Integrated River Basin Management through Decentralization

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Kemper, Karin E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Dinar, Ariel (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Blomquist, William (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Θέματα: 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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• River Basin Management at the Lowest Appropriate Level: When and Why Does It Work in Practice?
• River Basin Management at the Lowest Appropriate Level: When and Why Does It (Not) Work in Practice?
• Comparative Analysis of Case Studies
• Determinants of River Basin Management Decentralization: Motivation, Process, and Performance
• The Case Studies
• Australia: Murray-Darling Basin
• Brazil: Alto Tietê Basin
• Brazil: Jaguaribe Basin
• Canada: Fraser Basin
• Costa Rica: Tárcoles Basin
• Indonesia: Brantas Basin
• Poland: Warta Basin
• Spain: Guadalquivir Basin
• Conclusion
• River Basin Management: Conclusions and Implications.