Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance

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1. Water Quality Policy and Management in Asia

   Edited by Cecilia Tortajada

   Series: Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance

   Asia's 48 countries have an estimated 1.757 billion urban population and 2.4 billion people in rural areas (or approximately 60 per cent of the global population). Divided into central, eastern, southern, south-eastern and western regions, the continent is also extremely heterogeneous in terms of...

   Published March 25th 2013 by Routledge
2. Managing Transboundary Waters of Latin America

   Edited by Asit Biswas

   Series: Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance

   Definitive analyses of transboundary water management in Latin America are conspicuous by their absence. The situation is a little better for rivers compared to groundwater resources. Transboundary water management in Latin America has been evolving in a somewhat different manner compared to other...

   Published August 12th 2012 by Routledge
3. Asian Perspectives on Water Policy

   Edited by Cecilia Tortajada, Asit Biswas

   Series: Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance

   Asian countries are not homogenous. They are in different stages of social and economic development, with cultural conditions and institutional and legal frameworks varying from one country to another. Therefore, how water can be successfully managed differs from one country to another. The book...

   Published February 6th 2012 by Routledge
4. Water, Food and Poverty in River Basins

   Defining the Limits

   Edited by Myles Fisher, Simon Cook

   Series: Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance

   Conventional wisdom says that the world is heading for a major water crisis. By 2050, global population will increase from 7 billion to a staggering 9.5 billion and the demands this will place on food and water systems will inevitably push river basins over the edge. The findings from this book...

   Published February 1st 2012 by Routledge
5. Water Quality Management

   Present Situations, Challenges and Future Perspectives

   Edited by Asit Biswas, Cecilia Tortajada, Rafael Izquierdo

   Series: Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance

   The global attention in recent years has focused primarily on water quantity and allocation issues. Water quality has received significantly less attention than water quantity. Commendable progress has been made by the developed world to control point sources of pollution, but commensurate progress...

   Published November 22nd 2011 by Routledge
6. Improving Water Policy and Governance

   Edited by Cecilia Tortajada, Asit Biswas

   Series: Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance

   Old forms of governance in both public and private sectors are becoming increasingly irrelevant because of rapidly changing conditions. Because of these changes, both governance processes and the scope of the institutions through which power is exercised throughout society may have to undergo a...

   Published November 16th 2010 by Routledge
7. Water Resources Management in the People's Republic of China

   Edited by Xuetao Sun, Robert Speed, Dajun Shen

   Series: Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance

   Chinese water resource managers face a challenge that is both immense and unique. They must balance limited water supplies against the needs of the world’s largest population; demands for rapid economic growth with calls for improved environmental management; and the desire for a market-based...

   Published November 22nd 2009 by Routledge
8. Integrated Water Resources Management in Latin America

   Edited by Asit Biswas, Benedito P.F. Braga, Cecilia Tortajada, Marco Palermo

   Series: Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance

   It is now widely accepted that the world is likely to face a major water crisis unless the present management practices are improved very significantly. Promoted extensively by donors and international institutions over the past 15 years, integrated water resources management (IWRM) has been...

   Published May 27th 2009 by Routledge
9. Water as a Human Right for the Middle East and North Africa

   Edited by Asit Biswas, Eglal Rached, Cecilia Tortajada

   Series: Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance

   Access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation is essential for human survival and for maintenance of a decent quality of life. Currently, more than a billion people do not have access to safe drinking water and more than two billion people lack proper sanitation. In 1992, the United...

   Published April 28th 2008 by Routledge
10. Water and Disasters

    Edited by Chennat Gopalakrishnan, Norio Okada

    Series: Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance

    This book is the first major attempt to address, comprehensively and in-depth, the many issues associated with water and disasters. It is particularly relevant and topical in view of the increasing frequency and intensity of water-triggered disasters that have afflicted the world in recent years,...

    Published December 12th 2007 by Routledge