Publications
A wide range of journal papers, reports and fact sheets are available to explore our work on water, climate, gender, livelihoods and ecology across South Asia.
Stories of change
Fact sheet
- 2019-20 Annual Report Executive Summary (2020)
- Reporting on SDIP Phase 1 achievements and SDIP Phase 2 plans
Bangladesh
Reports
Sustaining groundwater irrigation for food security in the northwest region of Bangladesh: Summary for policymakers (December 2021)
SDIP Phase 2
- Groundwater trends in the north west region of Bangladesh (2021)
- Modelling the impact of climate change and agricultural development scenarios on district water balances in northwest Bangladesh (2021)
- Sustaining groundwater irrigation for food security in the northwest region of Bangladesh: socioeconomics, livelihood and gender aspects (2021)
- Land cover and cropping system analysis in the northwest region of Bangladesh (2021)
- Groundwater balance in the northwest Bangladesh – modelling uncertainty and scenario analyses (2021)
- Surface water modelling in the northwest region of Bangladesh (2021)
SDIP Phase 1
- Sustaining water resources for food security in Bangladesh (2014)
- Bangladesh Integrated Water Resources Assessment: final report (2014)
- Bangladesh integrated water resources assessment supplementary report: approximate regional water balances (2014)
- Bangladesh integrated water resources assessment supplementary report: land use, crop production, and irrigation demand (2014)
- Review of water, crop production and system modelling approaches for food security studies in the Eastern Gangetic Plains (2013)
Journal papers
- Long-term spatio-temporal variability and trends in rainfall and temperature extremes and their potential risk to rice producion in Bangladesh (2022)
- Perception and perceived socio-environmental impact of climate change: an intra-household analysis (under review)
- Least cost policies to protect food security: evidence from Bangladesh (under review)
- Effect of groundwater stress on farmers livelihood assets: evidence from northwest region of Bangladesh (under review)
- Rainfall-induced recharge-dynamics of heavily exploited aquifers – A case study in the North-West region of Bangladesh (2021)
- The Green Revolution from space: mapping the historic dynamics of main rice types in one of the world’s food bowls (2021)
- Water usage trends under intensive groundwater-irrigated agricultural development in a changing climate – Evidence from Bangladesh (2021)
- Assessing the Potential Impacts of Climate Changes on Rainfall and Evapotranspiration in the Northwest Region of Bangladesh (2020)
- Assessment of Gender Priority on Groundwater Utilization in Northwestern Bangladesh (2020)
- An empirical investigation of men’s views of women’s contribution to farming in Northwest Bangladesh (2020)
- Groundwater use and rapid irrigation expansion in a changing climate: Hydrological drivers in one of the world’s food bowls (2019)
- Water Table Trend—A Sustainability Status of Groundwater Development in North-West Bangladesh (2019)
- Water stress effect on the factors of production of irrigated rice in northwest regions of Bangladesh (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)
Book chapters
- Changing water dynamics and food security in northwest Bangladesh (2021) (chapter in Perspectives on the Yarlung-Tsangpo-Brahmaputra-Jamuna River Basin, World Bank Group)
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
Water Apportionment Accord
- Bringing transparency and consistency to Pakistan’s seasonal water planning decisions: 1991 inter-provincial Water Apportionment Accord (WAA) Tool User Guide and Reference Manual (Second edition, September 2022)
Reports
- Profitability analysis and extent of female labour participation in mung bean production in Punjab, Pakistan (2022)
- Extent and impact of female labour participation in canola production in Southern Punjab Province of Pakistan (2022)
- Water Information Management in WAPDA: Development pathways (2022)
- 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)
- Nara canal command water balances: Impacts of climate change and dam sedimentation, and implications for irrigation cropping (2020) (reference only)
- 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)
- Preliminary climate assessment and scoping note for Sindh (revised 2019)
- 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 (2018) Australian water delegation to Pakistan mission report. CSIRO, Australia.
- 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
- How will future climates in the Pakistani Punjab rice-wheat system affect the optimal agronomic settings, and can adaptation offset losses? (2023) Open access
- Can Pakistan achieve sustainable water security? Climate change, population growth and development impacts to 2100 (2022)
- Climate change and reservoir sedimentation implications for irrigated agriculture in the Indus Basin Irrigation System in Pakistan (Sept 2021) Open access
- Development of the Indus River System Model to Evaluate Reservoir Sedimentation Impacts on Water Security in Pakistan (2021) Open access
- Water balance trends in irrigated canal commands and its implications for sustainable water management in Pakistan: evidence from 1981 to 2012 (2021)
- Early twenty-first century satellite-driven irrigation performance in the world’s largest system: Pakistan’s Indus Basin irrigated system (2021) Open access
- Tweaking Pakistani Punjab rice-wheat management to maximize productivity within nitrate leaching limits (2021)
- Scale and Drivers of Female Agricultural Labor: Evidence from Pakistan (2020) Open access
- 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)
- Constraints and opportunities for water savings and increasing productivity through Resource Conservation Technologies in Pakistan (2014)
- Diagnosing irrigation performance and water productivity through satellite remote sensing and secondary data in a large irrigation system of Pakistan (2009)
Book chapters
- Satellite-based assessment of agricultural water consumption, irrigation performance, and water productivity in a large irrigation system in Pakistan (2009) Chapter 14 in Remote Sensing of Global Croplands for Food Security
- Mapping irrigated crops from Landsat ETM+ imagery for heterogeneous cropping systems in Pakistan (2009) Chapter 18 in Remote Sensing of Global Croplands for Food Security
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
- Water Resources Development Strategy for the Kamala River Basin, Nepal (launched 13 August 2021)
- State of the Kamala River Basin, Nepal (launched 13 August 2021)
- 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
- Planning in Democratizing River Basins: The Case for a Co-Productive Model of Decision Making
- Climate change‐induced hazards and local adaptations in agriculture: a study from Koshi River Basin, Nepal (2018)
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
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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