack of environmental awareness.
The research presents the problem of these communities surrounding Egyptian lakes and the development of methods and environmental performance of these urban communities in line with the challenges of recent time.
The aim of this paper is to formulate a conceptual framework to achieve the harmony between Urban, community and surrounding nature in Egyptian villages. Through an interdisciplinary literature review the concepts of green and social infrastructure. Finally, based on a synthesis of the literature a conceptual framework is presented.
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3rd Mekong Forum on Water, Food & Energy. Closing remarks for the forum by Dr Kim Geheb, Mekong Basin Leader, CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food
Relationship between community and nature in the egyptian villages efla2012Ahmed Haron
The relationship between man and nature since the dawn of history embodied in the first agricultural community in the valley of the Nile in Egypt, which is one of the early societies that were formed and connected to nature. This community has been affected and influenced this nature to form one of the great civilizations over history. This relationship has continued in this valley to evolve towns, villages, countries and different communities and the key factors of these communities were water and greenery .
In recent times as a result of social, cultural and urban changes, this distinctive relationship face a set of challenges and problems that may affect the natural environment where it began migration from rural to urban areas and the collapse of the traditional concept of farming so that the urban population in Egypt could reach from 40% in 2010 to 60% in 2030, threatening the agricultural environment. Facing main reasons like the cultures of social change to rural communities in Egypt and the lack of scientific development environment may help these communities to survive and extent.
Egyptian lakes have social and environmental mixture which mixing between farmers, fishers and Bedouins. These various societies and different cultures live together surrounding Egyptian lakes that give these sites very special character. Villages surrounding lakes are contorted with number of problems such as accommodations, rapidly growing populations, unemployment, lack of education and lack of environmental awareness.
The research presents the problem of these communities surrounding Egyptian lakes and the development of methods and environmental performance of these urban communities in line with the challenges of recent time.
The aim of this paper is to formulate a conceptual framework to achieve the harmony between Urban, community and surrounding nature in Egyptian villages. Through an interdisciplinary literature review the concepts of green and social infrastructure. Finally, based on a synthesis of the literature a conceptual framework is presented.
Session 20 comparing the nexus along the mekong gangaCPWF Mekong
3rd Mekong Forum on Water, Food & Energy 2013. Presentation from Session 20: Is the Nexus Secure … and for Whom?: Unpacking Nexus Discourses on Food, Water, and Energy Security in South and Southeast Asia
Impacts Assessment of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and It's implications on ...B B
With this topic, I tried to look current arguments set by the Egyptian government about impacts of the Ethiopian Renaissance dam construction and further tried to asses its effects on the NBI.
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A paper presented on current situations in the Nile Basin-NBI and the CFA during an educational tour with undergraduate PSIR students of AAU-to Bahir Dar and Debre Markos Universities on March 2011.
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This paper aims at studying the impacts of climate change on Egyptian northern coastal zones and exploring the urban resilience to the effects of climate change. In this regard, the current paper discusses the concept of resilience and describes the city resilience framework.
Challenges and Opportunities of the Nile Transboundary Waters FAO
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Sanath Ranawana, Asian Development Bank
Presentation:
Greater Mekong Sub-region Natural Capital Partnership: key conclusions from recent Ministerial-level meeting
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The greatest challenge of groundwater management is therefore the need to
embed management responses in the practices of this universe of dispersed actors. Yet our
understanding of Aquifers, the logical “unit” for groundwater management is very poor. While
administrative boundaries help us organize our governance on the surface, aquifers under our
feet don‟t necessarily follow any of these boundaries. How, then, do we evolve a way of
understanding our aquifers and enabling aquifer management responses based on this
understanding? This report details the process of participatory aquifer mapping in Yamalur watershed, in Bangalore.
Water Secure Africa (WASA) - Harnessing Big Data to improve Water Management. Presented by IWMI's Timothy Williams (Director, Africa) at the 7th Africa Water Week, on October 30, 2018.
