Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management

New and Published Books

1-5 of 5 results in Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management

1. Water Governance, Policy and Knowledge Transfer

   International Studies on Contextual Water Management

   Edited by Cheryl De Boer, Joanne Vinke-de Kruijf, Gül Özerol, Hans Th. A. Bressers

   Series: Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management

   In an increasingly global community of researchers and practitioners, new technologies and communication means have made the transfer of policies from one country or region to another progressively more prevalent. There has been a lot of attention in the field of public administration paid to...

   Published May 23rd 2013 by Routledge
2. Contemporary Water Governance in the Global South

   Scarcity, Marketization and Participation

   Edited by Leila M. Harris, Jacqueline A. Goldin, Christopher Sneddon

   Series: Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management

   The litany of alarming observations about water use and misuse is now familiar—over a billion people without access to safe drinking water; almost every major river dammed and diverted; increasing conflicts over the delivery of water in urban areas; continuing threats to water quality from...

   Published May 14th 2013 by Routledge
3. Transferable Groundwater Rights

   Integrating Hydrogeology, Law and Economics

   By Andreas N. Charalambous

   Series: Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management

   The principle of transferable groundwater rights is that by making water rights capable of being traded in the market, water resources can be used more sustainably and efficiently. Groundwater would achieve its economic value, by switching from the high volume-low value irrigation, which is...

   Published March 24th 2013 by Routledge
4. Governing International Watercourses

   River Basin Organizations and the Sustainable Governance of Internationally Shared Rivers and Lakes

   By Susanne Schmeier

   Series: Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management

   This book focuses on River Basin Organizations as the key institutions for managing internationally shared water resources. This includes a comparative analysis of all River Basin Organizations worldwide and three in-depth case studies from three different continents. The detailed case studies are...

   Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge
5. Water Management, Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in Developing Economies

   Edited by M. Dinesh Kumar, M.V.K. Sivamohan, Nitin Bassi

   Series: Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management

   This book addresses strategies for food security and sustainable agriculture in developing economies. The book focuses primarily on India, a fast developing economy, whose natural resource base comprising land and water supporting agricultural production is not only under enormous stress, but also...

   Published September 25th 2012 by Routledge