Managing Water Resources in a Time of Global Change (eBook, ePUB)

Contributions from the Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy
Redaktion: Garrido, Alberto; Dinar, Ariel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Bringing together a raft of leading experts on water resources, this book explores the major issues facing this major subdivision of international studies. Employing a cross disciplinary perspective from economics, management, politics, law and international relations, water resources are examined from every angle.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135968885
• Artikelnr.: 38242738

Autorenporträt

Alberto Garrido is Associate Professor in the Economics department at the Technical University of Madrid. Ariel Dinar is a Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy, and Director Water Science and Policy Center, University of California, Riverside, USA. This book was prepared while he was Lead Economist of the Development Research Group at the World Bank, USA. His research focuses on international water and cooperation, approaches to stable water allocation agreements, water and climate change, economics of water quantity/quality, and economic aspects of policy interventions and institutional reforms. His most recent undertaking is the RFF book series "Issues in Water Resource Policy" that aims to produce publications on contemporary water policy issues in various countries and states.

Inhaltsangabe

Series editor's preface
Henry Vaux
Jr
1. High Water
Low Water
No Water: Upland Water Resource Management in times of Global Change
Ariel Dinar and Alberto Garrido
Part I. Mountain and upland areas
2. Mountains of the World - Water Towers for the 21st Century
Bruno Messerli
Daniel Viviroli and Rolf Weingartner
3. Upland Watershed Management and Global Change - Canada's Rocky Mountains and Western Plains
Dave Sauchyn
Michael Demuth and Alain Pietroniro
4. System Hydrology Tools To Support Water Policy: The Case Of Lake Kinneret Watershed
Israel
Alon Rimmer
5. Combined impacts of development and climate change on the Rhône river (Switzerland
France)
Jean-Paul Bravard
Part II. Managing Opportunities in the face global challenges
6. Adaptive Management of Upland Rivers Facing Global Change: General Insights and Specific Considerations for the Rhone
Claudia Pahl-Wostl
Ger Berkamp and Katharine Cross
7. Climate Change and Water Resources: Potential Impacts and Implications
Richard M. Adams and Dannele E. Peck
8. Policy and Adaptation in the Jordan Valley
Yousef Hasan AYADI
9. Upland Watershed Management in Developing World: The Case of Tunisia
Sihem Benabdallah
10. Challenges In Upland Watershed Management: The Green-Blue Water Approach
Holger Hoff
Part III. The view of practitioners and stakeholders
11. Factors for success: Public and Private Sector Roles in Securing a Safe and Reliable Water Supply
Don Lowry
12. The International Joint Commission: A Case Study in the Management of International Waters
Dennis Schornack and John Nevin
13. An overview of the IJC
Jack Blaney
14. Water management in alpine regions
Pedro Arrojo-Agudo
Conclusions
15. Overcoming the Constraints for a more Integrated and Adaptive Water Management: a New Agenda for Upland Waters
Alberto Garrido and Ariel Dinar.