Udall Center: Global Water Initiatives Publications

Global Water Initiatives (GWIs)

Publications: Journal articles, chapters, essays, and reviews

2008 | 2006 | 2004

2009
	Charting the emergence of "Global Water Initiatives" in world water governance Varady, Robert G., Katherine Meehan, and Emily McGovern. 2009. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 34: 150-5. [pdf] Provides a history and analysis of global water initiatives (GWIs)—a growing set of institutions and events that have helped broaden water governance beyond regional schemes to take on a more global scope—and makes recommendations for improving multi-level water management in the future by supporting and sustaining GWI efforts. CONTACT: Robert Varady rvarady@u.arizona.edu \| (520) 626-4393

	Global Water Initiatives: What do the experts think? Report on a survey of leading figures in the 'World of Water' Varady, Robert G., and Matthew Iles-Shih. 2009. In Impacts of Megaconferences on the Water Sector, ed. Asit K. Biswas and Cecelia Tortajada, 15-85. London: Springer Verlag. [pdf] CONTACT: Robert Varady rvarady@u.arizona.edu \| (520) 626-4393

	Hydrosolidarity and international water conflict Gerlack, Andrea, Robert G. Varady, and Arin Haverland. 2009. International Negotiations 14: 311-28. CONTACT: Robert Varady rvarady@u.arizona.edu \| (520) 626-4393

	What's old and what's new in arid lands water management Hutchinson, Charles F., Robert G. Varady, and Sam Drake. 2009. In Water and Sustainability in Arid Regions: Bridging the Gap Between Physical and Social Sciences, ed. Graciela Schneier-Madanes and Marie François Courel. New York: Springer. CONTACT: Robert Varady rvarady@u.arizona.edu \| (520) 626-4393
2008
	Strengthening global water initiatives to sustain world water governance Varady, Robert G., Katherine Meehan, John Rodda, Matthew Iles-Shih, and Emily McGovern. 2008. Environment 50: 18-31. [pdf] Describes the evolution of global water institutions, analyzes their impact and significance, and provides a series of policy strategies to improve global water governance; although global water initiatives have existed for more than a century and their numbers have increased palpably since the Second World War, surprisingly little has been written on their collective activities and impact. CONTACT: Robert Varady rvarady@u.arizona.edu \| (520) 626-4393
2006
	A flood of institutions? Sustaining global water initiatives Varady, Robert G., and Katherine Meehan. 2006. Water Resources Impact 8: 19-22. [pdf] CONTACT: Robert Varady rvarady@u.arizona.edu \| (520) 626-4393

	“Mega-networking” at the Fourth World Water Forum in Mexico City: looking for opportunities at a megaconference Varady, R. G., M. Wilder, S. Eden, A. Browning-Aiken, K. Jacobs, and J. Valdes. 2006. “Guest View” in Arizona Water Resource 14,4:6. [pdf] CONTACT: Robert Varady rvarady@u.arizona.edu \| (520) 626-4393
2004
	Global water initiatives: their evolution and significance Varady, R. G. . 2004. IAHR/AIRH (formerly International Association for Hydraulic Research) Newsletter 42(2): 22. [pdf] CONTACT: Robert Varady rvarady@u.arizona.edu \| (520) 626-4393

In Preparation

Beyond hydrosolidarity: Ethics in today’s water resource management
Gerlak, A., R. G. Varady, and A. Haverland. In preparation. To be submitted to Water International.

Globalizing Water: Governance Through Global Water Initiatives
Varady, R. G., and E. Dellinger McGovern. In preparation. Udall Center Publications Monograph Series.

The International Hydrological Programme … and the “world of water”
Varady, R. G., and M. Iles-Shih. In preparation.

Presentations, Testimony, Essays, and Reviews

Global water initiatives and world water governance
Varady, R. G., K. Meehan, and J. Rodda. 2009. Keynote address, presented (by Varady) at the Advancing the Science of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) biennial Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Nice, France. 25-30 January.

Globalizing water: Governance through global water initiatives
Varady, R.G., and E. Mc Govern. 2008. Presented (by Varady) at the Second Isla Victoria Workshop, The Future of Water. Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Club of Rome, others. Bariloche, Argentina. 12-16 May.

Charting the emergence of global water initiatives in world water governance
Varady, R.G., K. Meehan, and E. McGovern. 2008. Keynote address, presented (by Varady) at the International Conference on Exploring Transdisciplinary Discourses: Water, Society and the Environment in Africa. Organized by North-West University, in collaboration with International Water History Association (IWHA). Drakensberg, South Africa. 20-24 April 2008.

Historical approaches to water governance and policies: Local to global paradigms
Varady, R. G. 2008 and 2007. Presented at the First Short Course on World History of Water Management. UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education. Delft, Netherlands (September).

A flood of institutions? Sustaining global water initiatives
Varady, R. G., and K. Meehan. 2006. Keynote talk, presented (by Varady) at the conference, Water, Ecosystems and Sustainable Development in Arid and Semi-Arid Zones. Urumqi, Xinjiang (October); International Symposium on History, Water and Engineering. Delft University of Technology. Delft, The Netherlands. (November).

Water issues and institutions: Transboundary basins and global water initiatives
Varady, R. G. 2007. Presented to the Arid Lands Resource Science Class Lecture (ALRS 564), The University of Arizona. (February). (pdf)

Global water initiatives: What do the experts think? Report on a survey of leading figures in the “world of water”
Varady, R. G., and M. Iles-Shih. 2005. Presented at the Workshop in Impacts of Mega-Conferences on Global Water Development and Management, Bangkok, Thailand (January); Instituto Mexicano De Tecnología Del Agua, Cuernavaca, Mexico (August). (pdf)

Global water initiatives: Their evolution and significance
Varady, R. G. 2004. Presented at the 2004 AWRA International Specialty Conference, Good Water Governance for People and Nature, Water Roles for Law, Institutions and Finance? Dundee, Scotland (August 29-September 2.). (pdf)

Global water initiatives
Varady, R. G. 2004. Seminars presented at Frauenhofer Institute of Technology Systems and Innovation Research, Karlsruhe, Germany (April); Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Society, Norrkoping, Sweden (May); Tampere University of Technology Institute of Environmental Engineering and Biotechnology, Tampere, Finland (May).

Global water initiatives: some preliminary observations on their evolution and significance
Varady, R. G. 2003. Presented at 3rd Conf. of International Water History Assoc. Alexandria, Egypt (December).

Bibliography

Global Water Initiatives: A Selected Bibliography
Merideth, R. 2007 (pdf)