Browsing by Author "Swatuk, L.A."
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The challenges of supplying water to small, scattered communities in the Lower Okavango Basin (LOB), Ngamiland, Botswana: An evaluation of government policy and performance
Swatuk, L.A.; Kgomotso, P.K. (Elsevier, www.elsevier.com/locate/pce, 2007)Supplying adequate water and sanitation facilities to small, scattered rural communities and/or large, fast growing settlements in remote areas is a challenge not easily met anywhere in the world. This article focuses on ... -
Communicating integrated water resources management: From global discourse to local practice – Chronicling an experience from the Boteti River sub-Basin, Botswana
Swatuk, L.A.; Motsholapheko, M. (Elsevier, www.elsevier.com/locate/pce, 2008)The Boteti River is an ephemeral outflow of the Okavango River. It lies in the north-western part of Botswana where about 25,000 people reside across a number of widely scattered villages and informal settlements. The ... -
State interests and multilateral cooperation: thinking strategically about achieving 'wise use' of the Okavango Delta system
Swatuk, L.A. (Elsvier, www.elsevier.com, 2003)This paper explores possibilities for achieving 'wise use’, defined as the sustainable utilization of resources of the Okavango Delta system, within the framework of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International ... -
Water resources management in Botswana: balancing sustainability and economic development
Rahm, D.; Swatuk, L.A.; Matheny, E. (Springer, http://www.springer.com, 2006)Botswana is a rapidly developing country in southern Africa. Over the last three decades, diamond mining and tourism have provided double-digit rates of economic growth. Yet most of Botswana’s land is in the Kalahari desert ...