brought together in this truly multidisciplinary approach to water management. They provide the reader with integrated … insights into water resource management practices that underpin the three pillars of sustainable development-- environment …pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. New challenges for water management -- pt. 3. Supporting decision making -- pt. 4 …

This book presents a detailed picture of the evolutionary processes at work in water markets with a particular focus on … rights/market based approach to the allocation of water resources, as opposed to an approach that centres on government …1. Markets and government--an evolving balance -- 2. Principles and issues for effective Australian water markets -- 3 …

to the basic concepts of water science and water management issues in order to facilitate better interdisciplinary … cooperation. In light of the broadening field and study of water management, the expert contributors set the basis for a holistic … approach to water science by examining the various technical, cross-disciplinary, socio-economic and policy extents. Using …

conflicts and cooperation / Aaron T. Wolf -- Sustainability and the future of western water law / Lakshman Guruswamy and A. Dan …Water issues in the American West share many similarities with those seen elsewhere in the world as population growth … exacerbates longstanding problems of inappropriate water use and management. The contributors to this timely volume examine the …

Global Environmental Change and Agriculture offers a comprehensive perspective on the causes, consequences and possible … global climate change on agriculture and the need to sustain agricultural growth for economic development. The book begins by … income, social welfare and sustainability. The third part of the book focuses on the effects of and policy responses to …

This broad review of the development of US water resource policy analysis and practice offers perspectives from several … generally been encountered in bringing the disciplines of economics and ecology into collaboration in the water resource context …1. Water resources planning : past, present and future / John J. Boland and Duane Baumann -- 2. A history of the United …