Spatial planning is increasingly being considered as an important mechanism in coping with flood risk due to climate change. One of the reasons for this is that engineering approaches are increasingly expensive and cannot provide complete certainty of protection against climate-related floods. The thesis examines whether and how spatial planning is used in urban areas to promote resilience to flood
risk and climate change. In this study, planning is considered as the regulation of physical implementation as well as the process of policy-making that guides spatial development. This process mainly involves the interaction and collaboration between actors (both public and private).
The notion of resilience is being used more and more in discussions of complex issues like the impact of climate-related flood risks on spatial development. The interpretations of resilience can vary significantly depending on the local context,
the focus of spatial development and the interests of the actors involved in decision- making. The study proposes six characteristics of planning decision-making that
can help to promote the resilience of cities. These comprise: (i) considering the current situation, (ii) examining trends and future threats, (iii) learning from previous experience, (iv) setting goals, (v) initiating actions, and (vi) involving the public. The importance of these characteristics over time for policy and practice is examined according to empirical evidence from detailed case study analysis. Six case studies are presented, four in Taiwan and two in the Netherlands. In all of the case studies, the issue of flood risk and spatial development is considered important by policy- makers, but the planning strategies used to tackle climate-related flood risks are often different, as are the experiences of flooding and governance arrangements.
The information gathered is primarily based on interviews and the review of planning policies, government reports and research documents.
Comparative analysis is a central focus of the study. The analysis has both a national and international perspective, comparing cases within Taiwan and between Taiwan and the Netherlands. The national comparison examines the way in which local planning governance is addressed in shaping decisions to deal with flood risks. This can vary among cases which share similar spatial development objectives and national institutional framework. The international comparison between Taiwan and the Netherlands examines the roles of planning to promote urban resilience in the context of flood risk and climate change.
Three conclusions can be drawn. First, the interpretation of resilience is dependent on the views and interests of the actors involved. These change over time and can be seen in different episodes of policy-making. Second, the importance of the different
Ecological Regionalism: Sustainable Urban Environments within a Regional Fram...William Aultman
This project explores the creation of a sustainability framework that assesses environmental, social, and economic conditions within the region centered on the Greenville - Spartanburg - Anderson metropolitan area of South Carolina and identifies critical locations for design or policy decisions that directly respond to sustainability needs.
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ON THE CURRENT CONDITIONS OF WATER RESOURCE INFRASTRUCTURE...indexPub
Water is an essential and critical resource for human, animal, and plant survival and continued existence on planet Earth. Water is increasingly becoming a scarce resource; however, the issue of water scarcity has been exacerbated by the intensity of climate change conditions as well as aging water resource infrastructure in many countries, more especially in developing countries such as South Africa. Therefore, there is an urgent need to upgrade water resource infrastructure in South African cities in order to alleviate the stress on the current systems in place.
The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI): Current Status, Challenges and Prospects Zerihun Abebe
A paper presented on current situations in the Nile Basin-NBI and the CFA during an educational tour with undergraduate PSIR students of AAU-to Bahir Dar and Debre Markos Universities on March 2011.
Coastal cities resilience for climate changeAhmed Haron
This paper aims at studying the impacts of climate change on Egyptian northern coastal zones and exploring the urban resilience to the effects of climate change. In this regard, the current paper discusses the concept of resilience and describes the city resilience framework.
Challenges and Opportunities of the Nile Transboundary Waters FAO
Challenges and Opportunities of the Nile Transboundary Waters By Prof. Dr. Abdalla Abdelsalam Ahmed, Director General, UNESCO Chair in Water Resources, Sudan , Land and Water Days in Near East & North Africa, 15-18 December 2013, Amman, Jordan
Sanath Ranawana, Asian Development Bank
Presentation:
Greater Mekong Sub-region Natural Capital Partnership: key conclusions from recent Ministerial-level meeting
Bridging the gap through participatory aquifer mappingv2biometrust
The greatest challenge of groundwater management is therefore the need to
embed management responses in the practices of this universe of dispersed actors. Yet our
understanding of Aquifers, the logical “unit” for groundwater management is very poor. While
administrative boundaries help us organize our governance on the surface, aquifers under our
feet don‟t necessarily follow any of these boundaries. How, then, do we evolve a way of
understanding our aquifers and enabling aquifer management responses based on this
understanding? This report details the process of participatory aquifer mapping in Yamalur watershed, in Bangalore.
