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Added: 2003-07-24 14:45
Modified: 2005-05-09 12:52
Refreshed: 2012-02-10 14:54
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- THE APPROACHES / Water
From 1970 to 1990, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) largely supported technical water research that offered solutions such as improved water pumps and rooftop water harvesting. Gradually, IDRC expanded its scope to include options for "community-based" water security. Today, the Centre's focus has shifted to demand management and the devolution of water management to lower levels of government and communities.
- THE RESULTS: Water
Local water management strategies offer practical and sometimes superior alternatives to the large-scale, centralized, capital-heavy approaches that dominated in the past. They can also complement wider-reaching water management approaches. But they are no panacea. Research over three decades has explored their promise and problems. It has generated lessons that are helpful for making better management decisions, and in marking paths for future investigation.
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