Sustainability of Integrated Water Resources Management: Water Governance, Climate and Ecohydrology

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction: Sustainability of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)....Pages 1-6
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Integrated Water Resources Management in Latin America and the Caribbean....Pages 9-24
Integrated Water Resources Management: African Perspectives....Pages 25-49
A Paradigm Shift in Urban Water Management: An Imperative to Achieve Sustainability....Pages 51-64
Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in a Changing World....Pages 65-85
Water Resources Management and Sustainability in Mexico....Pages 87-100
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
The Gap Between Best Practice and Actual Practice in the Allocation of Environmental Flows in Integrated Water Resources Management....Pages 103-120
Ecohydrology: Understanding and Maintaining Ecosystem Services for IWRM....Pages 121-145
Assessment of Agricultural Water Management in Punjab, India, Using Bayesian Methods....Pages 147-162
Ecohydrology for Sustainability of IWRM: A Tropical/Subtropical Perspective....Pages 163-178
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Sustainability of Water Resources in Tropical Regions in the Face of Climate Change....Pages 181-195
Sustainable Development and Integrated Water Resources Management....Pages 197-214
Water-Resource Management in Mexico Under Climate Change....Pages 215-243
Prediction of Hydrological Risk for Sustainable Use of Water in Northern Mexico....Pages 245-271
Front Matter....Pages 273-273
Water Resources Management for Sustainable Environmental Public Health....Pages 275-287
Vulnerability and the Probability of Households Having Access to Water in Locations with Extreme Weather in Mexico City....Pages 289-322
Climate Change and Households’ Willingness to Pay for Protecting High Quality Water and Its Provision in a Small Basin at Ecuador....Pages 323-333
Shared Waters of the South Caucasus: Lessons for Treaty Formation and Development....Pages 335-344
Basin Comanagement Plans – A Participative Approach to Water Governance: A Case Study in Honduras, Central America....Pages 345-363
Integrating Local Users and Multitiered Institutions into the IWRM Process....Pages 365-386
Front Matter....Pages 273-273
The Environmental Regulatory Shift and Its Impact on Water Resources Management in Latin America....Pages 387-411
Environmental Provisions in the Constitutions of Uruguay and Argentina Affecting Water Resource Management....Pages 413-428
Front Matter....Pages 429-429
The Importance of Water-Energy Nexus for Sustainable Development: A South America Perspective....Pages 431-443
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: The Role of International Ocean and Freshwater Agreements....Pages 445-459
International Perspective on the Basin-Scale Water-Energy Nexus....Pages 461-488
Efficient Use of Water Resources for Sustainability....Pages 489-504
Land Use and Climate Change Impact on the Coastal Zones of Northern Honduras....Pages 505-530
Front Matter....Pages 531-531
Understanding the Spatiotemporal Variability of Hydrological Processes for Integrating Watershed Management and Environmental Public Health in the Great River Basin, Jamaica....Pages 533-561
Rainfall-Runoff Modelling for Sustainable Water Resources Management: SWAT Model Review in Australia....Pages 563-578
Watershed Modeling as a Tool for Sustainable Water Resources Management: SWAT Model Application in the Awash River Basin, Ethiopia....Pages 579-606
Back Matter....Pages 607-610