Better water management is crucial. Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is widely recognized as the best approach, but is poorly understood, even within the water sector. This book provides practical guidance, based on real world examples, rather than theoretical constructs. Published with the Global Water Partnership
Better water management is crucial. Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is widely recognized as the best approach, but is poorly understood, even within the water sector. This book provides practical guidance, based on real world examples, rather than theoretical constructs. Published with the Global Water PartnershipHinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Roberto Lenton is Chair of the Technical Committee of the Global Water Partnership. He is former Director of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Division of the UNDP in New York and Director General of the International Water Management Institute, Sri Lanka. Mike Muller was Director General of South Africa's Department of Water Affairs and Forestry and is currently visiting professor at the University of the Witwatersrand's Graduate School of Public and Development Management. Chapter contributors include a number of other practitioners, such as Humberto Pena who led Chile's sector reforms and Akissa Bahri, currently director of IWMI in Africa, as well as experts from NGOs or with professional and academic backgrounds, including Peter Rogers from Harvard University and Judith Rees of the London School of Economics.
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction. Part I: Local Level. 2. A Watershed in Watershed Management: The Sukhomajri Experience. 3. A Tale of Two Cities: Meeting Urban Water Demands through Sustainable Groundwater Management. 4. Wetlands in Crisis: Improving Bangladesh's Wetland Ecosystems and Livelihoods of the Poor who Depend on them. 5. Should Salmon Roam Free? Dam Removal on the Lower Snake River. 6. Better Rural Livelihoods through Improved Irrigation Management: Office du Niger (Mali). 7. From Water to Wine: Maximizing the Productivity of Water Use in Agriculture while Ensuring Sustainability. Part 2: Basin Level. 8. Turning Water Stress into Water Management Success: Experiences in the Lerma-Chapala River Basin. 9. Turning Conflict into Opportunities: The Case of Lake Biwa, Japan. 10. Taming the Yangtze River by Enforcing Infrastructure Development under IWRM. Part 3: National Level. 11. Taking it One Step at a Time: Chile's Sequential, Adaptive Approach to Achieving the Three Es. 12. Attempting to Do it All: How a New South Africa has Harnessed Water to Address its Development Challenges. Part 4: Transnational Level. 13. Transboundary Cooperation in Action for IntegratedWater Resources Management and Development in the Lower Mekong Basin. 14. Conclusions: Lessons Learned and Final Reflections. Index
Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction. Part I: Local Level. 2. A Watershed in Watershed Management: The Sukhomajri Experience. 3. A Tale of Two Cities: Meeting Urban Water Demands through Sustainable Groundwater Management. 4. Wetlands in Crisis: Improving Bangladesh's Wetland Ecosystems and Livelihoods of the Poor who Depend on them. 5. Should Salmon Roam Free? Dam Removal on the Lower Snake River. 6. Better Rural Livelihoods through Improved Irrigation Management: Office du Niger (Mali). 7. From Water to Wine: Maximizing the Productivity of Water Use in Agriculture while Ensuring Sustainability. Part 2: Basin Level. 8. Turning Water Stress into Water Management Success: Experiences in the Lerma-Chapala River Basin. 9. Turning Conflict into Opportunities: The Case of Lake Biwa, Japan. 10. Taming the Yangtze River by Enforcing Infrastructure Development under IWRM. Part 3: National Level. 11. Taking it One Step at a Time: Chile's Sequential, Adaptive Approach to Achieving the Three Es. 12. Attempting to Do it All: How a New South Africa has Harnessed Water to Address its Development Challenges. Part 4: Transnational Level. 13. Transboundary Cooperation in Action for IntegratedWater Resources Management and Development in the Lower Mekong Basin. 14. Conclusions: Lessons Learned and Final Reflections. Index
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