Irrigation and river basin management : options for governance and institutions /

"As water scarcity increases, pressure to re-allocate water from agriculture to other uses mounts. With this mounting pressure comes the need for institutional arrangements that can manage and accommodate shifts to 'higher value' uses of water. These changes in resource allocation pat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Svendsen, Mark, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub. in association with the International Water Management Institute, ©2005.
Colección:CAB books.
Temas:
Watershed management.
Watershed management > Case studies.
Irrigation.
Arid regions.
Integrated water development.
Bassins hydrographiques > Gestion.
Bassins hydrographiques > Gestion > Études de cas.
Régions arides.
Ressources en eau > Aménagement intégré.
irrigation systems.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Community involvement.
Decision making.
Institution building.
Institutions.
Irrigation systems.
Irrigation water.
Organizations.
Planning.
Politics.
Rivers.
Social participation.
Stakeholders.
Water allocation.
Water availability.
Water management.
Water policy.
Water supply.
Watersheds.
Arid regions
Integrated water development
Irrigation
Watershed management
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Managing River Basins : An Institutional Perspective / Mark Svendsen, Philippus Wester, and François Molle
  • Phases of River Basin Development : The Need for Adaptive Institutions / David Molden [and others]
  • Limits to Leapfrogging : Issues in Transposing Successful River Basin Management Institutions in the Developing World / Tushaar Shah, Ian Makin and R Sakthivadivel
  • Making Sound Decisions : Information Needs for Basin Water Management / Martin Burton and David Molden
  • Water Management for Irrigation and Environment in a Water-stressed Basin in Southwest France / Henri Tardieu
  • Basin Management in a Mature Closed Basin : The Case of California's Central Valley / Mark Svendsen
  • River Basin Closure and Institutional Change in Mexico's Lerma-Chapala Basin / Philippus Wester, Christopher A. Scott and Martin Burton
  • Water Resources Planning and Management in the Olifants Basin of South Africa : Past, Present and Future / M. de Lange [and others]
  • Water Resource Management in the Dong Nai Basin : Current Allocation Processes and Perspectives for the Future / Mark Svendsen, Claudia Ringler, and Nguyen Duy Son
  • Governing Closing Basins : The Case of the Gediz River in Turkey / Mark Svendsen [and others]
  • Managing River Basins : Lessons from Experience / Mark Svendsen and Philippus Wester
  • Providing Irrigation Services in Water Scarce Basins : Representation and Support / Philippus Wester, Tushaar Shah and Douglas J. Merrey.

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