Rural-Urban Linkages publications

Gitau, K. G; Mutune, J.; Sundberg, C.; Mendum, R.; Njenga, M. 2019. Implications on livelihoods and the environment of uptake of gasifier cook stoves among Kenya’s rural households. Appl. Sci. 9:1205 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/9/6/1205/pdf

Bekchanov, M.; Mondal, Md. A. H.; de Alwis, A.; Mirzabaev, A. 2019. Why adoption is slow despite promising potential of biogas technology for improving energy security and mitigating climate change in Sri Lanka?.Renewable and sustainable energy reviews. 105:378-390pp. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2019.02.010

Kookana, R. S.; Drechsel, Pay; Jamwal, P.; Vanderzalm, J. 2020. Urbanisation and emerging economies: issues and potential solutions for water and food security. Science of the Total Environment, 732:139057. [doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139057]

Lee-Smith, D.; Prain, G.; Cofie, Olufunke; van Veenhuizen, R.; Karanja, N. 2019. Urban and peri-urban farming systems: feeding cities and enhancing resilience. IN: Dixon, J. et al. 2019. Farming Systems and Food Security in Africa: Priorities for Science and Policy Under Global Change. London: Routledge: 504-531.

Santhosh, Harikrishnan; Mohan, A.; George, S. L. 2019. Chalakudy River Diversion Scheme, Kerala: does it show the future of canal irrigation in India? Paper presented at the 3rd World Irrigation Forum (WIF3) on Development for Water, Food and Nutrition Security in a Competitive Environment, Bali, Indonesia, 1-7 September 2019. 10p.

Mateo-Sagasta, Javier. 2020. Tackling agricultural water pollution - a 21st-century challenge. Rural 21, 54(1):26-27.

Wang, M.; Tang, T.; Burek, P.; Havlik, P.; Krisztin, T.; Kroeze, C.; Leclere, D.; Strokal, M.; Wada, Y.; Wang, Y.; Langan, Simon. 2019. Increasing nitrogen export to sea: a scenario analysis for the Indus River. Science of the Total Environment, 694:133629. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133629

Garrick, D.; De Stefano, L.; Yu, Winston; Jorgensen, I.; O’Donnell, E.; Turley, L.; Aguilar-Barajas, I.; Dai, X.; de Souza Leao, R.; Punjabi, B.; Schreiner, B.; Svensson, J.; Wight, C. 2019. Rural water for thirsty cities: a systematic review of water reallocation from rural to urban regions. Environmental Research Letters, 14(4):043003. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab0db7

Sally, H.; Merrey , D. Outcome evaluation of research for development work conducted in Ghana and Sri Lanka under the Resource, Recovery and Reuse (RRR) subprogram of the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE).International Water Management Institute (IWMI).Colombo, Sri Lanka: CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 72p.

Whitley, L.; Hutchings, P.; Cooper, S.; Parker, A.; Kebede, A.; Joseph, S.; Butterworth, J.; van Koppen, Barbara; Mulejaa, A. 2019. A framework for targeting water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in pastoralist populations in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 222(8):1133-1144. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2019.08.001

Qadir, M.; Drechsel, Pay; Cisneros, B. J.; Kim, Y.; Pramanik, A.; Mehta, P.; Olaniyan, O. 2020. Global and regional potential of wastewater as a water, nutrient and energy source. Natural Resources Forum, 44(1):40-51. doi: 10.1111/1477-8947.12187

Nikiema, Josiane; Impraim, Robert; Cofie, Olufunke; Nartey, Eric; Jayathilake, Nilanthi; Thiel, Felix; Drechsel, Pay. 2020. Training manual for fecal sludge-based compost production and application. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE).. 63p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 15) doi: 10.5337/2020.200