Policy and strategic behaviour in water resource management / edited by Ariel Dinar and Jose Albiac.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dinar, Ariel, 1947-

Albiac, José.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water-supply--Economic aspects.

Water-supply.

Water resources development--Environmental aspects.

Water resources development.

Water quality management--Economic aspects.

Water quality management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Water resource management throughout the world is a very complicated issue, involving various aspects and dimensions and a well-coordinated set of policies. A well-designed water policy is a multi-faceted concerted intervention, which could be specific to just one set of political and physical socio-economic conditions. A framework to analyse the interaction between policy design and implementation can assist in improving both of these in various physical, economic and political situations.This book focuses on the interaction between policy making and strategic behaviour of policy makers, wate

Contents:

Policy and Strategic Behaviour in Water Resource Management; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures, Maps, Tables and Boxes; List of Contributors; Foreword; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1 Policy and Strategy in Water Resource Management: Can We Do Better When Both Are Coordinated?; Part IIssues in Water Resource Policy; 2 Issues in Water Resources Policy in Jordan; 3 Water Scarcity, Quality and Environmental Protection Policies in Jordan; 4 Water Management in Urbanizing, Arid Regions: Innovative Voluntary Transactions as a Response to Competing Water Claims

5 Groundwater Management Issues and Innovations in Arizona6 Water Policy in Australia: The Impact of Change and Uncertainty; 7 The Policy Challenge of Matching Environmental Water to Ecological Need; 8 Water Management in Spain: An Example of Changing Paradigms; 9 Policy Issues Related to Climate Change in Spain; Part IIIssues in Water Resource Strategy; 10 Water Conflicts: Issues in International Water, Water Allocation and Water Pricing with Focus on Jordan; 11 Good and Bad Forms of Participation in Water Management: Some Lessons from Brazil

12 Issues of Balancing International, Environmental and Equity Needs in a Situation of Water ScarcityPart IIIInteraction between Policy and Strategy; 13 Modelling Negotiated Decision Making under Uncertainty: An Application to the Piave River Basin, Italy; 14 Strategic Behaviour in Water Policy Negotiations: Lessons from California; 15 Strategic Behaviour in Transboundary Water and Environmental Management; 16 Climate Change and International Water: The Role of Strategic Alliances in Resource Allocation; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-55958-2

1-136-55959-0

1-282-10106-4

9786612101069

600-00-1392-2

1-84977-221-5

9781849772211

OCLC:

476279876