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Water, Politics and Money : A Reality Check on Privatization
Schiffler, Manuel - 2015
This book reveals all that can potentially happen when a private company takes over a local water supply system, both the good and the bad. Backed by real life stories of water privatization in action, author Manuel Schiffler presents a nuanced picture free of spin or fear mongering. Inside,...
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Adaptive Water Management : Concepts, Principles and Applications for Sustainable Development
Delavari Edalat, Farideh; Abdi, M. Reza - 2018
This book explores a new framework of Adaptive Water Management (AWM) for evaluating existing approaches in urban water management. It highlights the need to adopt multidisciplinary strategies in water management while providing an in-depth understanding of institutional interactions amongst...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396530
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Policy Entrepreneurs in Water Governance : Strategies for Change
Brouwer, Stijn - 2015
areas of policy change, sustainability, and water management …
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Water Resources and Food Security in the Vietnam Mekong Delta
Cosslett, Tuyet L. - 2014
for rice culture and aquaculture -- Major threats to the Mekong Delta -- PART II -- Mekong River Regional Cooperation …The Mekong River has been a main source of conquest, conflict, and cooperation in the Southeast Asian region. Much has … of the Mekong Delta. This book selects the Mekong Delta as a case study of regional cooperation for water and food …
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Frontiers in Water Resource Economics
Goetz, Renan (contributor); Berga, Dolors (contributor) - 2006
Focuses on methodological advances within the field of water resource economics and shows how these advances can be applied to the economics of water issues. This book identifies five areas of particular importance - asymmetric information and game theory, uncertainty, space, water quality, and...
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Introducing Competition into the Piped Water Market : A Theoretical Analysis of Common Carriage and Franchise Bidding
Meister, Urs (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520796
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Innovationen für eine nachhaltige Wasserwirtschaft : Einflussfaktoren und Handlungsbedarf
Tauchmann, Harald; Körkemeyer, Karsten; Rothgang, Michael - 2006
Die deutsche Wasserwirtschaft: Strukturen und rechtliche Grundlagen -- Innovationssysteme in der Wasserwirtschaft … speziellen Anwendungsfall der deutschen Wasserwirtschaft nach. Dabei werden Einflussfaktoren für Innovationen identifiziert …, Wirkungen von Innovationen auf die drei Dimensionen der Nachhaltigkeit abgeschätzt, bestehender Handlungsbedarf herausgearbeitet …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014014166
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Sustaining Innovation : Collaboration Models for a Complex World
MacGregor, Steven P. (ed.); Carleton, Tamara (ed.) - 2012 - 1
In many ways, the process of innovation is a constant social dance, where the best dancers thrive by adapting new steps with multiple partners. The systematic and continuous generation of value in any innovation system relies on collaboration between different groups, who must overcome multiple,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014552569
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Kooperative Umweltpolitik und nachhaltige Innovationen : das Beispiel der chemischen Industrie
Koch, Lars (ed.); Monßen, Melanie (ed.) - 2006
in die Problemstellung: Chemische Industrie, Nachhaltigkeit und Innovationen -- Umweltinnovationen — Untersuchung von …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014014164
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Climate Change and the Sustainable Use of Water Resources
Leal Filho, Walter - 2012
The book explores the geo-chemical, physical, social and economic impacts of climate change on water supplies. It contains examples and case studies from a wide range of countries, and addresses the need to promote sustainable water use across the world
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014015539