Freshwater governance for the 21st century

The objective of this book is to broadly illustrate the key aspects of water governance, mapping the spectrum of decision-making from techno-centric and eco-centric approaches, to hybrid concepts and people-centric approaches. Topics covered include the challenges for water-governance models, the po...

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Other Authors Karar, Eiman (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland : Springer, [2017]
SeriesGlobal issues in water policy ; 6.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319433509
9783319433486
ISSN2211-0631 ;
Physical Description1 online resource (xxvii, 250 pages) : illustrations (some color)

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction and reflections / Eiman Karar
  • Establishment of catchment management agencies in South Africa with reference to the Flussgebietsgemeinschaft Elbe : some practical considerations / Richard Meissner, Sabine Stuart-Hill, and Zakariya Nakhooda
  • Towards inclusive water governance : OECD evidence and key principles of stakeholder engagement in the water sector / Aziza Akhmouch and Delphine Clavreul
  • Free-market economics and developmental statism as political paradigms : implications for water governance theory and practice in developing countries / Claudious Chikozho and Everisto Mapedza
  • Urban water governance as a function of the 'Urban Hydrosocial Transition' / Chad Staddon, Robert Sarkozi, and Sean Langberg
  • Urban water governance for the twenty-first century : a portfolio-based approach to planning and management / Ganesh Keremane, Jennifer McKay, and Zhifang Wu
  • Rights-based freshwater governance for the twenty-first century : beyond an exclusionary focus on domestic water uses / Barbara Van Koppen, Anne Hellum, Lyla Mehta, Bill Derman, and Barbara Schreiner
  • Inclusive transboundary water governance / Anton Earle and Marian J. Neal
  • Mechanisms for inclusive governance / Raymond L. Ison and Philip J. Wallis
  • Water integrity : from concept to practice / Håkan Tropp, Alejandro Jiménez, and Hélène Le Deunff
  • Addressing the groundwater governance challenge : a call from the groundwater governance challenge / Marguerite de Chaisemartin, Robert G. Varady, Sharon B. Megdal, Kirstin I. Conti, Jac van der Gun, Andrea Merla, Geerg-Jan Nijsten, and Friedemann Scheibler
  • Water governance futures in South Asia and Southern Africa : déjà vu all over again? / Douglas J. Merrey, Anjal Prakash, Larry Swatuk, Inga Jacobs, and Vishal Narain.