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Water Policy in Texas
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 99.95As a water-scarce state with deep cultural attachments to private property rights, Texas has taken a unique evolutionary path with regard to water management. This new resource surveys past and current challenges for managing both groundwater and surface water, telling a comprehensive story about water policy in Texas, and identifying opportunities... more...
OECD Studies on Water: Meeting the Challenge of Financing Water and Sanitation
OECD Publishing 2011; US$ 35.00The investments needed to deliver sustainable water and sanitation services, including the funds that are needed to operate and maintain the infrastructure, expand their coverage and upgrade service delivery to meet current social and environmental expectations, are huge. Yet, most systems are underfunded with dire consequences for water and sanitation... more...
The Anti-Politics Machine in India
Anthem Press 2011; US$ 99.00This book assesses the validity of anti-politics critiques of development, first popularised by James Ferguson, in the peculiar context of India. It examines the extent to which it is possible to keep politics out of a highly technocratic state watershed development programme that also seeks to be participatory. more...
Water Demand Forecasting
Spon Press 1986; US$ 160.00Proceedings of a workshop sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council. more...
The Politics of the Water in the Middle East
Palgrave Macmillan 1999; US$ 168.00Will the flames of war in the Middle East be fanned or quenched by water? This is the central question addressed by this unusually forthright book. The book provides sobering analyses of Israel's water predicament and of the hydro-political implications for the country, particularly in the light of recent developments in the 'peace process'. more...
The Institutional Economics of Water
Edward Elgar Publishing 2004; US$ 40.00An evaluation of water institutional reform and water sector performance from an institutional economics and political economy perspective, this title develops an alternative methodology built on "institutional decomposition and analysis" framework, "institutional ecology" principle, and "subjective theory" of institutional change. more...
In Search of Sustainable Water Management: International Lessons for the American West and Beyond
Edward Elgar Publishing 2005; US$ 40.00Water issues in the American West share many similarities with those seen elsewhere in the world as population growth exacerbates longstanding problems of inappropriate water use and management. The contributors to this timely volume examine the universal challenge of sustainable water management to improve the use of water resources already developed... more...
The Costs of Managing Fisheries
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2003; US$ 67.00Improving the management of fisheries continues to be an important priority for governments. However, governments have increasingly recognised that fisheries management is not an inexpensive activity. In an era of declining budgets, governments are seeking more efficient and cost-effective means of delivering fisheries services. more...
Water, Power and Citizenship
Palgrave Macmillan 2005; US$ 130.00Water, Power and Citizenship investigates the interrelationship between water politics and institutions and the development of citizenship rights from a historical-sociological perspective. The evolution of water's manifold social character and values, as a source of power, as a public good, as a commodity, or as a universal right is examined in... more...
La gestion de leau selon lIslam
International Development Research Centre 2003; US$ 30.00Au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique du Nord, l?eau devient l?enjeu crucial du développement. La région est caractérisée par l'un des taux moyens de croissance démographique les plus élevés du monde et par des ressources en eau peu abondantes. Dans cette région et dans d?autres, les responsables des politiques ont souvent proposé, voire tenté de mettre en... more...









