Integrated River Basin Management through Decentralization

✍ Scribed by K. E. Kemper, W. Blomquist, A. Dinar (auth.), Karin E. Kemper, Ariel Dinar, William Blomquist (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 275
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Drawing upon a worldwide survey of river basin organizations and in-depth studies of eight river basins in a variety of locations around the globe, this book examines how institutional arrangements for managing water resources at the river-basin level have been designed and implemented, what the impetus for these arrangements has been, and what institutional features appear to be associated with greater or lesser success in river basin management.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XXI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
River Basin Management at the Lowest Appropriate Level: When and Why Does It (Not) Work in Practice?....Pages 3-15
Comparative Analysis of Case Studies....Pages 17-32
Determinants of River Basin Management Decentralization: Motivation, Process, and Performance....Pages 33-61
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Australia: Murray-Darling Basin....Pages 65-82
Brazil: Alto Tietê Basin....Pages 85-108
Brazil: Jaguaribe Basin....Pages 111-129
Canada: Fraser Basin....Pages 131-147
Costa Rica: Tárcoles Basin....Pages 149-165
Indonesia: Brantas Basin....Pages 167-185
Poland: Warta Basin....Pages 187-204
Spain: Guadalquivir Basin....Pages 207-226
Front Matter....Pages 227-227
River Basin Management: Conclusions and Implications....Pages 229-238
Back Matter....Pages 239-262

✦ Subjects

Hydrogeology; Environmental Management; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Political Science; Economic Policy