"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...

Water Transfers in the West -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Summary -- THIRD PARTY IMPACTS AND OPPORTUNITIES -- ASSESSING WATER TRANSFERS AND THEIR EFFECTS -- THE ROLE OF LAW IN THE TRANSFER PROCESS -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Water Transfer Opportunities -- State and Tribal...

Cover -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Executive summary -- Chapter 1: Overview of regulatory frameworks for water services in selected countries -- The challenges faced in the drinking water and wastewater service sector -- An...

Intro -- Contents -- 1 Introduction 1 -- 2 Hydrography and history 7 -- Hydrography 7 -- History - Water con.ict and cooperation 12 -- 3 Towards an interdisciplinary approach to water basin analysis and the resolution of international water disputes 86 -- Introduction 86 -- The nature of water...

Co-management is a highly dynamic, evolving, adaptive, and forward looking process. This edited volume covers theoretical background and includes supporting lessons learnt from field experiences. The book has case studies from both North and South America (co-management of fisheries, resilience...

Introduction -- Explaining conflict, cooperation, and negotiation along international rivers -- Treaty design and property rights : theory and hypotheses -- Empirical analysis of treaty design differences : core configurations -- Empirical analysis of treaty design differences : additional...

Since the 1980s, water governance has increasingly been linked to institutions and laws that engage local actors and closely relate to local ecosystems and catchments. These approaches, referred to as collaborative water governance, encompass new coalitions among governments, their agencies, and...

This article utilises three case studies to examine the issues of water scarcity, quality and sustainability arising from agricultural irrigation schemes and suggests a role for tax policy to address these issues. Selected to raise different water for irrigation issues, the case studies are the...