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Conjunctive water use refers to simultaneous use of surface water and groundwater to meet crop demand. This Note … sustain groundwater use in tube well-irrigated areas, enhancing recharge from precipitation and surface water imports is … investment in the capacities of local governments to lead on participatory groundwater management and integrated water resources …
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This book provides a detailed and comprehensive evaluation of water reform and water sector performance from the perspectives of institutional economics and political economy. It integrates institutional theory with resource economics, and set against an exhaustive review of the theoretical and...
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The state of water resources and the need for a comprehensive perspective -- The water economy -- Supply costs, demands and benefits -- Optimal water policy -- Water regulation -- Conjunctive use -- Case studies of regulatory interventions -- Economy-wide considerations of water management --...
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The Institutional Economics of Water evaluates water institutional reform and water sector performance from an institutional economics and political economy perspective. Against an exhaustive review of the theoretical and empirical literature on institution and performance both in general and in...
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Intro -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of acronyms and abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Water challenge: an institutional diagnosis -- 2 Understanding institutions: nature, performance, and change -- 3 Existing literature: approaches, attempts, and limitations -- 4....
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"The chapter highlights the structure of the book, explains its approach and summarizes its main message. Increased water scarcity intensifies the tradeoffs inherent in allocating water to competing uses and turns the policy challenge of managing water resources ever more crucial. The book...
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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...
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Governments and developing agencies promote participatory approaches in solving common pool resource problems, such as in the water sector. Two main participatory approaches have been applied separately, namely negotiation and mediation. In this paper the authors apply the Role-Playing Game that...
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