Browsing by Author "Allan, John Anthony"

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The TWO Analysis: Introducing a Methodology for the Transboundary Waters Opportunity
(2008) Phillips, David J. H.; Allan, John Anthony; Claassen, Marius; Granit, Jakob; Jägerskog, Anders; Kistin, Elizabeth; Patrick, Marian; Turton, Anthony
"This report represents the output from one component of a broader initiative addressing the development and management of shared river basins. The initiative seeks to enhance the management of fresh water resources in transboundary basins (i.e. fresh water catchments including surface waters and/or aquifers, crossing international borders). The component of the initiative presented in this report involves the generation of a conceptual framework for identifying development opportunities. Options to realise those opportunities, through attaining the necessary social and political agreement amongst the involved riparians, are also indentified. In subsequent development of the methodology, quantitative aspects using indicators will be developed, and case studies will be generated. The conceptual framework presented here has been developed to be a flexible tool to support decisionmaking at the level of basin States, within Regional Economic Communities, and for potential investors engaged in the identification and implementation of the development opportunities. It can be used in a developing country context, and in any transboundary basin. The conceptual framework is also configured in a way that is useful for training purposes. For developing regions, it can be of value in determining the preferred and/or optimal uses of fresh waters, especially in relation to the primary driver of the desire to eliminate poverty and hunger."
Virtual Water: Real Challenges Remain
(2008) Allan, John Anthony
"The concept of virtual water – developed by the author of the following article and 2008 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate Prof. John Anthony Allan – will continue to be relevant for a long time. Looking forward, Prof. Allan envisions two main directions where the improved application of the virtual water concept can head. First, a number of key communities, including the water users and policy-makers in developing economies, are yet to adopt the concept. Second, the concept has been foundational in the development of a number of rapidly evolving ideas and tools. The continuing evolution and impact of related concepts, such as the water footprint and the complex linkages between water and energy, will strongly affect the future."
Voices on Virtual Water
(2003) Allan, John Anthony; van Hofwegen, Paul; Hoekstra, Arjen
"Clear signs of a water-deficit driven import of cereals – so called virtual water flow – and intensifying water stress in the semi-arid tropics suggest a major switch in global food trade. Food production in water rich regions may come to play an increasing role to alleviate hunger in water-short countries."