Gopalakrishnan / Tortajada / Biswas Water Institutions: Policies, Performance and Prospects

1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-3-642-06277-3
Verlag: Springer

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Beschreibung

This is a global survey and assessment of the structure, evolution, and performance of water institutions – administration policies and regulatory practices – in regional, national, and international settings. The coverage includes analysis and discussion of the rationale for institutional innovations, based on case study findings; specific suggestions for sustainable institutional design; and recommendations for implementing institutional reforms.

Autoren

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Gopalakrishnan, Chennat

Tortajada, Cecilia

Biswas, Asit K.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Water Allocation and Management in Hawaii: A Case of Institutional Entropy.- Institutions for Resources Management: A Case Study from Sri Lanka.- Water Institutions in India: Structure, Performance, and Change.- Uphill Flow of Reform in China's Irrigation Districts.- Institutions for Water Management in Mexico.- Water Institutions in the Middle East.- Institutions in South African International River Basins.- Property Rights, Water Rights and the Changing Scene in Western Water.- Finding a Modern Role for the Prior Appropriation Doctrine in the American West.

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Research

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