Metropolitan Water Use Conflicts In Asia And The Pacific

Author : James E. Nickum
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429715877

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Metropolitan Water Use Conflicts In Asia And The Pacific by James E. Nickum Pdf

Although Asia is the least urbanized continent, it contains half of the world’s megacities and many of the world’s fastest-growing economies. Urban growth is already stressing local water supplies and causing intense conflict among water users—between haves and have-nots in urban areas as well as between farmers and fishers outside the cities. In addition, concern is growing over the depletion and degradation of water sources and over the impact of water policies and patterns of water use on the natural environment. From the perspective of the maturing metropolitan water economy, the contributors to this volume consider the problems of urban water management in the region. They focus on the institutional and policy dimensions of conflict and seek to provide a range of viable options for reducing the growing frictions among water users. Eight specific case studies of urban areas in Asia and the Pacific span a wide range of economic levels of development, physical settings, and hydrological conditions. The book will be of interest to scholars and policymakers concerned with issues of water and environmental policy, urban management, and resource conflict in general.

Author : R. Wirsing,C. Jasparro,D. Stoll
Publisher : Springer
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137292193

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International Conflict over Water Resources in Himalayan Asia by R. Wirsing,C. Jasparro,D. Stoll Pdf

The authors explore the fresh water crisis of Himalayan Asia. While the region hosts some of the world's mightiest rivers, it is also home to rapidly modernizing, increasingly affluent, and demographically multiplying societies, ensuring the rapid depletion of water resources and of disputes over ownership of transboundary waters.

Author : Cecilia Tortajada,Asit Biswas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317985563

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Improving Water Policy and Governance by Cecilia Tortajada,Asit Biswas Pdf

Old forms of governance in both public and private sectors are becoming increasingly irrelevant because of rapidly changing conditions. Because of these changes, both governance processes and the scope of the institutions through which power is exercised throughout society may have to undergo a radical break with the past and prevailing models of governance. Water sector is an integral part of the global system. Consequently, its governance processes and the institutions responsible for its management must change as well in order to cope with the current challenges and potential future changes. Because of these current and future changes, water governance may have to change more during the next 20 years compared to the past 2000 years, if societal expectations are to be successfully met. All these changes will make water governance more complex than ever before witnessed in human history. Improving water governance will require good and objective analyses of case studies from different parts of the world as to what has worked, why and the enabling environments under which good governance has been possible. The present volume analyses case studies of good water governance from different parts of the world, and for different water use sectors. It concludes with an analysis of the critical issues that should be considered for water governance and a priority research agenda for improving water governance in the future. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of Water Resources Development.

Author : François Molle
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Water transfer
ISBN : 9789290906247

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Cities Versus Agriculture by François Molle Pdf

Author : Charles Jr. Wolf,K. C. Yeh,Benjamin Zycher,Nicholas Eberstadt,Sungho Lee
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003-06-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780833036049

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Fault Lines in China's Economic Terrain by Charles Jr. Wolf,K. C. Yeh,Benjamin Zycher,Nicholas Eberstadt,Sungho Lee Pdf

The authors consider how and by how much China's stellar economic performance might be impaired by eight potential adversities that China may face in the next decade: unemployment, poverty, and social unrest; corruption; HIV/AIDS and epidemic diseases; water resource problems and pollution; energy consumption and prices; the fragile financial system and state-owned enterprises; curtailed foreign direct investment; and serious military conflicts.

Author : Binayak Ray
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2008-07-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780739130278

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Water by Binayak Ray Pdf

Water: The Looming Crisis in India analyzes the key issues in developing national freshwater policies for the mainland countries of the South Asian sub-continent. Ray suggests that freshwater policy must cover all aspects of physical environment and human life, by noting that food and drought management are parts of freshwater policy and acknowledging that water is a scarce natural resource and has economic value. He calls for the development of basin-wide policies to minimize conflicts within riparian countries, as well as a freshwater policy baseline to minimize internal conflicts on water sharing arrangements. By pointing out the need for full participation of all stakeholders in developing a baseline policy including people displaced by the construction of large dams, Ray suggests a new system in which riparian countries are guaranteed that no water-related project proceeds without a transparently developed environmental impact assessment and evaluation of alternative options.

