Wicked Problems of Water Quality Governance (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Nickum, James E.; Bjornlund, Henning; Marina Stephan, Raya

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the many dimensions of water quality problems in different parts of the globe, with focus on problems of governance, from legal frameworks to social discourses and compensation measures.

The chapters in this book were originally published in Water International.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000815375
• Artikelnr.: 66381461

Autorenporträt

James E. Nickum, Fellow, Global Reach Awardee and former Vice-President of the International Water Resources Association (IWRA), is the Editor in Chief of Water International, non-resident Professorial Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii. Raya Marina Stephan is Fellow and Former Director of IWRA. She is an expert in water law, and an international consultant in water related projects with international organizations. She is the Deputy Editor in Chief of Water International. Henning Bjornlund is Fellow and Vice President of the International Water Resources Association and Research Professor in Water Management and Policy at the University of South Australia. He has been researching water management and policy issues in Australia since 1993, in Canada since 2005, and in southern Africa since 2013 working with partners in Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and South Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Wicked Problems of Water Quality Governance 1. IWRA's
water quality project, including the report Developing a Global Compendium
on Water Quality Guidelines 2. Wicked problems facing integrated water
quality management: what IWRA experts tell us 3. Water quality management
from source to sea: from global commitments to coordinated implementation
4. Adaptive or aspirational? Governance of diffuse water pollution
affecting Australia's Great Barrier Reef 5. The social discourses on
market-based instruments to manage non-point-source water pollution in the
Oldman River basin, southern Alberta 6. Minamata: how a policy maker
addressed a very wicked water quality policy problem 7. Mercury pollution
in Colombia: challenges to reduce the use of mercury in artisanal and
small-scale gold mining in the light of the Minamata Convention 8. Water
laws of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine: current problems and integration with
EU legislation 9. The evolution of markets for water pollution allowances
in China: a case study of Jiaxing 10. Service levels for the four billion
people with piped water on premises 11. Water and sanitation in Dhaka
slums: access, quality, and informality in service provision 12. Poor water
service quality in developed countries may have a greater impact on
lower-income households 13. Quality matters: incorporating water quality
into water access monitoring in rural Malawi 14. Radiation knowledge and
willingness to buy bottled water from regions near the Fukushima Daiichi
Nuclear Power Plant 15. Farmer perceptions regarding irrigation with
treated wastewater in the West Bank, Tunisia, and Qatar 16. Issues and
challenges of reclaimed water usage: a case study of the dragon-shaped
river in the Beijing Olympic Park 17. The potential impact of water quality
on the spread and control of COVID-19 in Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon
18. Exploring challenges in safe water availability and accessibility in
preventing COVID-19 in refugee settlements