Water institutions : policies, performance and prospects

By: Chennat Gopalakrishnan (Editor)Contributor(s): Gopalakrishnan, Chennat | Tortajada, Cecilia | Biswas, Asit KMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Water resources development and managementPublication details: Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2005Description: xi, 210 pages : illustrationsISBN: 9783540238119; 3540238115 Subject(s): Water resources development | Water-supply -- Management | RessourcenmanagementDDC classification: 333.91
Contents:
Water allocation and management in Hawaii: a case of institutional entropy / by Chennat Gopalakrishnan -- Institutions for resources management: a case study from Sri Lanka / by Asit K. Biswas -- Water institutions in India: structure, performance, and change / by R. Maria Saleth -- Uphill flow of reform in China's irrigation districts / by James E. Nickum -- Institutions for water management in Mexico / by Cecilia Tortajada and Nancy Contreras-Moreno -- Water institutions in the Middle East / by Peter Beaumont -- Institutions in South African international river basins / by Anthony R. Turton and Anton Earle -- Property rights, water rights and the changing scene in western water / by Charles W. Howe -- Finding a modern role for the prior appropriation doctrine in the American west / by Ray Huffaker
Summary: A survey and assessment of the structure, evolution, and performance of water institutions - administration policies and regulatory practices - in regional, national, and international settings. It includes analysis and discussion of the rationale for institutional innovations, based on case study findings
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Water allocation and management in Hawaii: a case of institutional entropy / by Chennat Gopalakrishnan --
Institutions for resources management: a case study from Sri Lanka / by Asit K. Biswas --
Water institutions in India: structure, performance, and change / by R. Maria Saleth --
Uphill flow of reform in China's irrigation districts / by James E. Nickum --
Institutions for water management in Mexico / by Cecilia Tortajada and Nancy Contreras-Moreno --
Water institutions in the Middle East / by Peter Beaumont --
Institutions in South African international river basins / by Anthony R. Turton and Anton Earle --
Property rights, water rights and the changing scene in western water / by Charles W. Howe --
Finding a modern role for the prior appropriation doctrine in the American west / by Ray Huffaker

A survey and assessment of the structure, evolution, and performance of water institutions - administration policies and regulatory practices - in regional, national, and international settings. It includes analysis and discussion of the rationale for institutional innovations, based on case study findings

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