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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world‘s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.In this authoritative Advanced Introduction, Ken Conca expertly examines the fundamentals of water politics, covering poverty, health and livelihoods alongside key areas such as water law, the environment, international politics and the growing role of climate change in water governance.Key features include: analysis of water politics and policy grounded in law, politics, economics, and environmental management a detailed overview of not only research and scholarship in the field but also the perspectives and activities of the community of practice examination of the major areas of contention in current water policy, including pricing and privatization, large dams and contentious infrastructure, water and climate adaptation, cooperation and conflict in international river basins, and the food-water-energy nexus. This book provides essential reading for scholars and students of political science, public policy, environment studies, human geography and related social sciences, in addition to decision makers and policy makers in the water and environmental policy fields.Trade Review‘This book is a must read for those wanting to understand the importance of water. While water is life, Conca reminds us that it is also highly political. In demonstrating the political challenges for governing water, Conca surveys such topics as the food-water-energy nexus, water justice and rights, water pricing, climate change adaptation, and water conflict and cooperation. Conca draws out timely lessons for managing future water politics.’ -- Erika Weinthal, Duke University, North Carolina, US'It is always a special treat when scholars at the peak of their career take the time to reflect deeply on their passions. Such is the case here, where Prof. Ken Conca writes what is nominally a survey of the past, present, and future of water politics and governance, but more accurately is the expression of his 30 years of experience observing and participating in hydropolitical decision-making around the world. As a ''pracademic'' who ''in the room'' more often than not, Conca can write with detail and nuance about settings from the Mekong to Flint, Michigan, and of policy tipping points from the Dublin Principles (1992) to the World Commission on Dams (2000) to the forecasts of the 2030 Water Resources Group (2009), all of which inform his thoughtful and (thankfully) optimistic projections for the future.' -- Aaron T. Wolf, Oregon State University, US‘Advanced Introduction to Water Politics is a masterful and comprehensive tour of the multiple ways in which water is political. Drawing on decades of outstanding research, Conca goes way beyond de rigeur accounts of water as an issue of national security, to explain the everyday politics of water at diverse scales, sectors, and locations. Retrospective and prospective, human and nuanced, this is a volume that anyone interested in the politics of water must read.‘ -- Jon Barnett, University of Melbourne, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: 1. What makes water political? 2. Access to water 3. Water, food, and energy 4. The strange economics of water 5. Environmental dimensions 6. Governing Water: Legal and managerial frameworks 7. The international dimension: Conflict and cooperation 8. Water futures References Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world‘s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.In this authoritative Advanced Introduction, Ken Conca expertly examines the fundamentals of water politics, covering poverty, health and livelihoods alongside key areas such as water law, the environment, international politics and the growing role of climate change in water governance.Key features include: analysis of water politics and policy grounded in law, politics, economics, and environmental management a detailed overview of not only research and scholarship in the field but also the perspectives and activities of the community of practice examination of the major areas of contention in current water policy, including pricing and privatization, large dams and contentious infrastructure, water and climate adaptation, cooperation and conflict in international river basins, and the food-water-energy nexus. This book provides essential reading for scholars and students of political science, public policy, environment studies, human geography and related social sciences, in addition to decision makers and policy makers in the water and environmental policy fields.Trade Review‘This book is a must read for those wanting to understand the importance of water. While water is life, Conca reminds us that it is also highly political. In demonstrating the political challenges for governing water, Conca surveys such topics as the food-water-energy nexus, water justice and rights, water pricing, climate change adaptation, and water conflict and cooperation. Conca draws out timely lessons for managing future water politics.’ -- Erika Weinthal, Duke University, North Carolina, US'It is always a special treat when scholars at the peak of their career take the time to reflect deeply on their passions. Such is the case here, where Prof. Ken Conca writes what is nominally a survey of the past, present, and future of water politics and governance, but more accurately is the expression of his 30 years of experience observing and participating in hydropolitical decision-making around the world. As a ''pracademic'' who ''in the room'' more often than not, Conca can write with detail and nuance about settings from the Mekong to Flint, Michigan, and of policy tipping points from the Dublin Principles (1992) to the World Commission on Dams (2000) to the forecasts of the 2030 Water Resources Group (2009), all of which inform his thoughtful and (thankfully) optimistic projections for the future.' -- Aaron T. Wolf, Oregon State University, US‘Advanced Introduction to Water Politics is a masterful and comprehensive tour of the multiple ways in which water is political. Drawing on decades of outstanding research, Conca goes way beyond de rigeur accounts of water as an issue of national security, to explain the everyday politics of water at diverse scales, sectors, and locations. Retrospective and prospective, human and nuanced, this is a volume that anyone interested in the politics of water must read.‘ -- Jon Barnett, University of Melbourne, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: 1. What makes water political? 2. Access to water 3. Water, food, and energy 4. The strange economics of water 5. Environmental dimensions 6. Governing Water: Legal and managerial frameworks 7. The international dimension: Conflict and cooperation 8. Water futures References Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Advanced Introduction to Water Economics and Policy highlights various aspects of economic and policy considerations as they are applied to water decision-making and evaluation in a comprehensive and clear manner.Key Features: Presents example-based simplified descriptions of water problems and economic principles used to address them Provides examples from different countries and analysis of main water-using sectors Highlights emerging topics in water economics that address water scarcity and discusses economic and policy aspects related to the management of water at local, regional and international scales Researchers and students will appreciate the comprehensive, straightforward presentation of critical information in this Advanced Introduction that does not get lost in technical jargon.Trade Review‘A very well written book that helps readers understand the issues framing relevant theories and practice. Most chapters provoke further thoughts about the issues. Practical applications make the book relevant for non-specialists as does the understandable, less technical language. One can learn much about water economics and policy problems in this relatively short book.’ -- Petr Sauer, Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic‘As a world-class water resources economist, Professor Ariel Dinar is always at the edge of the discipline. The book is another outstanding contribution to the application of economics in hot water issues around the world.’ -- Dajun Shen, Renmin University, ChinaTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction to Advanced Introduction to Water Economics and Policy 2. Past and future trends in water availability and use 3. Management of water in the agricultural sector 4. Management of water in the residential sector 5. Environment-water interactions and management 6. Economic and policy considerations in groundwater management 7. Economics of water pollution regulation 8. Economics and politics of international water management 9. Climate change and water resources 10. Emerging topics in water economics and policy 11. Summary and concluding remarks to Advanced Introduction to Water Economics and Policy Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Advanced Introduction to Water Economics and Policy highlights various aspects of economic and policy considerations as they are applied to water decision-making and evaluation in a comprehensive and clear manner.Key Features: Presents example-based simplified descriptions of water problems and economic principles used to address them Provides examples from different countries and analysis of main water-using sectors Highlights emerging topics in water economics that address water scarcity and discusses economic and policy aspects related to the management of water at local, regional and international scales Researchers and students will appreciate the comprehensive, straightforward presentation of critical information in this Advanced Introduction that does not get lost in technical jargon.Trade Review‘A very well written book that helps readers understand the issues framing relevant theories and practice. Most chapters provoke further thoughts about the issues. Practical applications make the book relevant for non-specialists as does the understandable, less technical language. One can learn much about water economics and policy problems in this relatively short book.’ -- Petr Sauer, Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic‘As a world-class water resources economist, Professor Ariel Dinar is always at the edge of the discipline. The book is another outstanding contribution to the application of economics in hot water issues around the world.’ -- Dajun Shen, Renmin University, ChinaTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction to Advanced Introduction to Water Economics and Policy 2. Past and future trends in water availability and use 3. Management of water in the agricultural sector 4. Management of water in the residential sector 5. Environment-water interactions and management 6. Economic and policy considerations in groundwater management 7. Economics of water pollution regulation 8. Economics and politics of international water management 9. Climate change and water resources 10. Emerging topics in water economics and policy 11. Summary and concluding remarks to Advanced Introduction to Water Economics and Policy Index

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Book SynopsisThis outstanding new book provides the most detailed and comprehensive evaluation of water reform and water sector performance from the perspectives of institutional economics and political economy. Skilfully integrating institutional theory with resource economics, and set against an exhaustive review of the theoretical and empirical literature, the authors develop an alternative methodology to quantitatively assess the performance of institutions in the context of water. This methodology is built on the principle of 'institutional ecology', the 'institutional decomposition and analysis' framework, and the 'subjective theory' of institutional change. Using this new methodology, plus information collected through an international survey of 127 water experts, the authors present a detailed empirical analysis of the process of institution-performance interaction in the water sector. Relying on the institutional transaction cost approach and an extensive cross-country review of recent water sector reforms, they also provide evidence on the relative role of various factors which influence the extent and depth of water institutional reforms in 43 countries and regions around the world. The book concludes with far reaching implications for the theory and policy of water sector reform in particular and institutional reform in general. Unique and up-to-date, this book offers an authoritative review of the important linkages between institutions and performance both in general and water sector contexts. By laying the foundations for future research and policy in this field, it will be of particular relevance and value for institutional economists, natural resource and environmental economists, political scientists, policymakers, donor agencies and students and scholars working on water-related issues.Trade Review'We are both impressed by the book. It merits prominent publication as a far-reaching application of innovative methodologies to an important, and well explained, worldwide policy problem.' -- Randall Calvert, Washington University, St. Louis, US and Thrainn Eggertsson, University of Iceland'[The] literature review . . . is one of the best and most comprehensive that I have seen.' -- - Daniel W. Bromley, University of Wisconsin, US'This is an impressive book . . . [It] will be used by diverse audiences. For scholars interested in the evolution of institutional theory, they will assign students primarily to the first three chapters . . . For scholars in resource economics, they will have them read the last part of the book . . . The strength of the book, however, is bringing both these approaches together within one set of pages.' -- - Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Water Challenge: An Institutional Diagnosis 2. Understanding Institutions: Nature, Performance, and Change 3. Existing Literature: Approaches, Attempts, and Limitations 4. Evaluating Institutional Linkages: Towards an Alternative Methodology 5. Analytical Framework and Empirical Models 6. Empirical Context: Description and Justification 7. Institutional Changes in the Water Sector: A Cross-Country Review 8. Institution–Performance Linkages: Evidence and Evaluation 9. Institution–Performance Linkages: Robustness and Contextuality 10. Institutional Sequencing and Packaging 11. Conclusions with Implications for Theory and Policy Appendix A: Questionnaire Appendix B: List of Experts who Provided Input and Data Appendix C: Mathematical Analog for Impact-Transmission Channels Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe combination of cheap, easily available materials, margin for error, suitability for amateurs and flexibility in terms of size and shape, make ferrocement tanks an ideal choice for anyone looking for long-term water security on a budget, and they work well in all but the harshest environment. With hands-on experience, the authors provide a detailed guide to enable confident and safe construction by anyone interested in building their own ferrocement tank. Felicity and Daniel share their reasons for choosing these tanks, how they calculated their water needs and how they constructed and maintain their tanks that cater for all their needs. With our weather patterns drastically shifting between drought and flood due to the climate change, it is vital to have reserves of water to rely on. Felicity and Daniel self-built their own house and included water tanks. They achieved water security for less than the cost of joining the local water network! Whether you are creating your own off-grid home, or want to reduce your carbon footprint and reliance on mains water, the ferrocement tank offers a simple, achievable and robust DIY solution.

