October 2012

With the financial support of WWF, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and German Technical Cooperation (GIZ)

Special issue: Open for business or opening Pandora’s box? A constructive critique of corporate engagement in water policy
Guest editors: Nick Hepworth, Jason Morrison and Upmanu Lall

Open for business or opening Pandora’s Box? A constructive critique of corporate engagement in water policy: An introduction
Nick Hepworth
Water Alternatives 5(3): 543-562              Abstract   |  Full Text - PDF

Water footprint: Help or hindrance?
Ashok Kumar Chapagain and David Tickner
Water Alternatives 5(3): 563-581              Abstract   |  Full Text - PDF

Mitigating corporate water risk: Financial market tools and supply management
Wendy M. Larson, Paul L. Freedman, Viktor Passinsky, Edward Grubb and Peter Adriaens
Water Alternatives 5(3): 582-602              Abstract   |  Full Text - PDF

The private sector’s contribution to water management: Re-examining corporate purposes and company roles
Peter Newborne and Nathaniel Mason
Water Alternatives 5(3): 603-618              Abstract   |  Full Text - PDF

Investigating food and agribusiness corporations as global water security, management and governance agents: The case of Nestlé, Bunge and Cargill
Suvi Sojamo and Elizabeth Archer Larson
Water Alternatives 5(3): 619-635              Abstract   |  Full Text - PDF

From risks to shared value? Corporate strategies in building a global water accounting and disclosure regime
Marco Daniel and Suvi Sojamo
Water Alternatives 5(3): 636-657              Abstract   |  Full Text - PDF

Articles

The role of productive water use in women's livelihoods. Evidence from rural Senegal
Emily van Houweling, Ralph Hall, Aissatou Sakho Diop, Jennifer Davis and Mark Seiss
Water Alternatives 5(3): 658-677              Abstract   |  Full Text - PDF

Digging, damming or diverting? Small-scale irrigation in the Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia
Irit Eguavoen, Sisay Demeku Derib, Tilaye Teklewold Deneke, Matthew McCartney, Ben Adol Otto and Saeed Seidu Billa
Water Alternatives 5(3): 678-699             Abstract   |  Full Text - PDF

The last will be first: Water transfers from agriculture to cities in the Pangani river basin, Tanzania
Hans C. Komakech, Pieter van der Zaag and Barbara van Koppen
Water Alternatives 5(3): 700-720             Abstract   |  Full Text - PDF

Book Reviews

Water fountains in the worldscape (Hynynen et al.; 2012).
Terje Oestigaard
Water Alternatives 5(3): 721-722             Full Text - PDF