Integrated River Basin Management through Decentralization

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kemper, Karin E. (Editor), Dinar, Ariel (Editor), Blomquist, William (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Environmental management.; Political science.; Hydrogeology.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Water pollution.; Earth Sciences.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Environmental Management.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Political Science.

Drawing upon a worldwide survey of river basin organizations and in-depth studies of eight river basins in a variety of locations around the globe, this book examines how institutional arrangements for managing water resources at the river-basin level have been designed and implemented, what the imp...