Water Management in New Zealand's Canterbury Region A Sustainability Framework /

• Main Author: Jenkins, Bryan R. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Global Issues in Water Policy, 19
• Subjects: Environmental management.; Sustainable development.; Public policy.; Natural resources.; Environmental Management.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Sustainable Development.; Public Policy.; Natural Resources.

The book is designed to achieve two major purposes. The first is to describe the developments in water management policy in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand. The strategic approach, the collaborative engagement, and, the nested adaptive systems approach represent a paradigm shift in water manage...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Part 1. Institutional and Theoretical Framework
• Chapter 2. Water Management Framework in New Zealand
• Chapter 3. Water Management in Canterbury
• Chapter 4. Sustainability Framework
• Chapter 5. Structure of the Sustainability Analysis
• Part 2. Failure Pathway Analysis
• Chapter 6. Cumulative Effects at the Catchment Scale
• Chapter 7. Biophysical System Failure Pathways
• Chapter 8. Socio-Economic System Failure Pathways
• Chapter 9. Water-Related Health Failure Pathways
• Chapter 10. Regional Level Failure Pathways
• Part 3. Sustainability Methods
• Chapter 11. Sustainability Assessments
• Chapter 12. Sustainability Decision Making
• Part 4. Implications for Water Management
• Chapter 13. Changes to Achieve Sustainable Management.