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Book SynopsisDrought is considered to be a normal feature of climate especially in tropical countries where occurrence of periods of dry weather during rainy season is common. Virtually droughts can occur in all climates and they can also be witnessed when the air temperatures are higher than the normal for a longer period that increases both evaporation and water deficit. 1. The first deals with the introduction to the topic, historical evidences of drought and famines in India. 2. The definition of droughts, criteria for classification of droughts, drought indices based on rainfall, climate derivatives and remote sensing are covered under two. 3. Information on climate change with respects to climate trends, projections on temperature and rainfall at global as well at national level, consequences of climate change on droughts are presented in there. 4. Approaches on drought monitoring, adopted by various countries, international cooperation in drought monitoring and drought monitoring mechanism in India are presented in four. Decision Support Systems and applications of GIS for drought monitoring are also covered in this . 5. World food production and its variability, the impact of phenomenal drought during 2009 on food grain production in different countries, impacts of droughts on livestock, milk and fisheries production are covered under five. 6. Global surface waters, availability of surface waters in India, influence of drought on fauna and flora of surface waters and global warming on water resources at global and national level is discussed in six. 7. Drought management strategies, drought planning and preparedness action plans at global as well at national level, indigenous knowledge on drought management, astrological techniques in weather forecasting and traditional wisdom on management of droughts in different nomadic communities in Asia and Africa are covered in seven. eight carries the conclusion of the entire book. This book will be useful to the students and research scholars of Agrometeorology, Meteorology and Geography and all Research Scientists dealing with NRM.

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Book SynopsisThe textbook Principles of Soil and Water Analysis will be beneficial to soil chemists, agricultural officers, specialists, research scholars from soil testing laboratories, and other laboratory technicians or assistants.

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents methods and techniques for soil quality and pesticide residue analysis in the field of forage science. The book has been composed by gathering laboratory procedures and techniques from various reliable sources, with the aim of including as much information as possible. The book includes the most recent methods and interpretations, ranging from sampling to testing platforms. It provides detailed testing protocols and quality assurance protocols. This book is especially beneficial for young researchers, scientists, and students pursuing M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in soil science and pesticide residue analysis.

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Book SynopsisThis is a text book for agriculture and agricultural engineers and will be very much helpful for the beginning students in irrigation. It is designed to guide students from a basic knowledge of soil, mathematics, hydrologic and hydraulics to the state-of-the-art irrigation system design and management. Since major and medium irrigation projects are too costly and at the same time are not eco-friendly, the major thrust of research is now being imparted on low cost and easy to construct farm irrigation structures. The primary aim of the book is to design an optimum size small scale water harvesting structure which is the farm pond mostly used by the farmers in the farms. My goal is to present the principles and concepts of farm irrigation in a simple manner to maximize the students learning, understanding and motivation. The method and order of presentation have been carefully developed and classroom tested to make this book a useful and effective teaching tool. The book will not only be a helping tool to the students and teachers in agriculture and agricultural engineering but also to all the practicing engineers, agriculturists, soil conservationists and agricultural extension workers who deal directly or indirectly with water management and other associated farm development works. However, the book cannot be used for design of complex hydraulic structures including dams and reservoi The book contains 23 solved problems, 238 short and long type questions, 42 tables, 55 figures and more than 138 references which will be immensely helpful to the students and design engineeSeveral field experimental results have also been incorporated in the book at appropriate sections to make the book interesting for the readers.Table of Contents1. Farm pond irrigation and rainfed agriculture. 2. Types of farm ponds. 3. Location and site selection. 4. Water supply to farm pond. 5. Water demand from farm pond. 65. Dimensions of farm pond. 7. Optimum size of farm pond. 8. Construction of farm pond. 9. Losses of water in farm pond. 10. Efficient use of harvested water of farm pond. 11. Economics of farm pond irrigation systems. 12. Farm pond maintenance. 13. Other sources of irrigation.

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Book SynopsisCrop growth and productivity is limited by a large number of adverse conditions of ambient environment and soil composition. Among these, drought and soil salinity are most prevalent stresses. In view of shrinking land resources and continuing pressures of growing population in most developing countries, it has become imperative that crop yields are not allowed to suffer on any type of cultivable land. Breeding crop varieties resistant to drought and salinity stress, therefore, assumes great importance. Major limitations to exploiting genetic resistance have been the lack of (i) definition of the level of stress that is relevant to crop productivity, (ii) screening procedures that can be reliably employed for identifying genotypes possessing attributes governing stability of performance under stress conditions, and (iii) Understanding of the processes that have direct as well as indirect relevance to conferment of resistance. This book presents the much-needed information on drought and salinity stress under one cover. s have been contributed by a leading authority and practitioner of his own field of specialization. The book will be an indispensable source of information for students and researchers interested in the subject of drought and salinity stresses and breeding approaches for achieving resistance to these stresses.Table of Contents1 Salt-affected Soils: An Overview by I.P. Abrol 2 Breeding Crop Varieties for Salt-affected Soils by R.S. Rana 3 Drought Resistance in Crop Plants: A Physiological and Biochemical Analysis by Suresh K. Sinha 4 Breeding Approaches for Drought Resistance in Crop Plants by R.S. Paroda 5 Screening Techniques for Drought Resistance in Rice by T.T. Chang and Genoveva C. Loresto

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Book SynopsisThe book Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation is intended as a text book of micro irrigation design and practices for the students of the agricultural sciences and the professionals and workers in the field of micro irrigation. The book discusses the type and components, hydraulics and design, installation and maintenance of micro irrigation system. It contains good number of numerical as example and task to get the students familiar to the requirements, complicacies, and possible remedies in actual working condition. In addition to conventional broad and short questions in every of the book there are multiple choice questions to assist the students in preparing the competitive examinations.Table of Contents01 Drip Introduction 02 Hydraulics of Flow Regime 03 Drip Design Procedure 04 Design of Pipe Network 05 Distributor 06 Fertilization 07 Low Cost Drip System 08 Sprinkler Irrigation

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Book SynopsisDrought is considered to be a normal feature of climate especially in tropical countries where occurrence of periods of dry weather during rainy season is common. Virtually droughts can occur in all climates and they can also be witnessed when the air temperatures are higher than the normal for a longer period that increases both evaporation and water deficit. 1. The first deals with the introduction to the topic, historical evidences of drought and famines in India. 2. The definition of droughts, criteria for classification of droughts, drought indices based on rainfall, climate derivatives and remote sensing are covered under two. 3. Information on climate change with respects to climate trends, projections on temperature and rainfall at global as well at national level, consequences of climate change on droughts are presented in there. 4. Approaches on drought monitoring, adopted by various countries, international cooperation in drought monitoring and drought monitoring mechanism in India are presented in four. Decision Support Systems and applications of GIS for drought monitoring are also covered in this . 5. World food production and its variability, the impact of phenomenal drought during 2009 on food grain production in different countries, impacts of droughts on livestock, milk and fisheries production are covered under five. 6. Global surface waters, availability of surface waters in India, influence of drought on fauna and flora of surface waters and global warming on water resources at global and national level is discussed in - six. 7. Drought management strategies, drought planning and preparedness action plans at global as well at national level, indigenous knowledge on drought management, astrological techniques in weather forecasting and traditional wisdom on management of droughts in different nomadic communities in Asia and Africa are covered in seven. eight carries the conclusion of the entire book. Book will be useful to the students and research scholars of Agrometeorology, Meteorology and Geography and all Research Scientists dealing with NRM.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Drought Assessment and Vulnerability 3. Climate Change and Droughts 4. Drought Monitoring 5. Impacts on Agricultural Production 6. Impacts on Water Resources 7. Drought Management Strategies 8. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisFrom the 1980s onward, billions of dollars were poured into irrigation improvement programs in Egypt. These aimed at improving local Nile water management through the introduction of more water-efficient technology and by placing management of the improved systems in the hands of local water user associations. The central premise of most of these programs was that the functioning of such associations could rely on the revival of traditional forms of social capital-social networks, norms, and trust-for their success. Social Capital and Local Water Management in Egypt shows how the far-reaching social changes wrought at the village level in Egypt through the twentieth century rendered such a premise implausible at best and invalid at worst.Dalia Gouda examines networks of social relationships and their impact on the exercise of social control and the formation of collective action at the local level and their change over time in four villages in the Delta and Fayoum governorates. Outlining three time frames, pre-1952, 1952-73, and 1973 to the present, and moving between multiple actors-farmers, government officials, and donor agencies-Gouda shows how institutional and technological changes during each period and the social changes that coincided with them yielded mixed successes for the water user associations in respect of water management. Social Capital and Local Water Management in Egypt is essential reading for anyone working in the field of community based natural resource management in Egypt, including policymakers and practitioners, donor agencies, and civil society organizations, as well as anthropologists and sociologists.

