IWRM Publications

Misheck Lesa Chundu, Kawawa Banda, Chisanga Lyoba, Greyfold Tembo, Henry M. Sichingabula, Imasiku A. Nyambe. (2024).Modeling land use/land cover changes using quad hybrid machine learning model in Bangweulu wetland and surrounding areas, Zambia, Environmental Challenges, Volume 14,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2024.100866.

Misheck Lesa Chundu, Kawawa Banda, Henry M. Sichingabula, Imasiku A. Nyambe. (2024). Integrated water quality assessment of open water bodies using empirical equations and remot sensing techniques in Bangweulu Wetland lakes, Zambia, Journal of Great Lakes Research, Volume 50, Issue 6,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102451.

Chundu, M. L., Banda, K., Sichingabula, H. M., & Nyambe, I. A. (2025). Assessing land-use/land-cover influence on surface water quality using a weighted inverse distance function in Bangweulu sub-catchment area, Zambia. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 137(November 2024), 103813.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2024.103813

Chalwe Chibwe, Nathan Nyambe, Justina Asa Kasabila, Henry Sichingabula, Imasiku Anayawa Nyambe, Kawawa Banda. (2024). Assessment of river ecological health status and interbasin water transfer potential: Case study of Luapula River Basin in Zambia, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, Volume 136,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2024.103761.

Kamamba, K., Zimba., H., Sichingabula, H., Nyambe, I. (2025). Forest-Water Nexus: An Evapotranspiration assessment of the Kafue River Sub-Basin using remote sensing. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C,103998, ISSN1474-7065,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2025.103998

Banda K. and Shilengwe C. (2025). Identifying potential hotspots of groundwater-climate interaction in the Kalahari Aquifer System, Upper Zambezi Basin, Southern Africa. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, Volume 60, 102484, ISSN 2214-5818,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2025.102484.

Banda, Kawawa & Nyambe, Imasiku. (2024). Machine learning downscaling of GRACE/GRACE-FO data to capture spatial-temporal drought effects on groundwater storage at a local scale under data-scarcity. Environmental Systems Research. 13. 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40068-024-00368-1.

Zimba, Henry & Banda, Kawawa & Mbewe, Stephen & Nyambe, Imasiku. (2024). Integrated use of the CA–Markov model and the Trends. Earth module to enhance the assessment of land cover degradation. Environmental Systems Research. DOI: 10.1186/s40068-024-00355-6.

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Banda, K., Mulema, M., Chomba, I., Chomba, M., Levy, J., & Nyambe, I. (2023). Investigating groundwater and surface water interactions using remote sensing, hydrochemistry, and stable isotopes in the Barotse Floodplain, Zambia. Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes, 9(2), 424–439. https://doi.org/10.1080/24749508.2023.2202450.

Banda, Kawawa & Phiri, Micheal & Nyambe, Imasiku. (2024). Response of remote sensing-based climatic indicators to drought conditions during El Niño events and implications for water–food–energy nexus. Water Practice & Technology. 19. 3439-3453. DOI: 10.2166/wpt.2024.232.

Banda, K., Mulema, M., Chomba, I., Chomba, M., Levy, J., & Nyambe, I. (2023). Investigating groundwater and surface water interactions using remote sensing, hydrochemistry, and stable isotopes in the Barotse Floodplain, Zambia. Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes, 9(2), 424–439.https://doi.org/10.1080/24749508.2023.2202450.

Zimba, Henry & Banda, Kawawa & Mbewe, Stephen & Nyambe, Imasiku. (2024). Integrated use of the CA–Markov model and the Trends. Earth module to enhance the assessment of land cover degradation. Environmental Systems Research. DOI:10.1186/s40068-024-00355-6

Banda, Kawawa & Ngwenya, Victoria & Mulema, Mataa & C., Chomba & Chomba, Machaya & Nyambe, Imasiku. (2023). Influence of water quality on benthic macroinvertebrates in a groundwater-dependent wetland. Frontiers in Water. 5. DOI:10.3389/frwa.2023.1177724

Zimba, H., Coenders-Gerrits, M., Banda, K., Schilperoort, B., van de Giesen, N., Nyambe, I. & Savenije, H. H. G. 2023. Phenophase-based comparison of field observations to satellite-based actual evaporation estimates of a natural woodland: miombo woodland, southern Africa. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 27, 1695-1722. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-1695-2023

Banda, K., Jakobsen, R., Nyambe, I. & Larsen, F. (2025). Potential for saline groundwater freshening in a semi-arid environment: Insights from the Machile-Zambezi River Basin. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 59, 102440.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2025.102440.

Serrao, L., Caridi S., Farrokhi A., Avesani D., Kamamba M., Galli M., Chibwe C., Medici F., Treccani S., Kabika J., Banda K., Bezzi M., Zortea M., Ng'ambi M., Zolezzi G. (2025). Sustainability of small dams for livestock and farming, a case study from Chiltongo dam, Rural Zambia. FRONTIERS MEDIA S.A. Doi:10.3389/frwa.2025.1603004 (online).

Mapani, B. S., Sakuwaha, K. U. G. & Banda, K. (2025). The geological and economic legacy of the Pan-african Damara Belt and Lufilian Arc of south-central Africa. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 228, 105662.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2025.105662.

Simaubi M, K Banda, J Levy, J Meiman, I Nyambe, 2023. Dye tracing of the Lusaka Karstified Aquifer system: Implications towards urban groundwater quality protection. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 195, 732, 1-14. DOI:10.21203/rs.3.rs-2107416/v1.