Disaggregating Orders of Water Scarcity - The Politics of Nexus in the Wami-Ruvu River Basin, Tanzania
This article considers the dilemma of managing competing uses of surface water in ways that respond to social, ecological and economic needs. Current approaches to managing competing water use, such as Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and the concept of the water-energy-food nexus do n...
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| description | This article considers the dilemma of managing competing uses of surface water in ways that respond
to social, ecological and economic needs. Current approaches to managing competing water use, such as
Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and the concept of the water-energy-food nexus do not
adequately disaggregate the political nature of water allocations. This is analysed using Mehta’s (2014) framework
on orders of scarcity to disaggregate narratives of water scarcity in two ethnographic case studies in the WamiRuvu
River Basin in Tanzania: one of a mountain river that provides water to urban Morogoro, and another of a
large donor-supported irrigation scheme on the Wami River. These case studies allow us to explore different
interfaces in the food-water-energy nexus. The article makes two points: that disaggregating water scarcity is
essential for analysing the nexus; and that current institutional frameworks (such as IWRM) mask the political
nature of the nexus, and therefore do not provide an adequate platform for adjudicating the interfaces of
competing water use. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f77fde2664b84f03a49460e8c983865c2022-12-22T01:45:10ZengWater Alternatives AssociationWater Alternatives1965-01751965-01752017-02-01101100115Disaggregating Orders of Water Scarcity - The Politics of Nexus in the Wami-Ruvu River Basin, TanzaniaAnna Mdee0University of Leeds, UKThis article considers the dilemma of managing competing uses of surface water in ways that respond to social, ecological and economic needs. Current approaches to managing competing water use, such as Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and the concept of the water-energy-food nexus do not adequately disaggregate the political nature of water allocations. This is analysed using Mehta’s (2014) framework on orders of scarcity to disaggregate narratives of water scarcity in two ethnographic case studies in the WamiRuvu River Basin in Tanzania: one of a mountain river that provides water to urban Morogoro, and another of a large donor-supported irrigation scheme on the Wami River. These case studies allow us to explore different interfaces in the food-water-energy nexus. The article makes two points: that disaggregating water scarcity is essential for analysing the nexus; and that current institutional frameworks (such as IWRM) mask the political nature of the nexus, and therefore do not provide an adequate platform for adjudicating the interfaces of competing water use.http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol10/v10issue1/344-a10-1-6/fileNexuspoliticswater scarcityTanzaniaIWRM |
| spellingShingle | Anna Mdee Disaggregating Orders of Water Scarcity - The Politics of Nexus in the Wami-Ruvu River Basin, Tanzania Water Alternatives Nexus politics water scarcity Tanzania IWRM |
| title | Disaggregating Orders of Water Scarcity - The Politics of Nexus in the Wami-Ruvu River Basin, Tanzania |
| title_full | Disaggregating Orders of Water Scarcity - The Politics of Nexus in the Wami-Ruvu River Basin, Tanzania |
| title_fullStr | Disaggregating Orders of Water Scarcity - The Politics of Nexus in the Wami-Ruvu River Basin, Tanzania |
| title_full_unstemmed | Disaggregating Orders of Water Scarcity - The Politics of Nexus in the Wami-Ruvu River Basin, Tanzania |
| title_short | Disaggregating Orders of Water Scarcity - The Politics of Nexus in the Wami-Ruvu River Basin, Tanzania |
| title_sort | disaggregating orders of water scarcity the politics of nexus in the wami ruvu river basin tanzania |
| topic | Nexus politics water scarcity Tanzania IWRM |
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