Irrigation and river basin management : options for governance and institutions edited by Mark Svendsen.

Contributor(s): Svendsen, MarkMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Wallingford, Oxon, UK : Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub. in association with the International Water Management Institute, c2005Description: xii, 258 p. : ill., mapsISBN: 9780851996721; 0851996728 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Watershed management | Irrigation | Arid regions | Integrated water developmentDDC classification: 333.913 Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online
Contents:
Contributors vii Preface xi Managing River Basins: an Institutional Perspective 1 (18) Mark Svendsen Philippus Wester Francois Molle Phases of River Basin Development: the Need for Adaptive Institutions 19 (12) David Molden R. Sakthivadivel M. Samad Martin Burton Limits to Leapfrogging: Issues in Transposing Successful River Basin Management Institutions in the Developing World 31 (20) Tushaar Shah Ian Makin R. Sakthivadivel Making Sound Decisions: Information Needs for Basin Water Management 51 (24) Martin Burton David Molden Financing River Basin Organizations 75 (18) Charles L. Abernethy Water Management for Irrigation and Environment in a Water-stressed Basin in Southwest France 93 (16) Henri Tardieu Basin Management in a Mature Closed Basin: the Case of California's Central Valley 109 (16) Mark Svendsen River Basin Closure and Institutional Change in Mexico's Lerma-Chapala Basin 125 (20) Philippus Wester Christopher A. Scott Martin Burton Water Resources Planning and Management in the Olifants Basin of South Africa: Past, Present and Future 145 (24) M. de Lange D.J. Merrey H. Levite M. Svendsen Water Resource Management in the Dong Nai Basin: Current Allocation Processes and Perspectives for the Future 169 (24) Mark Svendsen Claudia Ringler Nguyen Duy Son Governing Closing Basins: the Case of the Gediz River in Turkey 193 (22) Mark Svendsen D. Hammond Murray-Rust Nilgun Harmancioglu Necdet Alpaslan Managing River Basins: Lessons from Experience 215 (16) Mark Svendsen Philippus Wester Providing Irrigation Services in Water-scarce Basins: Representation and Support 231 (16) Philippus Wester Tushaar Shah Douglas J. Merrey Index 247
Summary: 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 patterns have profound implications for all involved players, particularly the agriculturalists whose livelihoods are based on irrigation. Drawing on research by IWMI and others, this book reviews basin management in six developed and developing countries, applying to the cases a functional theory of river basin management. The theory is based on the idea that there is a minimum set of functions that enable effective management in 'successful' river basins
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Includes index

Contributors vii
Preface xi
Managing River Basins: an Institutional Perspective
1 (18)
Mark Svendsen
Philippus Wester
Francois Molle
Phases of River Basin Development: the Need for Adaptive Institutions
19 (12)
David Molden
R. Sakthivadivel
M. Samad
Martin Burton
Limits to Leapfrogging: Issues in Transposing Successful River Basin Management Institutions in the Developing World
31 (20)
Tushaar Shah
Ian Makin
R. Sakthivadivel
Making Sound Decisions: Information Needs for Basin Water Management
51 (24)
Martin Burton
David Molden
Financing River Basin Organizations
75 (18)
Charles L. Abernethy
Water Management for Irrigation and Environment in a Water-stressed Basin in Southwest France
93 (16)
Henri Tardieu
Basin Management in a Mature Closed Basin: the Case of California's Central Valley
109 (16)
Mark Svendsen
River Basin Closure and Institutional Change in Mexico's Lerma-Chapala Basin
125 (20)
Philippus Wester
Christopher A. Scott
Martin Burton
Water Resources Planning and Management in the Olifants Basin of South Africa: Past, Present and Future
145 (24)
M. de Lange
D.J. Merrey
H. Levite
M. Svendsen
Water Resource Management in the Dong Nai Basin: Current Allocation Processes and Perspectives for the Future
169 (24)
Mark Svendsen
Claudia Ringler
Nguyen Duy Son
Governing Closing Basins: the Case of the Gediz River in Turkey
193 (22)
Mark Svendsen
D. Hammond Murray-Rust
Nilgun Harmancioglu
Necdet Alpaslan
Managing River Basins: Lessons from Experience
215 (16)
Mark Svendsen
Philippus Wester
Providing Irrigation Services in Water-scarce Basins: Representation and Support
231 (16)
Philippus Wester
Tushaar Shah
Douglas J. Merrey
Index 247

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 patterns have profound implications for all involved players, particularly the agriculturalists whose livelihoods are based on irrigation. Drawing on research by IWMI and others, this book reviews basin management in six developed and developing countries, applying to the cases a functional theory of river basin management. The theory is based on the idea that there is a minimum set of functions that enable effective management in 'successful' river basins

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