Water Policy in the Philippines Issues, Initiatives, and Prospects /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Rola, Agnes C. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Pulhin, Juan M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Arcala Hall, Rosalie (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Global Issues in Water Policy, 8
• Θέματα: Environmental management.; Hydrology.; Environmental economics.; Sustainable development.; Economic policy.; Environmental Management.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Hydrology/Water Resources.; Environmental Economics.; Sustainable Development.; Development Policy.

This book describes challenges in the policy and practices of the various water sectors in the Philippines that have led to water conflicts. Such conflicts arise in the nature of rural-urban competition, trans-administrative boundary issues, and inconsistencies between customary and state rules, and...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Water resources in the Philippines: overview and framework of analysis
• 2. Water supply, demand and uses and the drivers of change
• 3. Laws, institutional arrangements and policy instruments
• 4. Domestic household use and sanitation patterns in urban, urbanizing and rural settings
• 5. Industrial/commercial water use and pollution/disposal problems
• 6. Agricultural water management issues
• 7. Aquaculture/marine resources water management
• 8. Multiple/Integrated Water Resources Utilization
• 9. Sustaining water resources with environmental protection
• 10. National and local initiatives in addressing water supply, water quality and sustainability
• 11. Policies and institutional interventions for water demand management
• 12. Towards a more responsive water policy and practice: challenges and prospects.