| Water Institutions: Policies, Performance and Prospects 2005 Edition Contributor(s): Gopalakrishnan, Chennat (Editor), Tortajada, Cecilia (Editor), Biswas, Asit K. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3540238115 ISBN-13: 9783540238119 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2005 Annotation: This study is a major first attempt to address the many issues associated with the institutional innovation in water resource management comprehensively and in depth. It is a global survey and assessment of the structure, evolution, and performance of water institutions in regional, national, and international settings. It includes: an 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. The term "water institutions" in the context of this volume is broadly defined to include water laws and regulations, water supply schemes, water technologies, regulatory practices, and water administration policies, all viewed in light of the prevailing socioeconomic, political, and cultural settings in which they are embedded. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Geology - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Business & Economics | Economics - General |
| Dewey: 333.911 |
| Series: Water Resources Development and Management |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.2" W x 9.5" (1.11 lbs) 210 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It is being increasingly realised that water is likely to be one of the most critical resource issues for the first half of the twenty-first century. Accelerating demand for water for various uses and user groups and ineffective measures to address - ter quality decline from point and non-point sources of pollution, have made water management more complex and difficult than ever before in human history. All the current trends indicate that water management will become even more c- plex in the future because of society's higher demands for good quality water, and new and emerging impacts on the water sector due to the forces of globalisation. These include the liberalisation of trade in agricultural and manufactured products, information and communication revolution, and technological developments in - eas traditionally not considered to be water-oriented, like biotechnology. Impacts of these new and emerging forces on the water sector are still not fully understood or appreciated at present, but they are likely to change water use practices d- matically in many countries of the world during the coming decades. |