Irrigation Governance Challenges in the Mediterranean Region: Learning from Experiences and Promoting Sustainable Performance

• Main Authors: Khadra, Roula (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Sagardoy, Juan Antonio (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Agriculture.; Water pollution.; Environmental management.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.

This book aims at deriving governance and sustainability lessons from analysing the implementation and management of some major irrigation programs in the Mediterranean Region. Eight countries are targeted, namely: Spain, Italy, Albania, Turkey, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco. The main focus pro...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Executive Summary
• List of Abbreviations
• List of Boxes
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. National irrigation programs and their governance under water scarcity conditions: an analytical perspective
• Chapter 3. Irrigation Modernization and Rehabilitation Programs, a spectrum of experiences: Analysis and lessons learnt
• Chapter 4. Participatory irrigation and institutional reforms in the Mediterranean Region: governance achievements and problems
• Chapter 5. Improving local governance: problems and solutions
• Chapter 6. Private Public Partnerships (PPPs) in Irrigation. Myth or promising reality?
• Chapter 7. M&E systems for PIM/IMT programs - Review of experiences and guidance for their application to WUOs.