Global perspectives on integrated water resources management /

Global perspectives on integrated water resources management /

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Imprint:New Delhi : Academic Foundation, 2006.
Description:212 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Water-supply -- Management.
Integrated water development.
Natural resources -- Co-management.
Integrated water development.
Water-supply -- International cooperation.
Case studies.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6379388
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Varying Form of Title:Global perspectives on IWRM
Other authors / contributors:Pangare, Vasudha.
World Water Institute (Pune, India)
ISBN:8171885616
9788171885619
Notes:"Published in association with: World Water Institute; supported by: Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), and United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)"--T.p. verso.
"A resource kit"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Tables, Figures, Boxes and Appendix
  • Acronyms
  • Preface
  • Part A. Understanding Integrated Water Resources Management
  • Section I. Understanding IWRM
  • Introduction
  • Need for Integrated Water Resources Management
  • Water Related Challenges
  • Management Challenges: Stewardship and Governance
  • Multiple Aspects of Water Management
  • Definitions of IWRM
  • Principles of IWRM
  • Implementation of IWRM
  • Important Cross-cutting Elements in IWRM Implementation
  • Constraints and Questions in IWRM Implementation
  • Section II. IWRM, Floods and Droughts
  • Introduction
  • Floods
  • Drought
  • IWRM as a Risk Reduction Strategy
  • Section III. Overview of Case Studies
  • IWRM Principles and Implementation Processes in the Case Studies
  • Section IV. Conclusions
  • Part B. Case Studies
  • Case Study 1. Land and Water Management Planning in Warangal District, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Case Study 2. Farmer Managed Groundwater Systems: Coping with Drought in Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Case Study 3. Restoring Water Flows in the Deschutes River, Oregon, USA
  • Case Study 4. Emphasising Catchment Management in the Ping River Basin, Thailand
  • Case Study 5. Conservation and Management of Laguna de Bay, Philippines
  • Case Study 6. Managing Cambodia's Great Lake: The Tonle Sap
  • Case Study 7. Institutional Capacity Building: Bang Pakong Dialogue Initiative
  • Case Study 8. IWRM at the Grassroots: Gagas River Basin, Uttaranchal, India
  • Case Study 9. Decentralisation through Policy Reforms: Lerma Chapala Basin, Mexico
  • Case Study 10. Sharing the Mekong River Basin: Issues and Challenges for Sustainable Development
  • Case Study 11. Transboundary Cooperation: Rhine River Network, Europe
  • Case Study 12. Promising Approaches in Water Resources Management in the Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Sector: IRC Project
  • Index

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