http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/46753 2013-05-24T18:16:09Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/50837 Title: Analysing the cost of adapting to climate change Authors: Fisher, Suzanne 2012-05-08T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/50836 Title: Stakeholder-focused cost-benefit analysis in the water sector : guidance report Authors: Chambwera, Muyeye; Baulcomb, Corinne; Lunduka, Rodney; de Bresser, Laura; Chaudhury, Abrar 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/50835 Title: Stakeholder-focused cost-benefit analysis in the water sector : synthesis report Authors: Lunduka, Rodney; Bezabih, Mintewab; Chaudhury, Abrar 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/50647 Title: Can renewable energy technologies improve the management of stressed water resources threatened by climate change Authors: Nadal, Gustavo Horacio; Bravo, Gonzalo; Girardin, Leonidas Osvaldo; Gortari, Sebastián Abstract: This work addresses increasing concerns about water management for rural productive activities in the vast dry regions of Latin America by assessing renewable energy technologies (RETs) that could be suitable for localized needs. Forecasted trends in climate change and variability make this analysis very relevant, in an area where very little published work exists. While Argentina is widely known for its fertile pampas, around 75 % of the country consists of dry lands. In addition, erosion is increasing by up to 650,000 hectares each year. The coordinated adoption of a set of actions, including land use planning and strengthening productive activities that guarantee access to water and improve water and soil management is needed. Renewable energies could help towards achieving these aims, if water is made available at affordable costs and with suitable technologies. This paper evaluates experiences with three RETs—photovoltaic pumping from deep wells, small wind turbine pumping, and high-power wind turbines, and discusses a potential role for use in rural Argentina. Although cheaper and more reliable renewable alternatives to energy sources such as diesel could be used for pumping from groundwater resources in isolated locations, limitations arise when pumping head and/or water volume requirements are large or highly seasonal. The cost increases and technical challenges of accessing this deeper water, as indicated by case studies, emphasize the importance of planning and support schemes development. 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/50646 Title: Barriers to flood risk adaptation: A case study of cross‐scale collaboration in the informal settlement of Graveyard Pond Authors: Orangio, Christina Abstract: There is a growing concern over the increase in extreme events expected as part of climate change. Good governance is a critical component of managing current climate risk that can help to adapt to future impacts of climate change. Understanding current governance is critical in urban areas where local government plays a key role in providing infrastructure to reduce the vulnerability of low-income populations. However, there is a gap in the literature regarding how cross-scale collaboration, particularly the relationship between non-governmental and governmental actors, affects adaptation. In Cape Town, South Africa the vulnerability of informal settlements to flooding is a growing concern due to their location in low-lying areas and wetlands. Using a single case study approach, the barriers to adaptation to flooding were examined and identified, with a focus on cross-scale collaboration, in an informal settlement in a detention pond. In order to understand cross-scale collaboration in this context, a nodal governance framework is used to analyze how actors at the community, intermediary, and government level interact and respond to flooding in informal settlements. The analysis shows that the community level is lacking the resources and technologies to adapt to flooding and there is a disconnect between the community level and the local government level, despite the existence of ward councillors. The nodal governance and barriers framework showed that the challenges actors face in adapting to flooding in Graveyard Pond relate to the different mentalities of the actors around flooding and in turn this affects how flooding is responded to. Additionally, the current flood management plan of the City of Cape Town leaves Graveyard Pond in an endless loop of disaster response and coping mechanisms that have not reduced the vulnerability of residents in the long-term. It is apparent from the data that there is a lack of cross-scale collaboration around responses to flooding in informal settlements. Though cross-scale collaboration comes with challenges, it is clear that this disconnect is acting as a barrier to adaptation to flooding in Graveyard Pond and needs to be explored further. This study provides insight into the barriers of adapting to urban flooding as well as how flooding is responded to in informal settlements in order to increase adaptive capacity to future climate change. 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z