Prosper Bazaanah

Prosper Bazaanah is a Lecturer at the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies, University of Johannesburg. He holds a PhD in Development Studies, MPhil in Development Studies and BA in Political Science with Philosophy. He has experience working in fields like environment, water and sanitation, lecturing and other corporate experiences. His doctoral thesis examined “community water governance for sustainable local development in northern Ghana”, a project funded by the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS), South Africa, and the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Senegal. He is also a recipient of bursary awards from the University of Johannesburg. His research interests include water and rural livelihoods, environment and sustainable development, decentralization and local governance, community development, local development and political ecology.

Publications

Handbook of Research on Resource Management and the Struggle for Water Sustainability in Africa
Handbook of Research on Resource Management and the Struggle for Water Sustainability in Africa
Innocent Simphiwe Nojiyeza, Oliver Mtapuri, Prosper Bazaanah, Edzisani Ellen Netshiozwi. © 2022. 437 pages.
Access to water and sanitation remains a critical challenge in various countries in Africa. The crisis remains the crisis of governance rather than the physical and economic...
Ecological Governance and the Sustainability of Rural Household Water Conservation Systems in the Savannah Region of Ghana
Ecological Governance and the Sustainability of Rural Household Water Conservation Systems in the Savannah Region of Ghana
Prosper Bazaanah. © 2022. 46 pages.
This chapter examined the link between ecological governance and water conservation as sustainable pathways for enhancing rural livelihoods in the Savannah Region. Designs...
Examining the Role of NGOs in Community Water and Sanitation Improvement: A Case of the Tunayilli Community in the Northern Region, Ghana
Examining the Role of NGOs in Community Water and Sanitation Improvement: A Case of the Tunayilli Community in the Northern Region, Ghana
Gordon Marley, Prosper Bazaanah, Patricia Oppong. © 2022. 29 pages.
This chapter examined the role of NGOs in water and sanitation improvement and the effects on the residence of Tunayilli in the Sagnarigu District. The design was descriptive....
Mending Malawi's Water Institutions and IWRM Solutions
Mending Malawi's Water Institutions and IWRM Solutions
Innocent Simphiwe Nojiyeza. © 2022. 20 pages.
The aim of this chapter is to explain the challenges of decentralisation and management of water as economic good principles of integrated water resources management (IWRM) in...
Integrated Water Resource Management, Sustainability, and Pollution Abatement in Malawi: An Ecological Economics Perspective
Integrated Water Resource Management, Sustainability, and Pollution Abatement in Malawi: An Ecological Economics Perspective
Innocent Simphiwe Nojiyeza. © 2022. 13 pages.
With the introduction of IWRM, local government institutions are expected to control water-related pollution, which is often associated with new water resource management...
Durban Community's Experiences of Class-Based Urinary Diversion Toilets
Durban Community's Experiences of Class-Based Urinary Diversion Toilets
Innocent Simphiwe Nojiyeza. © 2022. 23 pages.
The aim of this chapter is to look at the integrated water resources management (IWRM)-related institutional shift in governance of water and sanitation in Durban and the extent...
The Political Ecology of the Decentralized Water Management in Zimbabwe: Theory and Empirical Evidence From Sanyati Catchment Area
The Political Ecology of the Decentralized Water Management in Zimbabwe: Theory and Empirical Evidence From Sanyati Catchment Area
Winmore Kusena. © 2022. 14 pages.
The chapter assesses the notion of local scale and decentralization that emanates from the IWRM principles. Evaluation of the benefits of decentralization was done through the...
An Analysis of Sector-Based Water Supply and Demand: Mapping the Possible Water Development and Management Ways for Sanyati Catchment, Zimbabwe
An Analysis of Sector-Based Water Supply and Demand: Mapping the Possible Water Development and Management Ways for Sanyati Catchment, Zimbabwe
Winmore Kusena, Thomas Debwe. © 2022. 14 pages.
This chapter sought to assess sector-based current water use levels in Sanyati catchment, assess a possibility of new ways of managing the catchment water using inter-basin...
Addressing Energy Poverty Through Ecological Governance of Solar Home Systems in South Africa
Addressing Energy Poverty Through Ecological Governance of Solar Home Systems in South Africa
Edzisani Ellen Netshiozwi. © 2022. 24 pages.
South Africa has long recognised the need to eliminate energy poverty, and significant progress has been made since 1996. With the recent global outcry about the use of...
Climate Justice in Durban: State Contradictions and Grass-Roots Action
Climate Justice in Durban: State Contradictions and Grass-Roots Action
Innocent Simphiwe Nojiyeza. © 2022. 21 pages.
This chapter situates itself in the climate justice discourse and unpacks the paradoxes in state and grassroots action. It argues that due to market-orientated and neo-liberal...