Integrated Water Resources Management In Practice : Better Water Management for Development
By: Lenton, Roberto (Edited by), Muller, Mike (Edited by).
Earthscan Ltd. Published: 20/02/2009. Audience Guide: Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly, Professional & Vocational.
Hardback. Sourced from U.S.A.
Better water management will be crucial if we are to meet many of the key challenges of this century. The approach known as Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is widely recognized as the best way forward, but is poorly understood, even within the water sector.Through case studies, from both developed and developing countries in five continents, this book illustrates how better water management, guided by the IWRM approach, has helped to meet a wide range of sustainable development goals. It does this by considering practical examples, looking at how IWRM has contributed, at different scales, from very local, village level experiences to reforms at national level and beyond to cases involving trans-boundary river basins. Using these on-the-ground experiences, the book provides candid and practical lessons for policy makers, donors, and water and development practitioners worldwide looking at how IWRM principles were applied, what worked, and, equally important, what didn't work, and why.This book shows how the new approach of Integrated Water Resources Management can be applied in practice; and explores case study material from both urban and rural contexts in Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe. Item Details
ISBN10/13: 1844076490/9781844076499
TITLE: Integrated Water Resources Management in Practice
CONTRIBUTORS: Lenton, Roberto (Edited by), Muller, Mike (Edited by)
IMPRINT: Earthscan Ltd
PUBLISHER: Earthscan Ltd
FORMAT: Hardback
PUBLICATION DATE: 20/02/2009
SUBJECT: Agriculture & Farming, Business, Industry & Management, Scientific, Technical, Medical, Irrigation, Water Resource, Earth Sciences
DIMENSIONS (Width x Height): 189mm x 246mm
PAGES: 288
AUDIENCE GUIDE: Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly, Professional & Vocational
ILLUSTRATIONS: figures, index
CONTENTS: Introduction; Part I: Case Studies at a Local Level; Better Rural Livelihoods Through Improved Irrigation Management - Office du Niger, Mali; Meeting the Sanitation Needs of the Urban Poor - the Brazilian Condominial Model; Meeting the Water Needs of the Rural Poor through Local Water Resources Management - Sukhomajri, India; Maintaining Intensive Agriculture While Protecting Groundwater Quality - Denmark; From Industrial to Post Industrial Priorities in the Management of the Snake River, USA; Achieving Environmental Sustainability through Investing in Livelihoods - Community Husbandry in Bangladesh; Achieving Environmental Sustainability while Maximizing the Economic Productivity of Water Use in Agriculture; Part II: Case Studies at an Intermediate Level; Regional Economic Development through Water Infrastructure Development in China - the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers; Integrated Lake Management - Lake Biwa; National River Basin in a Developing Country - the Lerma-Chapala Basin; Part III: Case Studies at a National Level; Chilean Water Reform: Adaptive and Sequential Water Management Responses; Attempting to Do it All: How South Africa Addressed the 3 E's; Including Water in National Development Planning - Yemen; Living Well Without Fresh Water - Singapore; Part IV: Case Studies at a Trans-boundary Level; Reacting to the Impact of a More Complex Political Arrangement - Mekong Basin; Sharing a Lifeline: Transboundary Management in the Developing World - the Nile Basin Initiative.
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