Publications
Sustainable Development Investment Portfolio
Fact sheet
Bangladesh
Reports
- Sustaining water resources for food security in Bangladesh
- Bangladesh Integrated Water Resources Assessment: Final report
- Bangladesh integrated water resources assessment supplementary report: approximate regional water balances
- Bangladesh integrated water resources assessment supplementary report: land use, crop production, and irrigation demand
- Review of water, crop production and system modelling approaches for food security studies in the Eastern Gangetic Plains
Journal papers
- Water stress effect on the factors of production of irrigated rice in northwest regions of Bangladesh (2019)
- Groundwater use and rapid irrigation expansion in a changing climate: Hydrological drivers in one of the world’s food bowls (2019)
- An intra-household analysis of farmers’ perceptions of and adaptation to climate change impacts: empirical evidence from drought prone zones of Bangladesh (2019)
- Effectiveness of groundwater service providers in northwest Bangladesh (2018)
Fact sheets
- Capacity building for the future
- Groundwater trends in the northwest region of Bangladesh
- Crop area trends in northwest Bangladesh 1985 to 2016
- Bangladesh Integrated Water Resources Assessment
- Sustaining groundwater irrigation for food security in the northwest region of Bangladesh
India
Reports
- Agricultural productivity in the Brahmani-Baitarani River Basin of India
- Modelling for river basin planning: a demonstration in the Brahmani Basin, India: Synthesis report
- Brahmani model: technical report
- Groundwater trends in the Brahmani-Baitarni River Basin, India
Fact sheets
- Australia-India Brahmani basin project
- A Scorecard system to track pollution and improve water quality in the River Ganga
Pakistan
Reports
- Climate change and dam sedimentation in the Upper Indus Pakistan: potential implications on Sindh’s water security (2020)
- Punjab water outlook: Impacts of climate change and dam sedimentation on water for irrigated agriculture (2020)
- Sindh water outlook: Impacts of climate change, dam sedimentation and urban water supply on irrigated agriculture (2020)
- Remotely sensed time-series (2000‒2018) estimation of evapotranspiration in the Indus Basin (2020)
- High resolution remotely sensed multi-annual seasonal crop system dynamics in districts of the Nara canal in Sindh, Pakistan (2020)
- Indus River System Model (IRSM) – a planning tool to explore water management options in Pakistan: model conceptualisation, configuration and calibration (2019)
- CSIRO (2019) Preliminary climate assessment and scoping note (revised): A CSIRO contribution to support the development of the proposed Sindh Water and Agriculture Climate Resilience Project. CSIRO Land and Water, Australia. (reference only)
- Spatial and temporal trends in river water quality of Pakistan (Sutlej and Ravi) (2018)
- Water quality in the Ravi and Sutlej Rivers, Pakistan: a system view (2018)
- Stocktake of water sector reform in Pakistan. Australian water delegation to Pakistan mission report. CSIRO, Australia. (reference only)
- Development of a Regional Groundwater model for the Indus Basin Irrigation System of Pakistan: Status Report (2017)
- Environmental assessment of Manchar Lake (2017)
- Regional groundwater model of the Indus Basin, Pakistan: Hydrogeological analysis of borelogs (2017)
- Hydroclimate of the Indus: Synthesis of the literature relevant to Indus basin hydroclimate processes, trends, seasonal forecasting and climate change (2016)
- Time series (1980-2012) crop areas in the districts and canal commands of Pakistan (2016)
- Water resources management in developing countries: the role of hydrology – economic modelling (2014)
Journal papers
- Amplification of hydrological model uncertainties in projected climate simulations of the Upper Indus Basin: Does it matter where the water is coming from? (2020)
- Quantification of land use changes in complex cropping of irrigated Indus Basin, Pakistan using MODIS vegetation time series data (2020)
- Impact of agricultural development on evapotranspiration trends in the irrigated districts of Pakistan: evidence from 1981 to 2012 (2019)
- Analyzing crop yield gaps and their causes using cropping systems modelling – a case study of the Punjab rice-wheat system, Pakistan (2019)
- Seasonal streamflow forecasting in the upper Indus Basin of Pakistan: an assessment of methods (2018)
- Agricultural production, water use and food availability in Pakistan: Historical trends, and projections to 2050 (2017)
Fact sheets
- CSIRO Indus SDIP Project Pakistan Publications 2014 - present
- Building knowledge and capacity to support integrated water resources management in Pakistan
- Future food security and water in Pakistan
- Rainfall runoff modelling for the Upper Indus
- River system modelling for the Lower Indus
- Managing groundwater in the Indus Basin Irrigation System of Pakistan
- Water quality data to support cross-sectoral dialogue: case study from the Ravi and Sutlej Rivers, Pakistan
- Supporting Pakistan’s water allocation decisions through improved seasonal streamflow forecasts
- Cropping systems modelling - a tool for designing cropping practices to maximise productivity to support food security in Pakistan
- Analysis of Manchar Lake: connecting water degradation and gender
User manuals
After many years of engagement with the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), Pakistan, CSIRO has collaborated to introduce Australian HYDSTRA* data management software. User manuals are now available:
Nepal
Reports
- Ecological health of the Kamala River Basin 2019
- Policy Review Women in Water: Documenting Gender Considerations in Nepal’s Water Policy
- From the Mountains to the Plains: Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources in the Koshi River Basin
- Preliminary analysis of hydroclimate and streamflow modelling in the Koshi Basin
- Connecting flow and ecology in Nepal: current state of knowledge for the Koshi Basin
- Kamala Basin field trip Report to support the basin planning process in Nepal
Journal papers
Fact sheets
- Supporting integrated water resources management in the Koshi Basin, and beyond
- Connecting flow and ecology in Nepal: current state of knowledge for the Koshi Basin
- Supporting river basin planning through the Kamala Basin Initiative
- Field data collection to link river flow and ecological assets in the Koshi River Basin, Nepal
Afghanistan
Fact sheets
Climate
Reports
- From the Mountains to the Plains: Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources in the Koshi River Basin
- CMIP5 climate change projections for hydrological modelling in South Asia
- Analysis of historical climate datasets for hydrological modelling across South Asia
- Climate change and water in south Asia – Overview and literature review
Journal papers
- Characterising spatiotemporal variability of South Asia’s climate extremes in past decades (2019)
- Future climate and runoff projections across South Asia from CMIP5 global climate models and hydrological modelling (2018)
- Climate change‐induced hazards and local adaptations in agriculture: a study from Koshi River Basin, Nepal (2018)
Fact sheets
Gender
Reports
- Policy Review Women in Water: Documenting Gender Considerations in Nepal’s Water Policy
- Re (thinking) gender: confronting challenges to gender mainstreaming in development practice
- Mainstreaming and modelling: how gender analysis can be applied to a water management modelling framework
- Making gender count
- Environmental assessment of Manchar Lake
Journal papers
Fact sheets
- Promoting gender equality through the Sustainable Development Investment Portfolio
- Analysis of Manchar Lake: connecting water degradation and gender
Posters and presentations
- Mainstreaming and modelling: applying gender analysis to a water management modelling framework
- Manchar Lake: Gender impact and implications for water governance – Stockholm World Water Week 2017
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