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Book SynopsisThe Terrestrial Water Cycle: Natural and Human-Induced Changes is a comprehensive volume that investigates the changes in the terrestrial water cycle and the natural and anthropogenic factors that cause these changes. This volume brings together recent progress and achievements in large-scale hydrological observations and numerical simulations, specifically in areas such as in situ measurement network, satellite remote sensing and hydrological modeling. Our goal is to extend and deepen our understanding of the changes in the terrestrial water cycle and to shed light on the mechanisms of the changes and their consequences in water resources and human well-being in the context of global change. Volume highlights include: Overview of the changes in the terrestrial water cycle Human alterations of the terrestrial water cycle Recent advances in hydrological measurement and observation Integrated modeling of the terrestrial wateTable of ContentsContributors vii Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Part I: Overview of the Changes in the Terrestrial Water Cycle 1 1 Macroscale Hydrological Modeling and Global Water BalanceTaikan Oki and Hyungjun Kim 3 2 Historical and Future Changes in Streamflow and Continental Runoff: A ReviewAiguo Dai 17 3 Changes in the Global Terrestrial Water Cycle: A Review and SynthesisQiuhong Tang, Xuejun Zhang, Ming Pan, and Xingcai Liu 39 Part II: Human Alterations of the Terrestrial Water Cycle 55 4 Human-Induced Changes in the Global Water CycleTian Zhou, Ingjerd Haddeland, Bart Nijssen, and Dennis P Lettenmaier 57 5 Impacts of Groundwater Pumping on Regional and Global Water ResourcesYoshihide Wada 71 6 Land Use/Cover Change Impacts on Hydrology in Large River Basins: A ReviewLan Cuo 103 Part III: Recent Advances in Hydrological Measurement and Observation 135 7 GRACE-Based Estimates of Global Groundwater DepletionMin-Hui Lo, James S Famiglietti, John T Reager, Matthew Rodell, Sean Swenson, and Wen-Ying Wu 137 8 Regional-Scale Combined Land-Atmosphere Water Balance Based on Daily Observations in IllinoisPat J-F Yeh 147 Part IV: Integrated Modeling of the Terrestrial Water Cycle 167 9 Drivers of Change in Managed Water Resources: Modeling the Impacts of Climate and Socioeconomic Changes Using the US Midwest as a Case StudyNathalie Voisin, Lai-Yung R Leung, and Mohamad I Hejazi 169 10 Modeling the Role of Vegetation in Hydrological Responses to Climate ChangeXingcai Liu, Qiuhong Tang, Xuejun Zhang, and Guoyong Leng 193 11 Estimating Virtual Water Contents Using a Global Hydrological Model: Basis and ApplicationsNaota Hanasaki 209 Index 229

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Book SynopsisCivilisation is thirsty... it never stopped to think what would happen if the water ran out. ALEXANDER BELL Peak water is the point when the available water is not enough to meet the demands of the world's growing population. We might live on a watery world, but we are exhausting accessible supplies. Many parts of the world are already facing this crisis, and not only in the developing world. Some of the places experiencing 'peak water' are in the USA, Europe and the UK. Even the wettest lands will be engulfed in the global catastrophe that looms. This is the issue of our age.Trade ReviewWhat makes Peak Water interesting is the way it weaves such laconic personal predictions with a wealth of history, anecdote and analysis, all focussing on the vital role of water in the rise and fall of civilisations... [Bell's] aim is to provoke thought, to stir discussion amongst lay observers – and in that he certainly succeeds. - SCOTTISH REVIEW OF BOOKS How we built civilization on water and drained the world dry is the subject of Alexander Bell’s recent book, Peak Water. Bell delves deeply into the roots of modern civilisation, beginning just before the settlement of the first cities… There have been many books in recent years recounting the trouble we are in when it comes to water, but few that examine how we arrived at this point. Bell does just that… - THE ECOLOGIST

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Book SynopsisWater justice is becoming an ever-more pressing issue in times of increasing water-based inequalities and discrimination. Megacities, mining, forestry, industry and agribusiness claim an increasingly large share of available surface and groundwater reserves. Water grabbing and pollution generate poverty and endanger ecosystems'' sustainability. Beyond large, visible injustices, the book also unfolds the many ''hidden'' water world injustices, subtly masked as ''rational'', ''equitable'' and ''democratic''. It features critical conceptual approaches, including analysis of environmental, social, cultural and legal issues surrounding the distribution and management of water. Illustrated with case studies of historic and contemporary water injustices and contestations around the world, the book lays new ground for challenging current water governance forms and unequal power structures. It also provides inspiration for building alternative water realities. With contributions from renowned sTrade Review'This is a major book on the political ecology of water conflicts by the top experts in the field. It defines a new field of study, 'water justice'. It's a great addition to the study of local and global movements against environmental injustice with a focus on water-grabbing and unequal access to water for irrigation, mining, urban sanitation, and hydroelectricity.' Joan Martinez-Alier, Emeritus Professor of Economics and Economic History, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona'Boelens, Perreault and Vos have assembled a genuinely impressive set of authors to tackle the nature, meaning, and drivers of water injustices across the world, and to explore the possibilities of water justice. While the picture is far from rosy, the book provides rich theoretical and empirical perspectives through which to understand the inequities surrounding the control and use of water and to imagine alternative futures. This text will be a point of reference for many years to come.' Anthony Bebbington, Australian Laureate Fellow, University of Melbourne, and Milton P. and Alice C. Higgins Professor of Environment and Society, Clark University, Massachusetts'This timely and engaging volume by some of the world's foremost scholars on water constitutes a loud sound of alarm. Not only that, it shows why liberal and neoliberal water rationalities … won't work. Proposed instead is a sophisticated approach to the question of water as nature, and of its relation to justice, from which emerges a powerful framework for alternative hydrosocialities. By reminding us that what is at stake … is people's very right to exist, Water Justice enables us to imagine and construct other paths for fair and wise water policies.' Arturo Escobar, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill'It would be difficult to overstate the global significance of water injustice, which continues to be a major obstacle preventing millions of human beings from enjoying a dignified life. Water Justice addresses key aspects of this complex problem, bringing together a unique international team of scholars. This is not only a timely collection, but also one that provides access to rich theoretical arguments and empirical examples that allow an in-depth treatment of the topic. The book is a welcome contribution for academics, students, and practitioners, and will attract a wider readership among those concerned with the future of civilized human life.' José Esteban Castro, Newcastle University''Water justice!' is the rallying cry of this book. It explores in a readable, illuminating and comprehensive way the multiple dimensions of water injustice and the diverse struggles to change these.' Cristóbal Kay, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam and the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of LondonTable of Contents1. Introduction: the multiple challenges and layers of water justice struggles Rutgerd Boelens, Jeroen Vos and Tom Perreault; Part I. Re-Politicizing Water Allocation: 2. Water governance as a question of justice: politics, rights and representation Dik Roth, Margreet Zwarteveen, K. C. Joy and Seema Kulkarni; 3. Water grabbing: practices of contestation and appropriation of water resources in the context of expanding global capital Gert Jan Veldwisch, Jennifer Franco and Lyla Mehta; 4. De-politicized policy analysis: how the prevailing frameworks of analysis slight equity in water governance Andrea K. Gerlak and Helen Ingram; 5. Urban water and sanitation injustice: an analytical framework Ben Crow; Part II. Hydrosocial De-Patterning and Re-Composition: 6. '… And not a single injustice remains': hydro-territorial colonization and techno-political transformations in Spain Erik Swyngedouw and Rutgerd Boelens; 7. Making space for the Cauca River in Colombia: inequalities and environmental citizenship Renata Moreno-Quintero and Theresa Selfa; 8. Reconfiguration of hydrosocial territories and water justice struggles Lena Hommes, Rutgerd Boelens, Bibiana Duarte-Abadía, Juan Pablo Hidalgo and Jaime Hoogesteger; 9. Large-scale dam development and counter movements: water justice struggles around Guatemala's Chixoy Dam Barbara Rose Johnston; Part III. Exclusion and Struggles for Co-Decision: 10. Indigenous people and water governance in Canada: regulatory injustice and prospects for reform Karen Bakker, Rosie Simms, Nadia Joe and Leila Harris; 11. Sanitation justice? The multiple dimensions of urban sanitation inequalities Maria Rusca, Cecilia Alda-Vidal and Michelle Kooy; 12. Uniting diversity to build Europe's water movement Right2Water Jerry van den Berge, Rutgerd Boelens and Jeroen Vos; 13. Everyday water injustice and the politics of accommodation Frances Cleaver; 14. Sharing our water: inclusive development and glocal water justice in the Anthropocene Joyeeta Gupta; Part IV. Governmentality, Discourses and Struggles over Imaginaries and Water Knowledge: 15. Neoliberal water governmentalities, virtual water trade, and contestations Jeroen Vos and Rutgerd Boelens; 16. Critical ecosystem infrastructure: governing the forest-water nexus in the Kenyan Highlands Connor Joseph Cavanagh; 17. The meaning of mining, the memory of water: collective experience as environmental justice Tom Perreault; 18. New spaces for water justice? Groundwater extraction and changing gendered subjectivities in Morocco's Saïss region Lisa Bossenbroek and Margreet Zwarteveen; 19. Conclusions: struggles for justice in a changing water world Tom Perreault, Rutgerd Boelens and Jeroen Vos; Index.

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Book SynopsisAn evaluation of the theory and assumptions underlying methods for estimating rates of groundwater recharge. Hydrogeologists, water-resource specialists, civil and agricultural engineers, Earth and environmental scientists and agronomists will benefit from this informative and practical book, which is also a useful adjunct text for advanced courses in groundwater or hydrogeology.Trade Review'… the structure of the book is well thought over, and each section can be perceived as a comprehensive elaboration preceded by an introduction and followed by a discussion … well written … students will find in this book important and interesting information that they can apply in their hydrological projects … I find the book a valuable source of knowledge, supported by the author's scientific experience.' Geologos'… provides such a treasure trove of insight and information, presented in such an amiable fashion, that it deserves a place of honor on the bookshelves of groundwater professionals everywhere … In addition to theory, facts, examples and references, the book provides valuable insight … this is an extremely useful new addition to the hydrogeologists' library … will prove particularly useful to modelers looking for insight into their uppermost boundary conditions (both recharge and discharge) … it will also inspire some of us to go out and try one or more of the many methods that are so well documented in the book and will ultimately result in significant advances in our science.' Ground Water'Clearly written, the book also serves as a reference work. … The literature is covered extensively, with emerging techniques presented in historical context. … Many hydrologists will want to keep a copy close at hand as a reference text.' Eos'… an excellent addition to the growing knowledge base of groundwater science and technology. … By placing an emphasis on method, this book provides clear concepts of the recharge process and associated methods that stem from more than 800 peer-reviewed references. …Healy's book offers a comprehensive yet focussed treatment in both theoretical and practical aspects through a wealth of cited references. … the book comprehensively documents some forty methods that can be applied for estimating groundwater recharge in a range of hydrological scenarios. Perhaps for the first time, both theoretical and practical aspects are considered within the conceptual framework. It makes the book an excellent reference for both students and practising hydrogeologists to consult in their endeavour to better understand recharge estimation.' Hydrogeology JournalTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Groundwater recharge; 2. Water-budget methods; 3. Modeling methods; 4. Methods based on surface-water data; 5. Physical methods - unsaturated zone; 6. Physical methods - saturated zone; 7. Chemical tracer methods; 8. Heat tracer methods; 9. Linking estimation methods to conceptual models of groundwater recharge; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisAs cities from Cape Town to La Paz face acute water shortages, citizens need to know how urban water systems evolved to understand their vulnerabilities and alternatives. This volume sheds light on the challenges of water management in Australian cities drawing on environmental, urban and economy history.