Water Secure Africa (WASA) - Harnessing Big Data to improve Water Management. Presented by IWMI's Timothy Williams (Director, Africa) at the 7th Africa Water Week, on October 30, 2018.
Spatial planning is increasingly being considered as an important mechanism in coping with flood risk due to climate change. One of the reasons for this is that engineering approaches are increasingly expensive and cannot provide complete certainty of protection against climate-related floods. The thesis examines whether and how spatial planning is used in urban areas to promote resilience to flood
risk and climate change. In this study, planning is considered as the regulation of physical implementation as well as the process of policy-making that guides spatial development. This process mainly involves the interaction and collaboration between actors (both public and private).
The notion of resilience is being used more and more in discussions of complex issues like the impact of climate-related flood risks on spatial development. The interpretations of resilience can vary significantly depending on the local context,
the focus of spatial development and the interests of the actors involved in decision- making. The study proposes six characteristics of planning decision-making that
can help to promote the resilience of cities. These comprise: (i) considering the current situation, (ii) examining trends and future threats, (iii) learning from previous experience, (iv) setting goals, (v) initiating actions, and (vi) involving the public. The importance of these characteristics over time for policy and practice is examined according to empirical evidence from detailed case study analysis. Six case studies are presented, four in Taiwan and two in the Netherlands. In all of the case studies, the issue of flood risk and spatial development is considered important by policy- makers, but the planning strategies used to tackle climate-related flood risks are often different, as are the experiences of flooding and governance arrangements.
The information gathered is primarily based on interviews and the review of planning policies, government reports and research documents.
Comparative analysis is a central focus of the study. The analysis has both a national and international perspective, comparing cases within Taiwan and between Taiwan and the Netherlands. The national comparison examines the way in which local planning governance is addressed in shaping decisions to deal with flood risks. This can vary among cases which share similar spatial development objectives and national institutional framework. The international comparison between Taiwan and the Netherlands examines the roles of planning to promote urban resilience in the context of flood risk and climate change.
Three conclusions can be drawn. First, the interpretation of resilience is dependent on the views and interests of the actors involved. These change over time and can be seen in different episodes of policy-making. Second, the importance of the different
Ecological Regionalism: Sustainable Urban Environments within a Regional Fram...William Aultman
This project explores the creation of a sustainability framework that assesses environmental, social, and economic conditions within the region centered on the Greenville - Spartanburg - Anderson metropolitan area of South Carolina and identifies critical locations for design or policy decisions that directly respond to sustainability needs.
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ON THE CURRENT CONDITIONS OF WATER RESOURCE INFRASTRUCTURE...indexPub
Water is an essential and critical resource for human, animal, and plant survival and continued existence on planet Earth. Water is increasingly becoming a scarce resource; however, the issue of water scarcity has been exacerbated by the intensity of climate change conditions as well as aging water resource infrastructure in many countries, more especially in developing countries such as South Africa. Therefore, there is an urgent need to upgrade water resource infrastructure in South African cities in order to alleviate the stress on the current systems in place.
CGIAR Research Program on Water Land and Ecosystems (WLE) attempts to help meet development potential in East Africa through research for development strategies in the Nile basin.
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Pecha Kucha format presentation about innovative tools being developed by the GEF-UNEP Flood and Drought Management Tools project, by Raul Glotzbach in the 8th GEF Biennial International Waters Conference.
