River Basin Management in the Twenty-First Century: Understanding People and Place

Front Cover......Page 1
Scope and Purpose......Page 5
Contents......Page 9
List of Contributors......Page 13
List of Figures......Page 19
List of Tables......Page 23
List of Boxes......Page 25
Preamble: An Introduction to People and Placein River Basin Management......Page 27
PART 1 IWRM—Principles and Practices......Page 33
 Chapter 1 The Hegemony of Integrated WaterResources Management as a GlobalWater Discourse......Page 35
 Chapter 2 Beyond IWRM: Developing TerritorialIntelligence at the Local Scales......Page 54
 Chapter 3 Addressing Implementation Deficits Related to IWRM in Canada......Page 74
 Chapter 4 Integrated Watershed Management of Water and Other Natural Resources in River Basins of the United States......Page 92
 Chapter 5 Integrated Water Resources Management of Inland River Basins in the Hexi Corridor, Gansu, China with Special Reference to the Shule River Basin......Page 114
 Chapter 6 The Critical Role of Local Farmers in IWRM in Ghaghra-Gomti Basin, India......Page 133
PART 2 Transboundary River Management and Politics......Page 159
 Chapter 7 Managing Transboundary River Basins......Page 161
 Chapter 8 The Privatization Initiatives in the Turkish Water Sector: Reflections on the Transboundary Water Politics in the Euphrates-Tigris River Basin......Page 194
 Chapter 9 Challenges for Management of the Orange/Senqu River Basin......Page 221
 Chapter 10 Political Economy versus Comparative Advantage in the Nile Basin: Short Term Advantages or Long Term Gain?......Page 248
PART 3 Water Management Policy, Politics and Economics......Page 273
 Chapter 11 Sustainable Management of Water Resources in the Yellow River Basin: Main Issues and Legal Approaches......Page 275
 Chapter 12 People versus Place in Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin: Balancing Economic, Social Ecosystem and Community Outcomes......Page 307
 Chapter 13 The Role of Water Users Associations in Integrated Water Resource Management of Zhangye City in Heihe River Basin, China......Page 336
 Chapter 14 Republic of Tajikistan: Its Role in the Management of Water Resources in the Aral Sea Basin......Page 357
 Chapter 15 Lake Eyre Basin—Challenges for Managing the World’s Most Variable River System......Page 378
PART 4 People and Place......Page 401
 Chapter 16 People and Place as Determinants of Success or Failure to Meet Management Objectives in River Basins......Page 403
 Chapter 17 From Policy to Practice: Institutional Arrangements for Integrated River Basin Management in Nepal......Page 429
 Chapter 18 Sink or Swim: Alternative Approaches to Flood Disaster Reconstruction and Mitigation......Page 450
 Chapter 19 The Role of Territorial Intelligence: The Case of the Thau Territory, Southern France......Page 478
 Chapter 20 Uniting Perspectives: People and Place in River Basin Management......Page 499
Glossary of Terms......Page 517
About the Editors......Page 522
Color Plate Section......Page 524
Back Cover......Page 534