Water Institutions: Policies, Performance and Prospects

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gopalakrishnan, Chennat (Editor), Biswas, Asit K. (Editor), Tortajada, Cecilia (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Water Resources Development and Management,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Environmental management.; Political science.; Hydrogeology.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Economic policy.; Environmental economics.; Earth Sciences.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Environmental Economics.; Political Science.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Economic Policy.

It is being increasingly realised that water is likely to be one of the most critical resource issues for the first half of the twenty-first century. Accelerating demand for water for various uses and user groups and ineffective measures to address - ter quality decline from point and non-point sour...