Pecha Kucha format presentation about innovative solutions being deployed by the Caribbean Wastewater Project (Revolving Fund) GEF-IADB/UNEP, by Alfredo Coelloin the 8th GEF Biennial International Waters Conference.
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Negombo, Sri Lanka
May 9, 2016
Kenneth Sherman, NOAA
LME Program
Andrew Hudson, UNDP
Water and Ocean Governance Programme
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PRESENTATION OVERVIEW
Background - The FFA region
GEF OFMP – 2001 – 2004 & 2005 – 2011
Evaluation in the context of transformational change
OFMP 2 – 2015 – 2019 – Setting the stage for institutional change
TDA/SAP Methodology Training Course Module 2 Section 5
Eberhart Braune, Western Cape University, South Africa
1. Groundwater
at IW Science Conference, Bangkok, 2012
Panellist Input
Eberhard Braune
UNESCO Chair in Groundwater, University of the Western Cape
2. Groundwater Transformation
in South Africa
Non - water resource factors are often the critical ones that bring major
groundwater change;
The 1994 political transformation in South Africa also brought a
‘revolution’ in the water sector and in groundwater use;
Minister Kader Asmal soon called surface water the masculine
resource – of dams, pipelines, concrete and engineers, whereas
groundwater for him was the feminine resource, laboured for by the
most vulnerable of society, the women and children of Africa (those
highlighted in the Dublin IWRM principles).
From this vision, groundwater changed from a source, largely for small
towns and for mining and commercial agriculture in the arid parts
of the country, to a strategic resource covering 60-90%
of community water supply across the whole country.
3. Reflection
on this Groundwater Transformation
Groundwater governance is human rights-based and must
involve interaction between the formal institutions of government
and those of civil society
(establishing the National Water Policy was the most participative process
ever experienced in S.A. and groundwater benefited greatly);
Groundwater not only as just another water source, but has a
unique role towards meeting national development
objectives, eg pro-poor economic growth, Millennium
Development Goals, rural development, and climate change
adaptation.
The need for a very high degree of participative management
flows directly out of above, but is still very poorly
institutionalized;
We are also still lacking the appropriate policy, proper macro-
planning and facilitation processes at national level to deal
with achieving sustainability in the case of very widely distributed
resource use and conservation.
4. Coming Challenge
for Groundwater
To take groundwater from a provider of just basic
domestic water needs to a source for addressing
community livelihoods, ie. increasing food security, rural
employment and the productivity of small farmers and other rural
workers.
The required water volumes are available, even in
the basement rock aquifers of Africa, but the
imperative of national facilitation of effective local
development and management will require
completely new ways of water sector collaboration
(water, agriculture, economic development, local government
etc).
5. Fresh Hope at Continental Level
There has been groundwater policy and action at
highest continental level (2007 - African Ministers Council on
Water - AMCOW);
Umbrella policy with regard to financing and
institutionalizing groundwater resources
management;
Establishment of the Africa Groundwater
Commission (not yet functional);
Recent interest in transboundary aquifer
management, as part of river basin management,
- a first logical outflow of this policy
6. Improving Science/Policy Interface
The increased AMCOW groundwater understanding
and policy- action was only possible through regional
scientific cooperation (11 African cities groundwater project)
and ongoing advocacy, made possible by joint
UNEP/UNESCO support and networking;
New opportunity to institutionalize such processes
through the establishment of the NEPAD Southern
Africa Water Centre of Excellence (such centres to be
established in all Africa sub-regions);
The NEPAD vision is for integrated science to lead
integrated development.
7. Improving Science/Policy Interface
The increased AMCOW groundwater understanding
and policy- action was only possible through regional
scientific cooperation (11 African cities groundwater project)
and ongoing advocacy, made possible by joint
UNEP/UNESCO support and networking;
New opportunity to institutionalize such processes
through the establishment of the NEPAD Southern
Africa Water Centre of Excellence (such centres to be
established in all Africa sub-regions);
The NEPAD vision is for integrated science to lead
integrated development.