Integrated River Basin Management through Decentralization
Drawing upon a worldwide survey of river basin organizations and in-depth studies of eight river basins in a variety of locations around the globe, this book examines how institutional arrangements for managing water resources at the river-basin level hav
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Integrated River Basin Management through Decentralization
Karin E. Kemper · William Blomquist · Ariel Dinar (Eds.)
Integrated River Basin Management through Decentralization
With 18 Figures and 35 Tables
Editors Karin E. Kemper
Ariel Dinar
The World Bank 1818 H St, NW Washington, DC 20433, USA E-mail: [email protected]
The World Bank 1818 H St, NW Washington, DC 20433, USA E-mail: [email protected]
William Blomquist Department of Political Science Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) 425 University Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA E-mail: [email protected]
Technical Editor John Dawson PO Box 15243 Langata 00509 Nairobi, Kenya E-mail: [email protected]
Library of Congress Control Number: 2006936101 ISBN-10 ISBN-13
3-540-28354-4 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York 978-3-540-28354-6 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York
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Foreword
This volume deals with three critical development and poverty reduction issues: water, the linkages between sustainable natural resources management and infrastructure, and participatory decisionmaking. Since the beginning of time, human beings have tried to harness and manage water for multiple uses, ranging from irrigation and shipping to drinking water supply and hydropower. In the past century it has become clear that global population growth and economic development put increasing stress on the water resources base. By 2035 as many as three billion people, almost all of them in developing countries, could live under conditions of severe water stress, especially if they happen to live in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. This will cause obvious hardship but it will also hold back the economic growth needed for millions of people to escape poverty. To sustain this vital resource, we need to find technical, institutional, social and economically viable solutions. This pioneering work comprehensi
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