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oapen-20.500.12657-584792023-02-01T09:32:46Z Water Resources Allocation and Agriculture Rouillard, Josselin Science Environmental Science Science Applied Sciences Technology & Engineering Mining bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TQ Environmental science, engineering & technology bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PD Science: general issues::PDG Industrial applications of scientific research & technological innovation bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TT Other technologies & applied sciences::TTU Mining technology & engineering The book brings together a range of leading scholars and practitioners to compile an international account of water allocation policies supporting a transition to sustainable water use in regions where agriculture is the dominant water use. In Section 1, the collection canvasses five key cross-cutting issues shaping the challenge of sustainable water allocation policy, such as legal and economic perspectives, the role of politics, the setting of environmental flows, and the importance of indigenous rights. Section 2 presents 13 national, state and transboundary case studies of water allocation policy, covering cases from Europe, the Americas, Central Asia, the Middle East and the Pacific region. These case studies highlight novel and innovative elements of water allocation regimes, which respond to the cross-cutting issues addressed in Section 1, as well as local challenges and social and environmental imperatives. The book provides a comprehensive account of water allocation in a range of international settings and provides a reference point for practitioners and scholars worldwide wishing to draw on the latest advances on how to design and implement sustainable water allocation systems. 2022-09-21T05:32:27Z 2022-09-21T05:32:27Z 2022 book 9781789062786 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/58479 eng application/pdf n/a external_content.pdf IWA Publishing IWA Publishing 10.2166/9781789062786 10.2166/9781789062786 dc3cfe72-8424-48e6-b8e0-fca2844ba38e b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781789062786 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) IWA Publishing Knowledge Unlatched open access
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The book brings together a range of leading scholars and practitioners to compile an international account of water allocation policies supporting a transition to sustainable water use in regions where agriculture is the dominant water use. In Section 1, the collection canvasses five key cross-cutting issues shaping the challenge of sustainable water allocation policy, such as legal and economic perspectives, the role of politics, the setting of environmental flows, and the importance of indigenous rights. Section 2 presents 13 national, state and transboundary case studies of water allocation policy, covering cases from Europe, the Americas, Central Asia, the Middle East and the Pacific region. These case studies highlight novel and innovative elements of water allocation regimes, which respond to the cross-cutting issues addressed in Section 1, as well as local challenges and social and environmental imperatives. The book provides a comprehensive account of water allocation in a range of international settings and provides a reference point for practitioners and scholars worldwide wishing to draw on the latest advances on how to design and implement sustainable water allocation systems.
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