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Book SynopsisUsing the latest mapping techniques, J.A.A. Jones, Chair of the IGU Commission for Water Sustainability, examines water availability, the impact of climate change and the problems created for water management worldwide as well as possible solutions.Water Sustainability: A Global Perspective is one of the first textbook to meld the physical and human aspects affecting the world''s water resources. Part One outlines the challenges and investigates the human factors: population growth; urbanization and pollution; the commercialization of water, including globalization and privatization; and the impacts of war, terrorism and the credit crunch. Part Two examines the physical aspects: the restless water cycle, the impact of past and future climate change and the problems change and unreliability create for water management. Part Three discusses current and future solutions including improved efficiency and water treatment systems, desalinatiTrade Review"This book will represent a valuable contribution to the academic literature and will be invaluable to many an undergraduate student addressing these key concepts and themes" – Beverley Todd, Circulation "This excellent book will be an indispensable resource for students of water resources and its related disciplines. Chapters conclude with possible discussion topics, and as well as being extensively indexed and referenced throughout, the reader is directed to further academic and popular texts as well as webbased resources." – Hywel Griffiths, Aberystwyth University, AreaTable of Contents1. A looming crisis Part I Status and challenges 2. Rising demand and dwindling per capita resources 3. Water and poverty 4. Governance and finance 5. Pollution and water-related disease 6. Water, land and wildlife 7. Dams and diversions 8. Trading water - real and virtual 9. Water, war and terrorism 10. The threat of global warming Part II Nature's resources 11. The restless water cycle 12. Shrinking freshwater stores Part III Towards sustainability 13. Cutting demand 14. Increasing supplies 15. Cleaning up and protecting the aquatic environment 16. Using seawater 17. Controlling the weather 18. Improved monitoring and data management 19. Improving prediction and risk assessment 20. Improving management and justice 21. Aid for the developing world Conclusions 22. Is sustainability achievable?

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Book SynopsisA Thirsty Land chronicles Texans' epic struggles over water, from San Antonio's mission-era acequias to today's debates in the face of climate change and population growth, with an eye toward innovative technologies and strategies for increasing the supplTrade ReviewA Thirsty Land tells a compelling and important story not just about the state's water history, but also about its social, economic, and political identity. * Western Historical Quarterly *A reporting tour de force and reminiscent of Cadillac Desert, the 1986 book by Marc Reisner that is required reading for anyone seeking to understand water policy in the West. McGraw’s work is similarly nuanced, thoroughly researched and beautifully written. . . McGraw showcases a deep understanding of Texas law, history and culture. There’s a desire not just to explain where we stand now, but how we got here. * Texas Observer *Water is set to become the world’s most important commodity. It will be access to water that will determine which communities thrive. It will be the ability of state and local governments to set and enforce water conservation policies that will determine the long-term viability of the quickly growing cities and suburbs being planted in the desert. . . we need to worry about the right things. . . Start worrying about water. * Inside Higher Ed *McGraw's book proves that the United States simply isn't ready for the next big drought or flood. This is a problem that's been brewing for a long time, and climate change is about to make it worse. Gulp. * EcoWatch *Although A Thirsty Land is Texas-based, it raises questions about water as a resource and commodity that fits any location; questions we should all be considering regardless of where we live and the prodigiousness of our local water resources. * Block Island Times *In stark prose that often gleams like a bone pile bleached in the sun, McGraw travels back and forth across Texas to give a free-ranging but deadeye view of the crisis on the horizon. * Texas Monthly *It’s hard to write about the slow creep of environmental crises like drought without resorting to shock tactics or getting lost in the weeds…[McGraw] draws out the conflicts in compelling ways by drilling into the plight of individual water users. Even if you feel no connection to Texas, these stories are relevant to every part of the country. * Outside *Interviewing both scientific experts and everyday water users, [McGraw] clearly delineates the competing interests, describes political and geological reality, and makes a compelling argument for statewide water policy that utilizes modern technology and fairly weighs parochial needs against the good of the whole. * Arizona Daily Star, Southwest Books of the Year *Readers will put the book down with a sense of urgency, a set of strategies, and a feeling of hope. * Texas Books in Review *A Thirsty Land tells a compelling and important story not just about the state's water history, but also about its social, economic, and political identity. * Western Historical Quarterly *McGraw skillfully weaves his memorable conversations with everyday Texans into detailed research on water history and laws. The result is a highly readable and engaging book full of lively characters…McGraw argues cogently that Texas needs a rigorous statewide water plan based on natural boundaries of aquifers and the knowledge that thirsty land regions and water-abundant regions are interconnected. * Great Plains Research *Table of ContentsPrologue 1. Pipe Dreams: The 1968 State Water Plan 2. When Mine Is Yours and Yours Is Ours 3. “That’s the Kind of Thinking That Will Get Your Land Took from You” 4. The Last Straw 5. Rice in the Desert 6. What Makes the Dollar Flip 7. Dow by Law 8. An Oak with Its Roots in the River, Redux 9. Old Men Shouting at the Clouds 10. A Tale of Two Colonias 11. Up Against the Wall 12. Finding a Solution, Come Hell or No Water 13. Must Be Something in the Water 14. Hanged in a Fortnight Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisWith empirical and ethnographic case studies from around the world the three volumes together represent one of the most complete and up to date accounts of the central role of water in the history and development of humanity.Table of ContentsContents Introduction: Urbanization and water systems Terje Tvedt and Terje Oestigaard Part 1 The first cities, their localization and structure 1. Ancient Jericho/Tell es-Sultan. the tale of an early city and water control in ancient Palestine Lorenzo Nigro 2. Mohenjo-daro, Indus Valley Civilization: water supply and water use in the third millennium BC Michael Jansen 3. Xian: water management and the development of the city planning in history Xiaochang C. Wang and Rong Chen 4. Phoenician cities and water: the role of sacred sources in the urban development of Motya, Western Sicily Federica Spagnoli 5. Waters at Babylon Olof Pedersén 6. Water control in ancient Greek cities Demetris Koutsoyiannis and Anna Patrikiou 7. Plumbing Ancient Rome Katherine Rinne Part 2: Water systems and urban development through history 8. Aksum: water and urbanization in northern Ethiopia Federica Sulas 9. Machu Picchu: water engineering in the mountains Kenneth R. Wright 10. The water supply of Byzantine and Ottoman Constantinople James Crow 11. Timbuktu: origin of urbanism by the “Mother’s well” Douglas Park 12. Water management in a maritime culture: the Swahili coast of East Africa Stephanie Wynne-Jones and Jeffrey Fleisher 13. Holy wells, hot springs and royal baths: water and socio-cultural developments in medieval and post-medieval Ethiopia Niall Finneran 14. An urban structure along the sacred waters of the Ganges in Varanasi Savitri Jalais 15. Damascus: the Death of the Garden of Eden Francesca de Châtel 16. An environmental history of the Viennese sanitation system – from Roman to modern times Michael Neundlinger, Sylvia Gierlinger, Gudrun Pollack & Fridolin Krausmann Part 3: The growth of the modern city 17. New York: water management and metropolitan development Betsy McCully 18. Paris: a history of water, sewers and urban development Sabine Barles & André Guillerme 19. Creating the urban hydraulic machine: water, technology, and the building of Boston Michael J. Rawson 20. Manchester: canals and the development of the city during the industrial revolution Peter Maw 21. Houston’s public sinks: water and wastewater services in the ‘energy capital’ of the world Martin V. Melosi 22. Bergen: water and sewage in the rainy city Morten Hammerborg and Martin Byrkjeland 23. History of water and sanitation services in the urban-rural context – the city of Tampere, Finland Tapio S. Katko and Petri S. Juuti 24. Los Angeles: the city’s water systems from its origins to today Irene J. Klaver 25. Dar es Salam: the development of water supply and sewage systems Marianne Kjellén and Alphonce Kyessi 26. Rotterdam dynamic polder and harbour city Fransje L. Hooimeijer & Han Meyer 27. Regulating discretion: privatization of Manilla’s water supply Leong Ching and Xun Wu Part 4: Urbanism and the water illusion 28. Mexico City: a tale of water development, its values and challenges 29. The Singapore water story re-examined Eduardo Araral and Leong Ching 30. Las Vegas: a city gambling with water Leah J. Wilds Index

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Book SynopsisThe groundbreaking new concept that reveals the true and hazardous extent of our everyday water consumption. How much water does it take to make a cup of coffee? The answer may shock you: 140 litres! That's the true amount of water used in growing, producing, packaging and shipping the beans you use to make your morning coffee. Your lunchtime hamburger takes 2,400 litres and that favourite pair of blue jeans a whopping 11,000 litres. In fact, all the goods we buy - from food to clothing to computers - have a water cost in the form of virtual water: the powerful new concept that reveals the hidden facts of our real water consumption. At a time when the world's resources are being used up at increasingly alarming rates what can we do to help tackle the threat to our planet's most precious resource? World water expert Tony Allan - creator of the virtual water concept - shows the way. In this stimulating and enjoyable book he exposes the real impact of our modern lifestyle and shows how we as individuals, and governments globally, can make a vital contribution to managing our water use in a more sustainable and planet-friendly way.Trade Review'I heartily recommend the book as essential reading as is not only informative but also fun and easy to read.' - Barbara Frost, CE of WaterAidTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements 1. Getting wise about water 2. Beneath the surface 3. Well-fed, well-watered and well-paid 4. Big and beautiful 5. Keeping their heads above the water 6. Watertight The virtual-water gallery Index

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Book SynopsisEnclosing Water is an environmental history of the Industrial Revolution, as inscribed on the Liri valley in Italy's Central Apennines. Amid forces of revolution and empire, and Enlightenment discourses of 'improvement' and political economy, the Liri's natural wealth - water-power - generated sweeping changes in its landscape and working and living environments. This book tells the story of how defining water as property - both materially and discursively - led to the emergence of an industrial riverscape, and of a concomitant new ecological consciousness; to heightened environmental risks and awareness of those risks. A dramatic century in the Liri's socio-environmental history, with its cast of new industrial bourgeoisie, engineers and civil servants, illuminates how material developments and ideological currents completely reshaped the relationship between society and nature at the periphery of 19th century Europe. By integrating Political Economy into the narrative of European environmental history, this pioneering book offers a critical new view of discourses of water disorder and environmental politics in the Mediterranean region.Trade Review'The close and dense connections pinpointed between culture, environment, and economy make this work an enriching, even indispensable read - Essential.' R. Spickermann, University of Texas. CHOICE Academic Reviews 'The Industrial Revolution is one of the great themes for environmental history. Here Barca rises to the challenge, providing a clear case study of an industrial transformation of a riverine environment in its political, intellectual, social, and economic context.' J.R. McNeill, Georgetown University. Environmental History '[Barca's] penetrating, multi-layered unpacking of this tragic story makes significant contributions to environmental, social and intellectual history. Enclosing Water is essential reading for understanding the dialectical consequences of changing socio-ecological relationships. It offers an original, thought-provoking way of seeing how society creates landscapes out of visionary ideal of itself.' Harold Platt, Environment and History.Table of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTS Part I: WATER AND REVOLUTIONS. Italian landscape with waterfall A road to waterpower 1. The landscape of Political Economy Nature and nation in the Kingdom of Naples Improving the Valley Landscape and violence 2. Empire and the 'disorder of water' Liberating nature Rivers and revolution Seeing like a statistician 3. The ecology of waterpower The making of an industrial riverscape 'I'll have your flesh for three cents per pound': Gender and mechanisation Improvement vs. habitation The machine in the river: a pastoral narrative PART II: THE ECONOMY OF WATER One hundred years of enclosures Rivers and property in the Italian South 4. Enclosing the river Picture a river open to all... The appropriators Water wars, water discipline The tragedy of enclosure 5. Floods and politics in the Apennines Seeing like an engineer The un-improving State Industry and disaster EPILOGUE Common Water