Author : Susanne C. Moser,Maxwell T. Boykoff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781135071295

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Successful Adaptation to Climate Change by Susanne C. Moser,Maxwell T. Boykoff Pdf

What does successful adaptation look like? This is a question we are frequently asked by planners, policy makers and other professionals charged with the task of developing and implementing adaptation strategies. While adaptation is increasingly recognized as an important climate risk management strategy, and on-the-ground adaptation planning activity is becoming more common-place, there is no clear guidance as to what success would look like, what to aim for and how to judge progress. This edited volume makes significant progress toward unpacking the question of successful adaptation, offering both scientifically informed and practice-relevant answers from various sectors and regions of the world. It brings together 18 chapters from leading experts within the field to present careful analyses of different cases and situations, questioning throughout commonly avowed truisms and unspoken assumptions that have pervaded climate adaptation science and practice to date. This book offers not one answer but demonstrates how the question of success in important ways is normative and context specific. It identifies the various dimensions of success, such as economic, political, institutional, ecological, and social, explores the tensions between them, and compiles encouraging evidence that resolutions can be found. The book appraises how climatic and non-climatic stressors play a role, what role science does and can play in adaptation decision making, and how trade-offs and other concerns and priorities shape adaptation planning and implementation on the ground. This is timely interdisciplinary text sheds light on key issues that arise in on-the-ground adaptation to climate change. It bridges the gap between science and practical application of successful adaptation strategies and will be of interest to both students, academics and practitioners.

Author : Jo-Ansie van Wyk,Richard Meissner,Hannatjie Jacobs
Publisher : EOLSS Publications
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781848262096

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Future Challenges of Providing High-Quality Water - Volume I by Jo-Ansie van Wyk,Richard Meissner,Hannatjie Jacobs Pdf

Future Challenges of Providing High-Quality Water theme is a component of Encyclopedia of Water Sciences, Engineering and Technology Resources in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. The Theme on Future Challenges of Providing High-Quality Water, explores the globalization of issues and challenges pertaining to the provision of high quality water in future, against the background of global climate change. This work in two volumes is aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College students Educators, Professional practitioners, Research personnel and Policy analysts, Managers, and Decision makers and NGOs.

Author : Saskia Sassen
Publisher : EOLSS Publications
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781848260450

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Human Settlement Development - Volume II by Saskia Sassen Pdf

Human Settlement Development is a component of Encyclopedia of Institutional and Infrastructural Resources in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. The Theme on Human Settlement Development deals, in nine parts and four volumes , with a myriad of issues of great relevance to our world such as: Urban Sustainability and the Regional City System in the Asia Pacific; Peri-Urbanization: Zones of Rural - Urban Transition; Urban Sustainability: Theoretical Perspectives on Integrating Economic Development and the Environment; Rural Sustainability; Using Foreign Direct Investment to Improve Urban Environmental Infrastructure and Services- The Case of Hanoi, Vietnam; The Long Road Towards Sustainable Cities: The Dutch case; Urban Dimensions of Sustainable Development; Rural Development: Participation and Diversity for Sustainability; The Cities, the State and the Markets: In Search of Sustainability These four volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College students Educators, Professional practitioners, Research personnel and Policy analysts, managers, and decision makers and NGOs.

