ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. Study area -- ch. 3. Integrated water resources management and livelihoods : do they meet? -- ch. 4. Dynamics and complexities of practices in local water management in Zimbabwe in the IWRM era -- ch. 5. Livelihood strategies and environmental management in Zhulube micro-catchment -- ch. 6. Sowing seeds of hope : the case of conservation agriculture in the smallholder farming sector -- ch. 7. Contestations and coalitions in urban water supply : the state, the city and the politics of water in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe -- ch. 8. Processes in river basin planning : the case of the Limpopo river basin in Zimbabwe -- ch. 9. Conclusions and recommendations.