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Book SynopsisThe book provides an analysis of impacts of climate change on water for agriculture, and the adaptation strategies in water management to deal with these impacts. Chapters include an assessment at global level, with details on impacts in various countries. Adaptation measures including groundwater management, water storage, small and large scale irrigation to support agriculture and aquaculture are presented. Agricultural implications of sea level rise, as a subsequent impact of climate change, are also examined.Table of Contents: Contributors : Preface 1: Climate Change and Agricultural Development: A Challenge for Water Management Chu Th ai Hoanh, Robyn Johnston and Vladimir Smakhtin 2: Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture and Agricultural Water Management – A Review Shreedhar Maskey, Dinesh Bhatt, Stefan Uhlenbrook, Krishna C. Prasad and Mukand S. Babel 3: Global Water Requirements of Future Agriculture: Using WATERSIM Aditya Sood 4: Impacts of Climate Change on Crop Water Requirements in Huang-Huai-Hai Plain, China Qin Liu, Changrong Yan, Jianying Yang, Xu-rong Mei, Weiping Hao and Hui Ju 5: Impacts of Climate Change and Adaptation in Agricultural Water Management in North China Jun Xia, Xingguo Mo, Jinxia Wang and Xinping Luo. 6: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Agricultural Water Management in the Philippines Felino P. Lansigan and Amparo C. Dela Cruz 7: Adaptation Strategies to Address the Climate Change Impacts in Three Major River Basins in India Krishna Reddy Kakumanu, Kuppannan Palanisami, Pramod Kumar Aggarwal, Coimbatore Ramarao Ranganathan and Udaya Sekhar Nagothu 8: Water Management for Agricultural Production in a Coastal Province of the Mekong River Delta under Sea-level Rise : Ngo Dang Phong, Chu Th ai Hoanh, Tran Quang Th o, Nguyen van Ngoc, Tran Duc Dong, To Phuc Tuong, Nguyen Huy Khoi, Nguyen Xuan Hien and Nguyen Trung Nam 9: Aquaculture Adaptation to Climate Change in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta Suan Pheng Kam, Tran Nhuong, Chu Th ai Hoanh and Nguyen Xuan Hien 10: Groundwater for Food Production and Livelihoods – The Nexus with Climate Change and Transboundary Water Management Karen Villholth 11: Irrigated Crop Production in the Syr Darya Basin: Climate Change Rehearsal in the 1990s Oxana Savoskul and Elena Shevnina 12: Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Rice Production through Water-saving Techniques: Potential, Adoption and Empirical Evidence Bjoern Ole Sander,Reiner Wassmann and Joel D.L.C. Siopongco 13: Linking Climate Change Discourse with Climate Change Policy in the Mekong: Th e Case of Lao PDR Jana Prosinger, Diana Suhardiman and Mark Giordano : Index

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Book SynopsisThis broad review of the development of US water resource policy analysis and practice offers perspectives from several disciplines: law, economics, engineering, ecology and political science. While the historical context provided goes back to the early 19th century, the book concentrates on the past 60 years and features a discussion of the difficulty that has generally been encountered in bringing the disciplines of economics and ecology into collaboration in the water resource context.The book explores the evolution of water related analytical capabilities and institutions and provides illustrations from case studies, concluding with recommendations for research, institutional change and action. Though designed to be a background textbook for interdisciplinary graduate seminars in water resources planning and management, it is accessible to interested lay readers and those who have policymaking or implementation responsibility but lack a technical background.The book will appeal to students and faculty in water policy, economics, and engineering, and in interdisciplinary programs organized around water resource problems and questions. Policy makers and general readers will also appreciate this non-technical introduction.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword Robert A. Pietrowsky Preface 1. Water Resources Planning: Past, Present and Future John J. Boland and Duane Baumann 2. A History of the United States Water Resources Planning and Development Warren Viessman, Jr. Appendix 2.1 Evolution of Public Involvement in Water Planning Jerome Delli Priscoli Appendix 2.2 Nebraska Natural Resource Districts 3. The Theory and Practice of Benefit–Cost Analysis John J. Boland, Nicholas Flores and Charles W. Howe 4. Environmental Issues and Options in Water Resources Planning and Decision Making David H. Moreau and Daniel P. Loucks 5. On the Collaboration of Ecologists and Economists Clifford S. Russell and Mark Sagoff 6. Political Decision Making: Real Decisions in Real Political Contexts Peter Rogers, Lawrence MacDonnell and Peter Lydon Appendix 6.1 Overview of American Law for Allocation of Water 7. Making the Transition: Moving Water Resources Planning and Management into the Twenty-first Century Gerald E. Galloway Index

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Book SynopsisTracing the journey of water in the state from the atmosphere to the snowpack to our faucets and foods, this book tells us about California's rivers, lakes, wetlands, dams, and aqueducts and discusses the role of water in agriculture, the environment, and politics.Trade Review"Bottom Line: You cannot hope to fix a "broken" system without some basic understanding of its history, function and opportunities for change. I give Carle's book FIVE STARS for providing that information." -- David ZetlandTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction-Water Web: Connected Californians Chapter 1. Tapping into a Planetary Cycle A Great Water Wheel The Vital Molecule "Normal" Weather: Anything but "Average" Chapter 2. California Water Landscape Pristine Waterscape Groundwater Hydrologic Regions Chapter 3. The Distribution System Expanding Watersheds The State Water Project The Central Valley Project Colorado River Delivery Systems The Los Angeles Aqueduct The Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct The Mokelumne Aqueduct The North Bay Chapter 4. Challenges to California Water Management Climate Change and the Water Cycle Extinction Is Forever A Thirsty Garden Asking Too Much of the Colorado River and the Salton Sea Out of Sight, Out of Control Can You Drink the Water? The Problem Is Us Chapter 5. Meeting the Challenges: California's Water Future California Water Law and the Public Trust The Delta, a Tunnel Vision, and a Water Bond Recycle and Reuse: Localizing Water Sustainable Groundwater The Debate over Dams Transfers: Water as a Commodity Clean Water Ecosystem Restoration Lemonade from Lemons: Is Desalination Viable? Will There Be Enough Water? Acronyms and Abbreviations Historical Timeline Agencies and Organizations References Photo Credits Index Author Biography

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Book SynopsisFor over a century the Great Lakes have been the target of controversial diversion schemes to sell, send, or ship water to thirsty communities, sometimes far from the source. In 2008, eight US states signed the historic Great Lakes Compact designed to protect the region’s precious freshwater resources. Now water diversion controversies of a different kind are pitting communities and states against one another. Will the water wars ever be settled?

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Book SynopsisBillions of people globally live under conditions of water stress and water shortage, or with contaminated water sources. Anthropogenic contaminants pose an extra challenge as water purification technology must be constantly developed or upgraded to deal with newly fabricated pollutants. One of the UN sustainable development goals is to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. Therefore, it is vital to develop novel materials and technologies for producing clean drinking water in a human safe, economically reasonable and environmentally sustainable way. Novel Materials and Water Purification introduces recent approaches to the fabrication of novel materials for water purification and discusses several significant applications including removal of heavy metals and pharmaceuticals. This is a timely work of high interest to researchers and learners in the fields of water science, water management and materials science.Table of ContentsBiomaterials for Water Purification: Dyes, Heavy Metals, and Pharmaceuticals;Sustainable Synthesis of Green Novel Materials for Water Purification;MXene-based Separation Membranes for Water Purification and Desalination;Advanced Nanomaterials for Removal of Emerging Organic Pollutants From Water;Magnetic Adsorbents/Photocatalysts for Water Purification: Progress and Challenges;Nanocellulose-based Membranes for Water Purification: Multifunctional Nanocellulose Extraction, Characterization, Modification Strategies, and Current Release in Water Treatment and Environmental Remediation;Graphene-based Materials for Water Remediation: Recent Advances on Pollutant Sorption, Photodegradation and Filtration;Responsive Polymeric Materials: Advances in Membrane-based Technologies for Water Treatment Processes;Graphene-based Engineered Macrostructures for Water Purification;Textile Azo Dye Removal Using a Quaternary Ammonium Anion Exchanger Prepared from Sugarcane Bagasse;Iron Oxide Nanomaterials for Water Purification;Factors Influencing TiO2-based Composites for Water Decolorization: A Systematic Review;Enviro-friendly Nanomaterial Synthesis and Its Utilization for Water Purification

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Book SynopsisWater protection, food production and ecosystem health are worldwide issues. Changes in the global water cycle are affecting human wellbeing in many places, while widespread land and ecosystem degradation, driven by poor agricultural practices, is seriously limiting food production. Understanding the links between ecosystems, water, and food production is important to the health of all three, and sustainably managing these connections is becoming increasingly necessary. This book shows how sustainable ecosystems, especially agroecosystems, are essential for water management and food production.Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Drivers and Challenges for Food Security 3: Water-related Ecosystem Services and Food Security 4: Challenges to Agroecosystem Management 5: Water Use in Agroecosystems 6: Drylands 7: Wetlands 8: Increasing Water Productivity in Agriculture 9: Managing Agroecosystem Services 10: Water Management for Ecosystem Health and Food Production 11: Management of Water and Agroecosystems in Landscapes for Sustainable Food Security