Author : Claudia Ringler,Asit K. Biswas,Sarah Cline
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642046155

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Global Change: Impacts on Water and food Security by Claudia Ringler,Asit K. Biswas,Sarah Cline Pdf

In recent years, a greater level of integration of the world economy and an opening of national markets to trade has impacted virtually all areas of society. The process of globalization has the potential to generate long-term benefits for developing countries, including enhanced technology and knowledge transfers and new fina- ing options supporting agricultural and economic development. However, risks of political and economic instability, increased inequality, and losses in agricultural income and production for countries that subsidize their agricultural and other e- nomic sectors threaten to offset potential benefits. Globalization can also have a profound impact on the water sector – in terms of allocation and use of water – and thus on food security as well. Other global change processes, particularly climate change, are also likely to have far-reaching impacts on water and food security, and societies around the world. To discuss these issues in-depth, the International Food Policy Research Institute, the Third World Centre for Water Management, Mexico, and the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE), Costa Rica, held a three-day International Conference on “Globalization and Trade: Implications for Water and Food Security,” at CATIE’s Turrialba, Costa Rica, headquarters under the auspices of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food in 2005. The workshop set out to identify the major risks and emerging issues facing developing countries related to global economic and environmental change impacts on water and food security.

Author : Navroz K. Dubash,Bronwen Morgan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199677160

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The Rise of the Regulatory State of the South by Navroz K. Dubash,Bronwen Morgan Pdf

Recent decades have witnessed a spurt of energetic institution-building in the developing world, as regulatory agencies emerge to take over the role of the executive in key sectors. This volume empirically explores the emergence of regulatory agencies of a range of developing countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Author : John Thompson
Publisher : IIED
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Africa, East
ISBN : 9781904035985

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Drawers of Water II by John Thompson Pdf

Author : Frederick D. Gordon
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780791477342

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Freshwater Resources and Interstate Cooperation by Frederick D. Gordon Pdf

Reports from the United Nations suggest that as much as forty percent of the global population could be without adequate freshwater supplies by 2015, leading some experts to predict that future wars will be fought over water rather than oil. Yet to date, most nation-states have been able to develop viable freshwater agreements to share this precious resource. Frederick D. Gordon examines how effective these accords are in sharing and redistributing water and whether they are sufficient to meet the increasing threat of water scarcity. Using an innovative ranking system, he assesses the significance of cooperation within both bilateral and multilateral accords, including the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Accords of 1993–1995, the Lesotho Highlands Water Treaty of 1986, and the 1994 Convention on Cooperation for the Protection and Sustainable Use of the River Danube. Gordon identifies central factors and stakeholders that are necessary for mitigating the risk of conflict and presents a template for understanding how state behavior can manage and sustain regional water resources.

Author : Chennat Gopalakrishnan,Cecilia Tortajada,Asit K. Biswas
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2005-02-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 3540238115

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Water Institutions: Policies, Performance and Prospects by Chennat Gopalakrishnan,Cecilia Tortajada,Asit K. Biswas Pdf

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.

Author : Zafar Adeel,Robert G. Wirsing
Publisher : Springer
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319328454

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Imagining Industan by Zafar Adeel,Robert G. Wirsing Pdf

This volume calls upon over a dozen Indus observers to imagine a scenario for the Indus basin in which transboundary cooperation over water resources overcomes the insecurity arising from water dependence and scarcity. From diverse perspectives, its essays examine the potential benefits to be gained from revisiting the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, as well as from mounting joint efforts to increase water supply, to combat climate change, to develop hydroelectric power, and to improve water management. The Indus basin is shared by four countries (Afghanistan, China, India, and Pakistan). The basin’s significance stems in part simply from the importance of these countries, three of them among the planet’s most populous states, one of them boasting the world’s second largest economy, and three of them members of the exclusive nuclear weapons club. However, the basin’s significance stems also from the great importance of the Indus waters themselves – due especially to the region’s massive dependence on irrigated agriculture as well as to the menace of climate change and advancing water scarcity. The “Industan” this volume imagines is a definite departure from business as usual responses to the Indus basin’s emerging fresh water crisis. The objective is to kindle serious discussion of the cooperation needed to confront what many water experts believe is developing into one of the planet’s most gravely threatened river basins. It is thus both assessment of the current state of play in regard to water security in the Indus basin and recommendation about where to go from here.