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.
Sustainable Development Investment Portfolio
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, May 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
- 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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