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Book SynopsisThis research collection examines writings from leading water law experts in the world to assess the law applicable to the uses, management and protection of water resources. Exploring the diverse aspects of this, from human rights to international economic law and peace and security, International Water Law comprehensively covers the multi-level facets of water resource management and protection in its wider scope.Table of ContentsContents: Volume I Acknowledgements Introduction Laurence Boisson de Chazournes and Mara Tignino PART I NOTIONS AND PRINCIPLES 1. Eyal Benvenisti (1996), ‘Collective Action in the Utilization of Shared Freshwater: The Challenges of International Water Resources Law’, American Journal of International Law, 90 (3), July, 384–415 2. Laurence Boisson de Chazournes (2009), ‘Freshwater and International Law: The Interplay Between Universal, Regional and Basin Perspectives’, United Nations World Water Development Report 3: Water in a Changing World, Paris, France: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 1–10 3. Charles B. Bourne (1996), ‘The International Law Association’s Contribution to International Water Resources Law’, Natural Resources Journal, 36 (2), Spring, 155–216 4. Stephen C. McCaffrey (1996), ‘The Harmon Doctrine One Hundred Years Later: Buried, Not Praised’, Natural Resources Journal, 36 (3), Summer, 549–90 PART II INTERNATIONAL WATERCOURSES AND LAKES 5. Maurizio Arcari (1997), ‘The Codification of the Law of International Watercourses: The Draft Articles Adopted by the International Law Commission’, Anuario de Derecho Internacional, XIII, 3–32 6. Lucius Caflisch (1998), ‘Regulation of the Uses of International Watercourses’, in Salman M.A. Salman and Laurence Boisson de Chazournes (eds), International Watercourses: Enhancing Cooperation and Managing Conflict, Proceedings of a World Bank Seminar, World Bank Technical Paper Number 414, Chapter One, Washington, DC: World Bank, 3–16 7. ‘Draft Articles on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses’ (1996), in Yearbook of the International Law Commission 1994, Volume II, Part Two: Report of the Commission to the General Assembly on the Work of its Forty-Sixth Session, Chapter III, Section D, New York, NY and Geneva, Switzerland: United Nations, 89–135 8. ‘Introduction’, ‘Sovereignty Over Water’, ‘Independencies in the Water Cycle’, ‘The Value of Water’, ‘Water and Culture’, ‘Cooperation as Allocation’, ‘Cooperation as Salvation’, ‘Cooperation as Opportunity’, ‘Cooperation and Participation of Stakeholders’, ‘Framework for the Integrated Management of International Watercourses’, ‘A Human Right to Water’, ‘Water and Security’ and ‘Water for Peace – Peace for Water’ (2000), in National Sovereignty and International Watercourses, The Hague, Netherlands: Green Cross International, Chapters 1–13, March, 16–59 9. Patricia K. Wouters (1992), ‘Allocation of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses: Efforts at Codification and the Experience of Canada and the United States’, Canadian Yearbook of International Law, 30, December, 43–88 PART III TRANSBOUNDARY GROUNDWATERS 10. Gabriel E. Eckstein (2007), ‘Commentary on the U.N. International Law Commission’s Draft Articles on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers’, Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy, 18 (3), 537–610 11. Owen McIntyre (2011), ‘International Water Resources Law and the International Law Commission Draft Articles on Transboundary Aquifers: A Missed Opportunity for Cross-Fertilisation?’, International Community Law Review, 13 (3), 237–54 12. Francesco Sindico (2011), ‘The Guarani Aquifer System and the International Law of Transboundary Aquifers’, International Community Law Review, 13 (3), 255–72 PART IV ACCESS TO WATER, NON-STATE ACTORS AND WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 13. Carl Bruch (2005), ‘Evolution of Public Involvement in International Watercourse Management’, in Carl Bruch, Libor Jansky, Mikiyasu Nakayama and Kazimierz A. Salewicz (eds), Public Participation in the Governance of International Freshwater Resources, Chapter 2, Tokyo, Japan: United Nations University Press, 21–72 14. Catarina de Albuquerque (2010), ‘Report of the Independent Expert on the Issue of Human Rights Obligations Related to Access to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation’, United Nations General Assembly, Human Rights Council Fifteenth Session, Report GE.10-14831, New York, NY: United Nations, 1–22 15. Christina Leb (2012), ‘The Right to Water in a Transboundary Context: Emergence of Seminal Trends’, Water International, 37 (6), October, 640–53 16. Stephen McCaffrey (1992), ‘A Human Right to Water: Domestic and International Implications’, Georgetown International Environmental Law Review, 5 (1), 1–24 17. Dinah Shelton (2013), ‘Water Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities’, in Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Christina Leb and Mara Tignino (eds), International Law and Freshwater: The Multiple Challenges, Chapter 5, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 69–94 18. Attila Tanzi (2010), ‘Reducing the Gap Between International Water Law and Human Rights Law: The UNECE Protocol on Water and Health’, International Community Law Review, 12 (3), 267–85 19. Mara Tignino (2014), ‘The Right to Water and Sanitation in Post-Conflict Legal Mechanisms: An Emerging Regime?’, in Erika Weinthal, Jessica Troell and Mikiyasu Nakayama (eds), Water and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding, Part 5, Abingdon, UK and New York, NY: Earthscan, 383–402 Volume II Acknowledgements An introduction to both volumes by the editors appears in Volume I PART I WATER AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW 1. Cynthia Baumann (2001), ‘Water Wars: Canada’s Upstream Battle to Ban Bulk Water Export’, Minnesota Journal of Global Trade, 10, Winter, 109–32 2. Edith Brown Weiss (2005), ‘Water Transfers and International Trade Law’, in Edith Brown Weiss, Laurence Boisson de Chazournes and Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder (eds), Fresh Water and International Economic Law, Chapter 3, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 61–89 3. Philippe Cullet and Alix Gowlland-Gualtieri (2005), ‘Local Communities and Water Investments’, in Edith Brown Weiss, Laurence Boisson de Chazournes and Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder (eds), Fresh Water and International Economic Law, Chapter 13, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 303–32 4. Valerie Hughes and Gabrielle Marceau (2013), ‘WTO and Trade in Natural Resources’, in Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Christina Leb and Mara Tignino (eds), International Law and Freshwater: The Multiple Challenges, Chapter 14, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 266–97 5. Francesco Sindico (2007), ‘Water Export Bans for Environmental Purposes Before the WTO: A Reflection of the Difficult Relationship Between Trade and Environment’, Revue Hellénique de Droit International, 60, 153–72 6. Jorge E. Vinuales (2009), ‘Access to Water in Foreign Investment Disputes’, Georgetown International Environmental Law Review, 21 (4), 733–51 PART II WATER AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT 7. Richard B. Bilder (1972), ‘Controlling Great Lakes Pollution: A Study in United States-Canadian Environmental Cooperation’, Michigan Law Review, 70 (3), January, 469–556 8. Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Christina Leb and Mara Tignino (2011), ‘Environmental Protection and Access to Water: The Challenges Ahead’, in Michael R. Van der Valk and Penelope Keenan (eds), The Right to Water and Water Rights in a Changing World, Chapter 2, Delft, Netherlands: UNESCO, 9–24 9. Johan G. Lammers (1984), ‘Treaty Law’, in Pollution of International Watercourses: A Search for Substantive Rules and Principles of Law, Chapter IV, The Hague, Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff, 89–123 10. Ludwik A. Teclaff (1976), ‘Harmonizing Water Resources Development and Use with Environmental Protection in Municipal and International Law’, Natural Resources Journal, 16 (4), October, 807–61 PART III WATER AND INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION 11. Dante A. Caponera (1985), ‘Patterns of Cooperation in International Water Law: Principles and Institutions’, Natural Resources Journal, 25 (3), July, 563–87 12. Lilian del Castillo Laborde (2008), ‘The Rio de la Plata River Basin: The Path Towards Basin Institutions’, in Olli Varis, Cecilia Tortajada and Asit K. Biswas (eds), Management of Transboundary Rivers and Lakes, Chapter 11, Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, 269–92 13. Ellen Hey (2009), ‘Multi-Dimensional Public Governance Arrangements for the Protection of the Transboundary Aquatic Environment in the European Union: The Changing Interplay Between European and Public International Law’, International Organizations Law Review, 6 (1), 191–223 14. Makane Moïse Mbengue (2014), ‘A Model for African Shared Water Resources: The Senegal River Legal System’, Review of European Community and International Environmental Law, 23 (1), April, 59–66 15. Salman M.A. Salman (2009), ‘The Notification Process’ and ‘Objections to Bank-Financed Projects’, in The World Bank Policy for Projects on International Waterways: An Historical and Legal Analysis, Chapters 5–6, Washington, DC: World Bank, 105–60 PART IV INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY, AND DISPUTE SETTLEMENT 16. Laurence Boisson de Chazournes (2013), ‘Dispute Settlement Procedures and Fresh Water: Multiplicity and Diversity at Stake’, in Nerina Boschiero, Tullio Scovazzi, Cesare Pitea and Chiara Ragni (eds), International Courts and the Development of International Law: Essays in Honour of Tullio Treves, Part III, The Hague, Netherlands: Asser Press, 109–20 17. Jutta Brunnée and Stephen J. Toope, (1997), ‘Environmental Security and Freshwater Resources: Ecosystem Regime Building’, American Journal of International Law, 91 (1), January, 26–59 18. Salman M.A. Salman (2013), ‘Mediation of International Water Disputes — The Indus, the Jordan, and the Nile Basins Interventions’, in Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Christina Leb and Mara Tignino (eds), International Law and Freshwater: The Multiple Challenges, Chapter 18, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 360–405 19. Jeffrey D. Stein (2011), ‘Waging Waterfare: Israel, Palestinians, and the Need for a New Hydro-Logic to Govern Water Rights Under Occupation’, New York University Journal of International Law and Politics, 44 (1), 165–217 20. Mara Tignino (2010), ‘Water, International Peace, and Security’, International Review of the Red Cross, 92 (879), September, 647–74 Index

