Intersectoral Management On River Basins

Author : Charles L. Abernethy
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Watershed management
ISBN : 9789290904489

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Intersectoral Management on River Basins by Charles L. Abernethy Pdf

There are four papers focusing on the special recent experience of South Africa, as it replaces former inequitable water laws with a new one tq reflect its major pOlitical reorientation, and at the same time takes this opportunity of change to bring in several other principles of modern thinking about water, with a focus on participation by stakeholders, on the river-basin as management unit, on financial principles such as "users pay" and "polluters pay;' and on the potential role of access to water in addressing social issues such as poverty and gender discrimination. Conflict / Social aspects / Gender / Water law / Institutional constraints / Financing / Investment / Water scarcity / Water users' associations / Privatization / User charges / Water allocation / Political aspects / Water use efficiency / Water policy / Developing countries / Agricultural development / Poverty / Watercourses / River basins / Water management

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Poverty
ISBN : 9290904488

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Intersectoral Management of River Basins by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 082134465X

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Inter-sectoral Water Allocation, Planning, and Management by Anonim Pdf

Fundamental changes must take place in how water is allocated, planned, and managed if India's goals for continued economic growth and improved social and environmental conditions are to be met. India's needs are especially severe due to its rapidly developing water constraints, environmental problems, huge population, regional inequalities in water availability along with the federal administrative structure and rapid demographic and economic growth. The findings of 'Inter-Sectoral Water Allocation, Planning and Management' are that a comprehensive approach is needed in order to implement change. The book provides detailed recommendations in the areas of policy making, legislation and regulations, institutions, economic incentives, technology, and public information.

Author : Mark Svendsen
Publisher : CABI
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1845930215

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Irrigation and River Basin Management by Mark Svendsen Pdf

With increasing water scarcity, pressure to re-allocate water from agriculture to other uses mounts, along with a need to put in place institutional arrangements to promote 'higher value' uses of water. Many developing countries are now experimenting with establishing new institutional arrangements for managing water at the river basin level.This book, based on research by IWMI and others, reviews basin management in six developed and developing countries. It describes and applies a functional theory of river basin management, based on the idea that there is a minimum set of functions required to manage basins effectively and a set of basic conditions that enable effective management institutions to emerge. The book examines the experiences of both developed and developing countries in order to see what lessons can be learned and to identify what constitutes the core of a 'theory of river basin management'. It concludes that although it is difficult for developing countries to adopt approaches and institutional designs directly from developed countries, basic principles and lessons are transferable.

Author : Bruns, B, Bandaragoda, D. J
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2002-05-10
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : 9789290905141

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Governance for integrated water resources management in a river-basin context: proceedings of a regional seminar, Bangkok, May, 2002. by Bruns, B, Bandaragoda, D. J Pdf

Proceedings of Regional Seminar on Governance for Integrated Water-Resources Management in a River-Basin Context, organized by the International Water Management Institute in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute and Kasetsart University.

Author : François Molle,Thai Hoanh Chu
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : 9789290907084

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Implementing Integrated River Basin Management by François Molle,Thai Hoanh Chu Pdf

The report focuses on the establishment of the Red River Basin Organization (RRBO) in Vietnam, but expands its analysis to the wider transformations of the water sector that impinge on the formation and effectiveness of this organization. A few reflections on the policy process are drawn from this analysis, albeit in a tentative form given the relatively limited period of time considered here. The report shows that the promotion of IWRM icons such as RBOs by donors has been quite disconnected from the existing institutional framework. However, the establishment of RBOs might eventually strengthen a better separation of operation and regulation roles. Institutional change is shown to result from the interaction between endogenous processes and external pressures, in ways that are barely predictable.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Instutional and Policy Analysis of River Basin Management by Anonim Pdf

Author : William Young,Nagaraja Rao Harshadeep
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783036504667

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Managing Water Resources in Large River Basins by William Young,Nagaraja Rao Harshadeep Pdf

Management of water resources in large rivers basins typically differs in important ways from management in smaller basins. While in smaller basins the focus of water resources management may be on project implementation, irrigation and drainage management, water use efficiency and flood operations; in larger basins, because of the greater complexity and competing interests, there is often a greater need for long-term strategic river basin planning across sectors and jurisdictions, and considering social, environmental, and economic outcomes. This puts a focus on sustainable development, including consumptive water use and non-consumptive water uses, such as inland navigation and hydropower. It also requires the consideration of hard or technical issues—data, modeling, infrastructure—as well as soft issues of governance, including legal frameworks, policies, institutions, and political economy. Rapidly evolving technologies could play a significant role in managing large basins. This Special Issue of Water traverses these hard and soft aspects of managing water resources in large river basins through a series of diverse case studies from across the globe that demonstrate recent advances in both technical and governance innovations in river basin management.

