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Dams and Dikes in Development
CRC Press 2002; US$ 104.95The Proceedings of the Symposium at World Water Day, 2001 presents a discussion of dams and dikes. Various speakers considered the benefits and drawbacks of dams, and there was discussion about why it is that people are against dams in specific situations, and how such situations may be resolved. Solutions are suggested to such controversies. These... more...
Water Policy in Israel
Springer 2013; US$ 139.99This book deals with water policy in Israel. It offers a detailed examination of the main sources of Israels water, its principle consumers, the gap between supply and demand, and the complex, contentious work of analyzing and devising the nations water management and use policies. Water Policy in Israel is arranged in five broad sections:... more...
Human and Water Security in Israel and Jordan
Springer 2012; US$ 39.99The work aims at answering the question as to how far discourses on human security are present in Jordan and Israel, if they converge and if political solutions for the issue of water security could be derived. The analysis is based on the assumption that from human security perspective common solutions for urgent problems can be derived more easily... more...
Water Trading and Global Water Scarcity
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 140.00Water scarcity is an increasing problem in many parts of the world, yet conventional supply-side economics and management are insufficient to deal with it. In this book the role of water trading as an instrument of integrated water resources management is explored in depth. It is also shown to be an instrument for conflict resolution, where it may... more...
The Politics of Water in Africa
Bloomsbury Publishing 2012; US$ 24.99This comparative study of transboundary water governance in Southern and East Africa analyzes the management norms that shape cooperative governance and regional water security. more...
Cooperative Diplomacy, Regional Stability and National Interests
Africa Institute of South Africa 2011; US$ 34.95The Nile River is the longest river in the world covering nearly 7,000 kilometres. It traverses ten countries in Africa, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda, with South Sudan as the eleventh riparian state once it acquires its sovereignty. Of the more than 300 million... more...
Water Policy
Spon Press 1996; US$ 330.00Water Policy shares real practical experience at all levels, emphasising the co-operation between different professions and sectors that must take place to ensure adequate supplies of fresh water in the future. more...
Challenges of the New Water Policies for the XXI Century
Taylor & Francis 2004; US$ 159.95A collection of papers from the Seminar on Challenges of the New Water Policies for the 21st Century in Valencia 2002, focusing on the main political, economical and ecological aspects of the concept of sustainable water resource development. more...
Social Issues in the Provision and Pricing of Water Services
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2003; US$ 61.00This book explores the interface between environmental and social elements of water pricing policies in OECD countries. It focuses on the affordability of water services, as well as on the social measures aimed at resolving these affordability problems. more...
The Evolution of Markets for Water
Edward Elgar Publishing 2005; US$ 40.00This book presents a detailed picture of the evolutionary processes at work in water markets with a particular focus on theory and practice in Australia. Policymakers are striving to strike a balance between the pros and cons of a property rights/market based approach to the allocation of water resources, as opposed to an approach that centres on government... more...









