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The politics of river basin organisations : coalitions, institutional design choices and consequence / edited by Dave Huitema, Sander Meijerink ; David Benson [and twenty seven others], contributors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Watershed management--Political aspects.
- Watershed management.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (427 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 of River Basin Organisations addresses this issue by exploring the subject on a global level.
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. The politics of river basin organisations: institutional design choices, coalitions and consequences; 2. Global water governance and river basin organisations; 3. Cooperative transboundary water governance in Canada's Mackenzie River Basin: status and prospects; 4. Designing an agency to manage a wicked water problem: the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board; 5. Partnering for success in England: the Westcountry Rivers Trust; 6. State-founded water boards in industrialised Western Germany
- 7. Emergence, performance and transformation of Portuguese water institutions in the age of river basin organisations8. The politics of establishing catchment management agencies in South Africa: the case of the Breede-Overberg Catchment Management Agency; 9. Introducing river basin management in a transitional context: a case study about Ukraine; 10. River basin organisations in Northern Afghanistan: the holy trinity of contemporary water management in practice; 11. Evolving river basin management in Mongolia?
- 12. Interplay between new basin organisations, pre-existing institutions and emerging environmental networks in the Mae Kuang watershed, northern Thailand13. The evolution of river basin management in the Murray-Darling Basin; 14. Institutional design, politics and performance of river basin organisations; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78254-922-6
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