This paper explores the potential of "boundary work" perspectives for enhancing current approaches in water resources … currently leading approaches for water and natural resources management, i.e. Integrated Water Resources Management, Adaptive … Management, and the Ecosystem Approach. Given the political dimension of water resources management, questions of governance are …

water for agriculture, domestic and industrial use, and to generate hydropower and control floods, in line with the national … increasing water supply and rationalise water management. According to this approach, large infrastructures are seen as catalysts … for territorial development and economic progress. More recently, international surveys of results of water supply …

better understanding of the use of water resources in agricultural sectors. The results indicate that a water policy directed … to improvements in irrigation efficiency in water-stressed regions is not beneficial for all. For water-stressed regions … the effects on welfare and demand for water are mostly positive. For non-water scarce regions the results are more mixed …