Rafik Hirji
Biographic Data
| ID | 6274775 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rafik Hirji |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rafik |
| FAMILY NAME | Hirji |
| SIGNATURE | HIRJI R |
| AFFILIATIONS | World Bank Group |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Catalyzing global leadership for improving groundwater governance policy for local climate resilience
A structured adaptation framework links the benefits of groundwater to climate risks, including depletion, contamination, and saltwater intrusion, to support better governance decisions and improved management of demand, aquifer recharge, storage, discharge, and water quality. Emerging evidence confirms severe and widespread aquifer depletion and contamination worldwide. Along with a drying climate, it threatens water, food, economic security, ec…
Integrated management of lakes, reservoirs, and their basins is critical for a climate-resilient planet
Integrated management of lakes and reservoirs and their basins is vital for preserving their significant socioeconomic and ecological benefits, which are essential for climate resilience. Lakes and reservoirs store 88% of the Earth's fresh surface water, providing water, food, energy security, flood protection, drought mitigation, and ecosystem services. This article highlights the rapid depletion and deterioration of these Lentic (standing) wate…
Mainstreaming integrated approaches to sustain lake and reservoir basin benefits in a changing climate
This paper examines the challenges of institutional inertia and land, water and environmental policy failures in promoting integrated management of lakes, reservoirs, and their contributing basins and aquifers. While we focus on vulnerable lakes and reservoirs, the necessary policy, legal, and institutional reforms apply to many water basins, given the rapidly changing climate. Institutional barriers to more integrated land and water management a…
Environmental Flows in Water Resources Policies, Plans, and Projects
The overall goal of the analysis presented in this report is to advance the understanding and integration in operational terms of environmental water allocation into integrated water resources management. The specific objectives of this report are the following: 1) document the changing understanding of environmental flows, by both water resources practitioners and by environmental experts within the Bank and in borrowing countries; 2) draw lesso…
Climate Variability and Water Resources Degradation in Kenya
This report attempts to fill that gap for two of the most important water-related issues facing the effects of climate variability and the steady degradation of the nation's water resources. The study reported here concluded that the El Nino-La Nina episode from 1997-2000 cost the country Ksh 290 billion (about 14 percent of GDP during that period). During El Nino-induced floods, this cost primarily arises from destruction of infrastructure such …
Strategies for managing uncertainties imposed by environmental impact assessment analysis of a Kenyan river development authority
Strategies for managing uncertainties imposed by environmental impact assessment analysis of a Kenyan river development authority
Climate Variability and Water Resources Degradation in Kenya
This report attempts to fill that gap for two of the most important water-related issues facing the effects of climate variability and the steady degradation of the nation's water resources. The study reported here concluded that the El Nino-La Nina episode from 1997-2000 cost the country Ksh 290 billion (about 14 percent of GDP during that period). During El Nino-induced floods, this cost primarily arises from destruction of infrastructure such …
Environmental Flows in Water Resources Policies, Plans, and Projects
The overall goal of the analysis presented in this report is to advance the understanding and integration in operational terms of environmental water allocation into integrated water resources management. The specific objectives of this report are the following: 1) document the changing understanding of environmental flows, by both water resources practitioners and by environmental experts within the Bank and in borrowing countries; 2) draw lesso…
Integrated management of lakes, reservoirs, and their basins is critical for a climate-resilient planet
Integrated management of lakes and reservoirs and their basins is vital for preserving their significant socioeconomic and ecological benefits, which are essential for climate resilience. Lakes and reservoirs store 88% of the Earth's fresh surface water, providing water, food, energy security, flood protection, drought mitigation, and ecosystem services. This article highlights the rapid depletion and deterioration of these Lentic (standing) wate…
Mainstreaming integrated approaches to sustain lake and reservoir basin benefits in a changing climate
This paper examines the challenges of institutional inertia and land, water and environmental policy failures in promoting integrated management of lakes, reservoirs, and their contributing basins and aquifers. While we focus on vulnerable lakes and reservoirs, the necessary policy, legal, and institutional reforms apply to many water basins, given the rapidly changing climate. Institutional barriers to more integrated land and water management a…
Catalyzing global leadership for improving groundwater governance policy for local climate resilience
A structured adaptation framework links the benefits of groundwater to climate risks, including depletion, contamination, and saltwater intrusion, to support better governance decisions and improved management of demand, aquifer recharge, storage, discharge, and water quality. Emerging evidence confirms severe and widespread aquifer depletion and contamination worldwide. Along with a drying climate, it threatens water, food, economic security, ec…
Environmental Science (5 works) · Environmental planning (4 works) · Environmental resource management (4 works) · Water resources management and optimization (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Climate change (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Transboundary Water Resource Management (3 works) · Water resources (3 works) · Ecology (2 works)