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Book SynopsisImproving Irrigation in Asia is based on a longitudinal study over two decades on innovative intervention for sustained performance of irrigation systems. The work identifies key factors that can help explain the performance of interventions, and explicates lessons for resource management and the management of development assistance.Trade Review’A unique and significant longitudinal study of irrigation intervention in FMIS in Nepal that revives important debates on how irrigation management evolves and how this can be investigated. This concise and accessible book can inform and challenge agencies and donors to reflect on policies and researchers to argue further the study of collective action and political theory in irrigation management.’ -- Linden Vincent, Wageningen University, The Netherlands‘Improving Irrigation in Asia by Elinor Ostrom and colleagues is grounded in intimate detail on water management experience in Nepal while being informed by broadly-applicable concepts and behavioral theories. It greatly advances our understanding of management options and effects. As the water resources available for agriculture become more limited and unreliable, the efficiency and productivity with which irrigation water is used must be increased. While better technology can assist in this quest, the greatest potential gains lie in the social and organizational domains.’ -- Norman Uphoff, Cornell University’Governance of irrigation systems is complex, needing social, technical and financial actions that support farming. Few people have as much knowledge of self-governing irrigation systems as these authors, and few countries have as many of these systems as Nepal. Lessons from these small irrigation systems can be adapted to much larger units, and to other kinds of activity. External assistance on a modest scale could generate practical benefit, by encouraging self-reliance in communities.’ -- Charles Abernethy, International Irrigation Management Institute, Colombo (1987 - 94) and Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand (1996 - 99)Table of ContentsContents: Foreword by Gilbert Levine Preface by Robert Yoder 1. The Challenge of Achieving Successful Development Interventions 2. Effects of Different Modes of Assistance on the Performance of Farmer-managed Irrigation Systems in Nepal 3. Processes and Procedures of an Innovative Development Intervention Initiated in 1985 in the Middle Hills of Nepal 4. Evaluating an Innovative Development Intervention a Decade and a Half Later 5. Post-intervention Dynamics in 2008: Focusing on Two Success and Two Failure Cases 6. Synthesis and Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisWater is critical to all human activities, but access to this crucial resource is increasingly limited by competition and the effects of climate change. In agriculture, water management is key to ensuring good and sustained crop yields, maintaining soil health, and safeguarding the long-term viability of the land. Water management is especially challenging on smallholder farms in resource-poor areas, which tend to be primarily rainfed and thus highly dependent on unreliable rainfall patterns. Sustainable practices can help farmers promote the development of soils, plants and field surfaces to allow maximum retention of water between rains, and encourage the efficient use of each drop of water applied as irrigation. Using simplified concepts and easy-to-understand language, this book: - outlines the theoretical underpinnings of sustainable water management in agriculture, -introduces a range of beneficial practices, including the enhancement of soil water retention, water loss reduction, rainwater harvesting, conservation agriculture, and small-scale irrigation -provides schematic diagrams, and resources for further reading to help readers put theory into practice Especially useful for farmers' groups, agricultural extension workers, NGOs, students and researchers working with farmers in dryland areas, this comprehensive yet concise book is a practical and accessible resource for anyone interested in sustainable water management.Table of Contents1: Theoretical Foundations of Water Management in Agriculture 1: Key Concepts 2: Goals of Agricultural Water Management 3: Soil and Water 4: Plants and Water 5: Climate Outlook 2: Improving Water Productivity in Rainfed Agriculture 6: Soil-focused Strategies: Reducing Water Loss 7: Rainwater Harvesting 8: Crop-focused Strategies: Using Available Water Wisely 9: Conservation Agriculture 3: Irrigation 10: Irrigation 11: Irrigation Scheduling 12: Water Sources for Agriculture -: Summary of Key Points

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Book SynopsisThe Times Book of the Year pick'Smart, sobering, and scholarly.' - Steve Brusatte, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of DinosaursA gripping, thought-provoking and ultimately optimistic investigation into the world’s next great climate crisis - the scarcity of water.Water scarcity is the next big climate crisis. Water stress – not just scarcity, but also water-quality issues caused by pollution – is already driving the first waves of climate refugees. Rivers are drying out before they meet the oceans and ancient lakes are disappearing. It’s increasingly clear that human mismanagement of water is dangerously unsustainable, for both ecological and human survival. And yet in recent years some key countries have been quietly and very successfully addressing water stress.How are Singapore and Israel, for example – both severely water-stressed countries – not in the same predicament as Chennai or California?In The Last Drop, award-winning environmental journalist Tim Smedley meets experts, victims, activists and pioneers to find out how we can mend the water table that our survival depends upon. He offers a fascinating, universally relevant account of the environmental and human factors that have led us to this point, and suggests practical ways to address the crisis, before it’s too late.Trade ReviewSmart, sobering, and scholarly. Tim Smedley explores the science and politics behind our current water crisis, and with cautious optimism looks ahead for solutions that can save us from a catastrophe that could rival the great upheavals and extinctions of Earth history. -- Steve Brusatte, professor and palaeontologist at the University of Edinburgh and Sunday Times bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs Tim Smedley’s sometimes angry, always informed book is a smouldering indictment of the self-inflicted water wounds we’re causing ourselves and our planet. -- Mark Rowe * Geographical Magazine *Here in the UK, we just turn on taps without asking where the water comes from and where it goes to, but Tim Smedley argues eloquently that it’s time for that to change. And by the end of the book, you will be hopping mad and entirely in agreement with him. It's an essential read on a topic that we don’t talk about enough. This book is clear, fascinating and horrifying, but also offers workable solutions that can save us all from the worst. You will never see the water you use in the same way again. -- Helen Czerski, BBC broadcaster, UCL physicist and Royal Institution Christmas LecturerDespite the daunting scale of the water crisis, Smedley’s globe-crossing investigation into its solutions leaves you feeling that the problem is surmountable. That’s excellent news for civilisation. * The Times *

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Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking book provides a comparative perspective on water management and federalism across multiple countries. Through a collection of case studies, this book explores the water management experiences and lessons learned in nine federal countries and China. The territorial division of power in federations, plus the interconnected politics at the national and regional levels, present a classic governance test for waters shared across multiple political jurisdictions. This is increasingly important as democratic transitions have introduced or invigorated federalism across diverse contexts affecting more than 300 major river basins.Federal Rivers examines both the successes and failures of federal regimes in resolving water conflicts and achieving sustainable water management, particularly within river basins. Case studies across the Americas, Asia, Africa, Europe and Australia highlight the extent and diversity of federal rivers, identifying alternative pathways to sharerisks and make tradeoffs across political jurisdictions.This book will appeal not only to scholars of resource management and of federalism, but also to practitioners in government, the private sector and international networks with interests in water policy and federalism.Trade Review‘Federal Rivers is an important addition to worldwide water policy discussions. It offers realistic windows into a central focus of water policy –governance. The book describes how river management which crosses jurisdictional and sovereign boundaries is both influenced by and influences political systems and that IWRM in river basins is not simply a technical challenge. Its truly interdisciplinary examples will spur creative ideas for both international and transboundary water policy governance and institution building.’ -- Jerome Delli Priscoli, Editor in Chief, Water Policy and Governor of the World Water Council‘Federal Rivers addresses the most pressing water-policy challenges of our times: legal, institutional, management, and scientific coordination over river systems that span multiple jurisdictions and geographies. This collection of authors advances prescient understanding of the dynamic interlinkages among water, climate, energy, and food security. The volume is a must-read for researchers and policy-makers alike.’ -- Christopher Scott, Associate Professor and Distinguished Scholar, University of Arizona.‘Federal Rivers brings together comparative insights and topical case studies spanning federal river systems globally. The volume guides the reader to a greater understanding of how federalism in its various forms interacts with pressing issues of water security and integrated water resource management. The book is rounded out by chapters that provide detailed examination of these issues in each continent. This edited volume is set to become a must-read for water resource academics, practitioners and decision-makers.’ -- Rosalind Bark, CSIRO Ecosystem SciencesTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Federal Rivers: A Critical Overview of Water Governance Challenges in Federal Systems Dustin Garrick, George Anderson, Daniel Connell and Jamie Pittock 2. Climate Adaptation in River Management in a Post-stationary World Jamie Pittock PART 1: AMERICAS 3. Federalism and US Water Policy Andrea K. Gerlak 4. Water Scarcity, Conflict Resolution, and Adaptive Governance in Federal Transboundary River Basins Edella Schlager and Tanya Heikkila 5. Managing Water in a Federal State: The Canadian Experience J. Owen Saunders 6. Resilience of River Basin Governance Institutions in the Saskatchewan River Basin of Western Canada Ted Horbulyk 7. Water Management and Ecosystems: A New Framework in Mexico Eugenio Barrios 8. Main Challenges and Responses to Federalism and Water Security in Brazil Ana Carolina Coelho, Benedito Braga, Rodrigo Flecha, Nelson Freitas and Osman F. da Silva PART II: EUROPE – THE SPANISH EXPERIENCE 9. River Basin Governance and Water Policies in Spain José Albiac, Elena Calvo and Encarna Esteban 10. Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Re-defining Water Security under Decentralisation in Spain Elena Lopez-Gunn and Lucia De Stefano PART IV SOUTHERN AFRICA 11. Allocating Powers and Functions in a Federal Design: The Experience of South Africa Mike Muller 12. Meeting the Challenges of Equity and Sustainability in Complex and Uncertain Worlds: The Emergence of Integrated Water Resources Management in the Eastern Rivers of South Africa Sharon Pollard and Derick du Toit PART V: SOUTH ASIA 13. Managing Water in India’s Federal Framework Rakesh Hooja 14. The Hydro-institutional Challenge of Managing Water Economies of Federal Rivers: A Case Study of Narmada River Basin, India M. Dinesh Kumar 15. Inter-jurisdictional Water Management in Pakistan’s Indus Basin Shahid Ahmad, Khalid Aziz and Mujib Khan PART VI: CHINA 16. China’s Political System, Economic Reform and the Governance of Water Quality in the Pearl River Basin Andre Silveira 17. Watershed Management in Tai Lake Basin in China Ke Jian 18. China’s Federal River Management: An Example of Han River Lan Fang PART VII AUSTRALIA 19. The Murray–Darling Basin Daniel Connell PART VIII: CONCLUSIONS 20. Water Security in Cross-Border Regions: What Relevance for Federal Human Security Regimes? Carmen Maganda and Harlan Koff 21. Water Resources Management in Federal Systems George Anderson

