Water Policy in the Philippines Issues, Initiatives, and Prospects

This book describes challenges in the policy and practices of the various water sectors in the Philippines that have led to water conflicts. Such conflicts arise in the nature of rural-urban competition, trans-administrative boundary issues, and inconsist

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Agnes C. Rola Juan M. Pulhin Rosalie Arcala Hall Editors

Water Policy in the Philippines Issues, Initiatives, and Prospects

Global Issues in Water Policy Volume 8

Editor-in-chief Ariel Dinar, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California, USA Series editors José Albiac-Murillo, Zaragoza, Spain Stefano Farolfi, CIRAD UMR G-EAU, Montpellier, France Rathinasamy Maria Saleth, Chennai, India Guillermo Donoso, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Macul, Chile

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/8877

Agnes C. Rola  •  Juan M. Pulhin Rosalie Arcala Hall Editors

Water Policy in the Philippines Issues, Initiatives, and Prospects

Editors Agnes C. Rola Institute for Governance and Rural Development, College of Public Affairs and Development University of the Philippines Los Baños Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines

Juan M. Pulhin Department of Social Forestry and Forest Governance, College of Forestry & Natural Resources University of the Philippines Los Baños Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines

Rosalie Arcala Hall Division of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences University of the Philippines Visayas Miagao, Iloilo, Philippines

ISSN 2211-0631     ISSN 2211-0658 (electronic) Global Issues in Water Policy ISBN 978-3-319-70968-0    ISBN 978-3-319-70969-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70969-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017962567 © Springer International Publishing AG 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

Foreword

Water advocates had warned of an impending water crisis in the Philippines. The projections for 2025 show that in a hig