Water Institutions: Policies, Performance and Prospects

Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 5
1.2 Institutions: An Overview......Page 12
1.3 Institutional Entropy......Page 14
1.4 Hawaii’s Water Institutions: An Evolutionary Perspective......Page 15
1.5 Performance of Hawaii’s Water Institutions: A Case Study......Page 23
1.6 Hawaii’s Water Institutions: A Case of Institutional Entropy......Page 29
1.7 Future Directions......Page 30
1.8 References......Page 32
2.1 Introduction......Page 35
2.2 Public and Private Institutions......Page 36
2.3 Analysis of a Sri Lankan Institution......Page 40
2.4 Concluding Remarks......Page 55
2.5 References......Page 56
3.1 Introduction......Page 57
3.3 Analytical Framework......Page 58
3.4 Water Institutional Environment: An Overview......Page 62
3.5 Water Institutional Structure: A Macro Perspective......Page 64
3.6 Water Institutional Structure: Micro Perspective......Page 75
3.7 Evaluating the Performance of Water Institutions......Page 79
3.8 Institutional Change: Nature, Extent, and Causes......Page 82
3.9 Concluding Remarks......Page 87
3.10 References......Page 88
4.2 Locating the Irrigation Districts in Contemporary China......Page 91
4.3 Recent History and the Disenabling Environment......Page 94
4.4 Reform Initiatives......Page 99
4.5 Interpretation and Meanings......Page 105
4.7 References......Page 106
5.1 Introduction......Page 109
5.2 River Basin Commissions, 1946-1986......Page 110
5.3 Factors which influenced the performance of the river basin commissions......Page 128
5.4 Regional approach for water policies and institutions......Page 132
5.5 Concluding Remarks......Page 135
5.7 References......Page 137
6.2 The Beginnings of Water Institutions......Page 141
6.3 Islam and Water......Page 143
6.4 Modern Water Institutions......Page 145
6.5 National Case Studies......Page 146
6.6 Overall Assessment of Water Institutions in the Middle East......Page 160
6.7 References......Page 162
7.2 The Southern African Hydropolitical Complex......Page 164
7.3 History of Development in the South African Water Sector......Page 167
7.4 An Assessment of Post-Apartheid Institutional Development......Page 174
7.6 References......Page 178
8.2 The Definition and Evolution of Property Rights......Page 184
8.3 “Optimising” the Property Rights System......Page 185
8.4 The Evolution of Western U.S. Water Rights......Page 187
8.5 The Need for Change in Western U.S. Water Administration......Page 189
8.6 Specific Steps......Page 191
8.7 References......Page 193
9.1 Introduction......Page 195
9.2 The Prior Appropriation Doctrine......Page 196
9.3 Flaws in Principle and in Application......Page 197
9.4 A Modern Role for the Prior Appropriation Doctrine......Page 204
9.6 References......Page 206
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