Irrigation and river basin management: options for governance and institutions
As water scarcity increases, pressure to reallocate water from agriculture to other uses mounts. With this mounting pressure comes the need for institutional arrangements that can manage and accommodate shifts to higher value uses of water. These changes in resource allocation patterns have profound implications for all involved players, particularly the agriculturists whose livelihoods are based on irrigation. The thirteen chapters of this book review basin management and cover case studies conducted in developed and developing countries, applying a functional theory of river basin management. The theory is based on the idea that there is a minimum set of functions that enable effective management in successful river basins. The studied basins were: Neste located in France, Central Valley in California (USA), Lerm-Chapala in Mexico, Olifants in South Africa, Dong Nai in Vietnam, and Gediz in Turkey. A set of basic conditions required for effective management institutions to emerge, is presented. Water policy, key water management stakeholders, enabling conditions (viz., political and informational attributes, legal authority and resources), and organizational configurations are also covered.
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Wallingford (United Kingdom) CABI
2005
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| Subjects: | BASIN IRRIGATION, WATERSHED MANAGEMENT, WATER MANAGEMENT, WATER USE, WATERWAY TRANSPORT, WATER AVAILABILITY, HYDROLOGY, HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES, WATER RESOURCES, WATER SUPPLY, FINANCING, CASE STUDIES, HYDROLOGIE, OUVRAGE HYDRAULIQUE, RESSOURCE EN EAU, APPROVISIONNEMENT EN EAU, FINANCEMENT, ETUDE DE CAS, IRRIGATION PAR CUVETTE, AMENAGEMENT DE BASSIN VERSANT, GESTION DES EAUX, UTILISATION DE L'EAU, TRANSPORT PAR EAU, EAU DISPONIBLE, HIDROLOGIA, CONSTRUCCIONES HIDRAULICAS, RECURSOS HIDRICOS, ABASTECIMIENTO DE AGUA, FINANCIAMIENTO, ESTUDIOS DE CASOS PRACTICOS, RIEGO POR SUMERSION, ORDENACION DE CUENCAS, ORDENACION DE AGUAS, USO DEL AGUA, TRANSPORTE POR AGUA, DISPONIBILIDAD DEL AGUA, |
| Online Access: | https://www.cabi.org/cabebooks/FullTextPDF/2005/20053039203.pdf |
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