Author : Dustin E Garrick,George R M Anderson,Daniel Connell,Jamie Pittock
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-31
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781781955055

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Federal Rivers by Dustin E Garrick,George R M Anderson,Daniel Connell,Jamie Pittock Pdf

This book provides a critical analysis of the impact of borders and divided governance on large rivers in federal political systems. The OECD has identified the global water crisis as one of governance and policy fragmentation. Population and economic

Author : Bandaragoda, Jayatissa
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006-05-16
Category : Watershed management
ISBN : 9789290906254

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Institutional adaptation for integrated water resources management: An effective strategy for managing Asian River Basins by Bandaragoda, Jayatissa Pdf

In many developing countries, their governments dominate the field of water resources management. Even in “participatory irrigation management” efforts, the governments play a dominant role. As these efforts are rarely based on any internally generated demand from the water users, they usually fail to create viable organizations at the local level. A similar setback can be seen in the more recent institutional reforms in Asia’s water sector, which are promoted by the donor agencies and, national and international development professionals. A survey of experiences in Asian countries shows that no country has successfully completed establishing new water sector policies and laws and river basin organizations, as prescribed. The need to improve current performance of water resources management is widely appreciated.In managing the scarce water resources, a change in attitude and approach is seen to be essential. Participatory learning and action methods conducted in a study of selected river basins in five Asian countries surfaced a distinct need for coordination at the river basin level. They also indicated a clear stakeholder preference for establishing coordinating mechanisms, by way of adapting the existing institutions, as an initial step towards greater stakeholder control of river basin management. Essentially, cost-effective and contextually appropriate institutional arrangements were preferred over the prescribed standard models, in order to meet the varying needs related to integrated water resources management.

Author : François Molle,Philippus Wester
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781845935382

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River Basin Trajectories by François Molle,Philippus Wester Pdf

This book contains 11 papers which cover a range of vital topics in the areas of water, agriculture, food security and ecosystems - the entire spectrum of developing and managing water in agriculture, from fully irrigated to fully rainfed lands. They are about people and society, why they decide to adopt certain practices and not others and, in particular, how water management can help poor people. They are about ecosystems - how agriculture affects ecosystems, the goods and services ecosystems provide for food security and how water can be managed to meet both food and environmental security objectives. This is the eighth book in the series.

Author : François Molle
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Water conservation
ISBN : 9789290905240

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Development Trajectories of River Basins by François Molle Pdf

The development of societies is shaped to a large extent by their resources base, notably water resources. Access to and control of water depend primarily on the available technology and engineering feats, such as river-diversion structures, canals, dams and dikes. As growing human pressure on water resources brings actual water use closer to potential ceilings, supply-augmentation options get scarcer, and societies, therefore, usually respond by adopting conservation measures and by reallocating water towards more beneficial uses.

Author : Jacques Ganoulis,Lucien Duckstein,Peter Literathy,istvan Bogardi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1996-02-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3540607145

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Transboundary Water Resources Management by Jacques Ganoulis,Lucien Duckstein,Peter Literathy,istvan Bogardi Pdf

In a world facing a growing water crisis, conflicts regarding water sharing and environmental issues are expected to grow, especially in transboundary river basins, where 40% of the world's population lives. This book represents one of the first attempts to bring together methodologies and analytical tools from socio-economic, international policy, engineering, and water management specialists dealing with transboundary water resources. The book is divided into three parts. Part I introduces state--of-the-art concepts in institutional policy and conflict analysis. Part II presents engineering approaches and models for transboundary water management and conflict resolution. Part III analyzes cases in international river basins and enclosed seas.

Author : Dave Huitema,Sander V. Meijerink
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-26
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781782549222

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The Politics of River Basin Organisations by Dave Huitema,Sander V. Meijerink Pdf

Can River Basin Organisations (RBOs) actually improve water governance? RBOs are frequently layered on top of existing governmental organisations, which are often reluctant to share their power. This, in turn, can affect their performance. The Politics

Author : Jeroen Warner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317093152

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Multi-Stakeholder Platforms for Integrated Water Management by Jeroen Warner Pdf

As they provide a negotiating space for a diversity of interests, Multi-Stakeholder Platforms (MSPs) are an increasingly popular mode of involving civil society in resource management decisions. This book focuses on water management to take a positive, if critical, look at this phenomenon. Illustrated by a wide geographical range of case studies from both developed and developing worlds, it recognizes that MSPs will neither automatically break down divides nor bring actors to the table on an equal footing, and argues that MSPs may in some cases do more harm than good. The volume then examines how MSPs can make a difference and how they might successfully co-opt the public, private and civil-society sectors. The book highlights the particular difficulties of MSPs when dealing with integrated water management programmes, explaining how MSPs are most successful at a less complex and more local level. It finally questions whether MSPs are - or can be - sustainable, and puts forward suggestions for improving their durability.