Water Institutions: Policies, Performance and Prospects (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Gopalakrishnan, Chennat; Biswas, Asit K.; Tortajada, Cecilia

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This is a global survey and assessment of the structure, evolution, and performance of water institutions - administration policies and regulatory practices - in regional, national, and international settings. The coverage includes analysis and discussion of the rationale for institutional innovations, based on case study findings; specific suggestions for sustainable institutional design; and recommendations for implementing institutional reforms.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. August 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783540265672
• Artikelnr.: 37359258

Inhaltsangabe

Water Allocation and Management in Hawaii: A Case of Institutional Entropy.- Institutions for Resources Management: A Case Study from Sri Lanka.- Water Institutions in India: Structure, Performance, and Change.- Uphill Flow of Reform in China's Irrigation Districts.- Institutions for Water Management in Mexico.- Water Institutions in the Middle East.- Institutions in South African International River Basins.- Property Rights, Water Rights and the Changing Scene in Western Water.- Finding a Modern Role for the Prior Appropriation Doctrine in the American West.

Rezensionen

From the reviews: "This study is a major, first attempt to address comprehensively and in-depth the many issues associated with the institutional innovation in water resource management. This book consists of nine original papers by a team of scholars and experts in water institutions and policies." (JAWRA, August, 2006)