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Book SynopsisA long overdue volume which comes to grips with the diversity of physical, political and administrative realities behind the seemingly uniform and appealing institution of the River Basin Organization. This book squarely engages with the politics of RBO formation and will provide clues and inspiration to those interested in further exploring the complexities of human institutions in their attempt to manage water resources for the greater good.'- François Molle, IRD and International Water Management Institute (IWMI), France'A critical challenge for humanity is to design institutions for stewardship of water and ecosystem services in a globalized world faced with climate change. Dave Huitema and Sander Meijerink take on this challenge in this impressive volume. Through case studies from a diverse set of countries, all using a joint typology as a framework for the analyses, a deeper understanding of the political dimension of river basin stewardship is provided - exciting. Enjoy!'- Carl Folke, Beijer Institute, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden'There is no better book on river basin organisations for practitioners and researchers. It imposes tough criteria to evaluate the performance of eleven such hydrologic based governance forms. Findings are surprising and cautionary for water resources reformers. The authors suggest that the demands of complex interaction and interplay in layered organisational environments, the power of inertia to thwart change, and inability to command resources can overwhelm the aspirations of river basin organisations for coordination, accountability, legitimacy and environmental effectiveness. This book belongs in the library of everyone seriously interested in water management.'- Helen Ingram, University of California at Irvine and University of Arizona, USCan River Basin Organisations (RBOs) actually improve water governance? RBOs are frequently layered on top of existing governmental organisations, which are often reluctant to share their power. This, in turn, can affect their performance. The Politics of River Basin Organisations addresses this issue by exploring the subject on a global level.With the use of case studies from such diverse countries as Mongolia, Afghanistan and South Africa, the expert contributors to The Politics of River Basin Organisations provide a comprehensive assessment of the performance of eleven RBOs around the world. They develop a typology that works to characterize the institutional design of these organizations whilst distinguishing between them.This unique book will appeal to those involved in environmental and water policy and governance. It will also be of interest to practitioners of water management looking to improve their approach to the field.Contributors: D. Benson, C. Bernhardt, A. Guerreiro de Brito, D. Calvert, D. Connell, H. Cook, I. Dombrowsky, N. Funke, S. Ganjanapan, J. Gupta, N. Hagemann, L. Horlemann, A. Houdret, F. Hüesker, D. Huitema, F. Jaspers, A. Inman, D. Lach, L. Lebel, M. Leidel, R. de Loë, S. Meijerink, R. Meissner, M. Morris, A. Ross, A. Thiel, V. Thomas, J. WarnerTrade Review‘A long overdue volume which comes to grips with the diversity of physical, political and administrative realities behind the seemingly uniform and appealing institution of the River Basin Organization. This book squarely engages with the politics of RBO formation and will provide clues and inspiration to those interested in further exploring the complexities of human institutions in their attempt to manage water resources for the greater good.’ -- François Molle, IRD and International Water Management Institute (IWMI), France‘A critical challenge for humanity is to design institutions for stewardship of water and ecosystem services in a globalized world faced with climate change. Dave Huitema and Sander Meijerink take on this challenge in this impressive volume. Through case studies from a diverse set of countries, all using a joint typology as a framework for the analyses, a deeper understanding of the political dimension of river basin stewardship is provided – exciting. Enjoy!’ -- Carl Folke, Beijer Institute, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden‘There is no better book on river basin organisations for practitioners and researchers. It imposes tough criteria to evaluate the performance of eleven such hydrologic based governance forms. Findings are surprising and cautionary for water resources reformers. The authors suggest that the demands of complex interaction and interplay in layered organisational environments, the power of inertia to thwart change, and inability to command resources can overwhelm the aspirations of river basin organisations for coordination, accountability, legitimacy and environmental effectiveness. This book belongs in the library of everyone seriously interested in water management.’ -- Helen Ingram, University of California at Irvine and University of Arizona, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Politics of River Basin Organisations. Institutional Design Choices, Coalitions and Consequences Dave Huitema and Sander Meijerink 2. Global Water Governance and River Basin Organisations Frank Jaspers and Joyeeta Gupta 3. Cooperative Transboundary Water Governance in Canada’s Mackenzie River Basin: Status and Prospects Rob de Loë and Michelle Morris 4. Designing an Agency to Manage a Wicked Water Problem: The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board Denise Lach and Dan Calvert 5. Partnering for Success in England: The Westcountry Rivers Trust Hadrian Cook, David Benson and Alex Inman 6. State-Founded Water Boards in Industrialized Western Germany Frank Hüesker and Christoph Bernhardt 7. Emergence, Performance and Transformation of Portuguese Water Institutions in the Age of River Basin Organisations Andreas Thiel and António Guerreiro de Brito 8. The Politics of Establishing Catchment Management Agencies in South Africa: The Case of the Breede-Overberg Catchment Management Agency Richard Meissner and Nikki Funke 9. Introducing River Basin Management in a Transitional Context – A Case Study about Ukraine Nina Hagemann and Marco Leidel 10. River Basin Organisations in Northern Afghanistan: The Holy Trinity of Contemporary Water Management in Practice Jeroen Warner and Vincent Thomas 11. Evolving River Basin Management in Mongolia? Ines Dombrowsky, Annabelle Houdret and Lena Horlemann 12. Interplay Between New Basin Organisations, Pre-existing Institutions and Emerging Environmental Networks in the Mae Kuang Watershed, Northern Thailand Santita Ganjanapan and Louis Lebel 13. The Evolution of River Basin Management in the Murray-Darling Basin Andrew Ross and Daniel Connell 14. Institutional Design, Politics and Performance of River Basin Organisations Sander Meijerink and Dave Huitema Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Handbook explores the role that economics plays in water resource use, management, and policy. The contributors cover a continuum of topics that individually and jointly represent the state of the art of water economics.Leading scholars demonstrate ways in which economic theory, tools, and analyses have been used to address a variety of water-related issues over the years and, subsequently, to create better-informed policy and management decisions. Acknowledging and building upon the seminal research related to water economics, this book offers a current and provocative exploration of a variety of topics, including: the role of institutions in developing sound water policy and water sustainability extraction, production, and use of surface water, groundwater, and recycled water, including the conjunctive use of these resources the use of water in industrial, residential, agricultural, and hydropower sectors as well as for the environment and ecosystems the role of experimental economics; methods to address climate change effects and adaptation; developments in the field of nonmarket valuation; approaches to nonpoint source pollution control and salinity pollution; issues related to water in the developing world; water and economic growth; and management of international water. The Handbook of Water Economics will prove to be an enlightening, thought-provoking, and practical read for PhD students, researchers in water economics and management, water-related agency staff, and professionals interested in water-related economic issues at the local, state, national, and international levels.Contributors: E. Ansink, K.A. Baerenklau, E.B. Barbier, R. Bark, H. Bejarano, K. Burnett, R.T. Carson, J. Connor, O.G. Dávila, A. Dinar, D.P. Dupont, B. Franklin, R.Q. Grafton, K. Hansen, F. Hernández-Sancho, H. Houba, B.H. Hurd, W.K. Jaeger, P.-O. Johansson, S. Kaplan, V. Kerry Smith, K.C. Knapp, P. Koundouri, B. Kriström, A. Loch, M. Molinos-Senante, S.K. Pattanayak, S. Pongkijvorasin, S. Renzetti, J. Roumasset, K. Schwabe, J. Shortle, V.K.Smith, D. Squires, Y. Tsur, C.A. Wada, J. Wang, F.A. Ward, S.A. Wheeler, D. Whittington, M.-Q. (Kent) Zhao, D. ZilbermanTrade Review'The evidence is clear that water conflicts and water management continue to present profound obstacles to peace and sustainable livelihoods. Ariel Dinar and Kurt Schwabe have produced a compelling collection of readings that offer important insights into this persistent problem. Chapters cover conceptual issues, competing uses, valuation, sectoral allocation, water markets, energy production, residential and industrial uses, ecosystems, water quality, and international (transboundary) concerns. This impressive volume will become an essential reference for years to come.' --(Daniel W. Bromley, University of Wisconsin-Madison)'Handbook of Water Economics by Dinar and Schwabe focuses on current issues in water economics. The Handbook, hence, presents, methods that water economists often apply and the role that water economics plays in water resources management, use and policy.' --(European Review of Agricultural Economics)'The Handbook of Water Economics provides a comprehensive treatment of the economics of water. Compiling contributions from over 40 water economists, the book encompasses a breadth of topics ranging from theoretical frameworks to methods, and from traditional problems to emerging challenges. Accessible to graduate students, researchers, and professionals, the book offers a broad overview of water-related issues, and covers essential material for developing a solid understanding of the role economics plays in driving water use, informing policy and designing long-term solutions.' --( Cloe Garnache, Water Economics and Policy)Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Ariel Dinar and Kurt Schwabe PART I CONCEPTS AND THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS 2. Institutions and Water William K. Jaeger 3. Sustainability Economics of Groundwater Usage and Management Keith C. Knapp and Bradley Franklin 4. Concepts and Methods for Assessing Economic Impacts from Climate Change on Water Resources Brian H. Hurd PART II SECTORAL FOCUS 5. Agricultural Water Management Sarah Ann Wheeler, Rosalind Bark, Adam Loch and Jeff Connor 6. Economic Analysis of Industrial Water Use Steven Renzetti 7. Residential Water Management: An Economic Perspective on Policy Instruments V. Kerry Smith and Min-Qiang (Kent) Zhao 8. The Use of Ecosystem Services Approach in Guiding Water Valuation and Management: Inland and Coastal Waters Phoebe Koundouri and Osiel González Dávila 9. Incentivizing Interdependent Resource Management: Watersheds, Groundwater and Coastal Ecology Kimberly Burnett, Sittidaj Pongkijvorasin, James Roumasset and Christopher A. Wada 10. Hydropower Management: Electricity Versus other Values Per-Olov Johansson and Bengt Kriström 11. Water, Land Use and Environmental Aspects of Biofuel Production David Zilberman and Scott Kaplan 12. The Economic Sustainability Paradigm and Fresh Water and Marine Fisheries Governance R. Quentin Grafton and Dale Squires PART III WATER SOURCES 13. Economics of Surface Water Management: A Review Frank A. Ward 14. Wastewater Management and Reuse Francesc Hernandez-Sancho and Maria Molinos-Senante PART IV ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO VALUING WATER 15. Experimental Economics and Water Resources Hernán Bejarano and James Shortle 16. Nonmarket Valuation and Water Resource Management Richard T. Carson PART V WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT 17. Model-based Regulation of Nonpoint Source Emissions Kenneth A. Baerenklau and Jingjing Wang 18. Salinity and Groundwater Management: A Hydro-economic Analysis Kurt Schwabe and Keith C. Knapp PART VI ADDRESSING WATER SCARCITY 19. Water Markets: From Theory to Practice (With Focus on the USA) Kristiana Hansen 20. Water Conservation: Thinking Beyond the Tap Diane DuPont 21. Conjunctive Management of Water Resources in Agriculture Yacov Tsur PART VII TRANSBOUNDARY WATER MANAGEMENT 22. Joint Management of International Water Bodies under Scarcity and Variability Ariel Dinar 23. The Economics of Transboundary Water Management Erik Ansink and Harold Houba PART VIII WATER IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD 24. Water and Sanitation Economics: Reflections on Application to Developing Economies Dale Whittington and Subhrendu K. Pattanayak 25. Water and Growth in Developing Countries Edward B. Barbier Index

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Book SynopsisIncreasing irrigation efficiency has been high on the political agenda in Spain for many years. However, the overarching aim to reduce agricultural water consumption has not been met so far. Nora Schütze investigates processes of coordination between the water and agricultural sector in three Spanish river basins in the context of the EU Water Framework Directive implementation. From the perspective of polycentric governance, she identifies multiple mechanisms which illustrate how and why actors interact in certain ways, and thus shows why environmental aims of the Water Framework Directive remain unachieved.

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Book SynopsisIn this political and legal history of the Las Vegas water supply, Christian Harrison focuses on the creation and actions of the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) to tell a story with profound implications and important lessons for water politics and natural resource policy in the twenty-first century.

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