Irrigation and river basin management :
Irrigation and river basin management : options for governance and institutions /
edited by Mark Svendsen, Consultant, Oregon, USA and Fellow, International Water Management Institute.
- 1 online resource (xii, 258 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Managing River Basins : an Institutional Perspective / Mark Svendsen, Philippus Wester and François Molle -- Phases of River Basin Development : the Need for Adaptive Institutions / David Molden, R. Sakthivadivel, M. Samad and Martin Burton -- Limits to Leapfrogging : Issues in Transposing Successful River Basin Management Institutions in the Developing World / Tushaar Shah, Ian Makin and R. Sakthivadivel -- Making Sound Decisions : Information Needs for Basin Water Management / Martin Burton and David Molden -- Financing River Basin Organizations / Charles L. Abernethy -- Water Management for Irrigation and Environment in a Water-stressed Basin in Southwest France / Henri Tardieu -- Basin Management in a Mature Closed Basin : the Case of California's Central Valley / Mark Svendsen -- River Basin Closure and Institutional Change in Mexico's Lerma-Chapala Basin / Philippus Wester, Christopher A. Scott and Martin Burton -- Water Resources Planning and Management in the Olifants Basin of South Africa : Past, Present and Future / M. de Lange, D.J. Merrey, H. Levite and M. Svendsen -- Water Resource Management in the Dong Nai Basin : Current Allocation Processes and Perspectives for the Future / Mark Svendsen, Claudia Ringler and Nguyen Duy Son -- Governing Closing Basins : the Case of the Gediz River in Turkey / Mark Svendsen, D. Hammond Murray-Rust, Nilgün Harmancioğlu and Necdet Alpaslan -- Managing River Basins : Lessons from Experience / Mark Svendsen and Philippus Wester -- Providing Irrigation Services in Water-scarce Basins : Representation and Support / Philippus Wester, Tushaar Shah and Douglas J. Merrey.
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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.
Watershed management--Case studies.
Arid regions.
Watershed management.
Integrated water development.
Irrigation.
Agencies and Organizations.
Laws and Regulations.
Natural Resource Economics, (New March 2000)
Policy and Planning.
Soil Water Management (Irrigation and Drainage), (Revised June 2002)
Water Resources.
Community Participation and Development, (New March 2000)
Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000)
Community involvement.
Decision making.
Institution building.
Institutions.
Irrigation.
Irrigation systems.
Irrigation water.
Organizations.
Planning.
Politics.
Rivers.
Social participation.
Stakeholders.
Water allocation.
Water availability.
Water management.
Water policy.
Water supply.
Watershed management.
Watersheds.
Electronic books.
TC405 / .I77 2005eb
333.91/3
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Managing River Basins : an Institutional Perspective / Mark Svendsen, Philippus Wester and François Molle -- Phases of River Basin Development : the Need for Adaptive Institutions / David Molden, R. Sakthivadivel, M. Samad and Martin Burton -- Limits to Leapfrogging : Issues in Transposing Successful River Basin Management Institutions in the Developing World / Tushaar Shah, Ian Makin and R. Sakthivadivel -- Making Sound Decisions : Information Needs for Basin Water Management / Martin Burton and David Molden -- Financing River Basin Organizations / Charles L. Abernethy -- Water Management for Irrigation and Environment in a Water-stressed Basin in Southwest France / Henri Tardieu -- Basin Management in a Mature Closed Basin : the Case of California's Central Valley / Mark Svendsen -- River Basin Closure and Institutional Change in Mexico's Lerma-Chapala Basin / Philippus Wester, Christopher A. Scott and Martin Burton -- Water Resources Planning and Management in the Olifants Basin of South Africa : Past, Present and Future / M. de Lange, D.J. Merrey, H. Levite and M. Svendsen -- Water Resource Management in the Dong Nai Basin : Current Allocation Processes and Perspectives for the Future / Mark Svendsen, Claudia Ringler and Nguyen Duy Son -- Governing Closing Basins : the Case of the Gediz River in Turkey / Mark Svendsen, D. Hammond Murray-Rust, Nilgün Harmancioğlu and Necdet Alpaslan -- Managing River Basins : Lessons from Experience / Mark Svendsen and Philippus Wester -- Providing Irrigation Services in Water-scarce Basins : Representation and Support / Philippus Wester, Tushaar Shah and Douglas J. Merrey.
Access limited to subscribing institution.
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.
Watershed management--Case studies.
Arid regions.
Watershed management.
Integrated water development.
Irrigation.
Agencies and Organizations.
Laws and Regulations.
Natural Resource Economics, (New March 2000)
Policy and Planning.
Soil Water Management (Irrigation and Drainage), (Revised June 2002)
Water Resources.
Community Participation and Development, (New March 2000)
Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000)
Community involvement.
Decision making.
Institution building.
Institutions.
Irrigation.
Irrigation systems.
Irrigation water.
Organizations.
Planning.
Politics.
Rivers.
Social participation.
Stakeholders.
Water allocation.
Water availability.
Water management.
Water policy.
Water supply.
Watershed management.
Watersheds.
Electronic books.
TC405 / .I77 2005eb
333.91/3