A Critical Approach to International Water Management Trends Policy and Practice /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bréthaut, Christian (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Schweizer, Rémi (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Water Governance: Policy and Practice
• Subjects: Water pollution.; Environmental management.; Environmental geography.; Hydrology.; Environmental policy.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Environmental Geography.; Hydrology/Water Resources.; Environmental Management.; Environmental Policy.
• Physical Description: XI, 305 p. 24 illus., 17 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9781137600868
• DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-60086-8

This edited volume provides a critical discussion of particular trends that are widely recognised to influence water management by comparing them with what is actually happening in the field. Among others, these trends include water security, adaptive or integrative management, and the water-energy-food nexus, which are often presented as essential means to reaching more sustainable and resilient water use. However, the extent to which these trends have managed to structure concrete practices in water management remains uncertain.  Informed by empirically grounded research, each chapter of this work engages with a particular approach, concept or theory. Together, they provide a nuanced picture of trends in water management that require universal remedies and global norms.