This text provides a critical comparative analysis of the key drivers for water resource management and the provision of clean water - governance systems and institutional and legal arrangements. The authors present a systematic analysis of case study river systems drawn from Australia, Denmark, USA, UK, Germany, and the Netherlands. The central focus of this book is a critical comparative analysis of the key drivers for water resource management and the provision of clean water - governance systems and institutional and legal arrangements. Through a series of case studies it is shown how…mehr
This text provides a critical comparative analysis of the key drivers for water resource management and the provision of clean water - governance systems and institutional and legal arrangements. The authors present a systematic analysis of case study river systems drawn from Australia, Denmark, USA, UK, Germany, and the Netherlands.The central focus of this book is a critical comparative analysis of the key drivers for water resource management and the provision of clean water - governance systems and institutional and legal arrangements. Through a series of case studies it is shown how decision-making and implementation at the appropriate geographic and governmental scales can resolve conflicts and share best sustainable practices.
Laurence Smith is Professor of Environmental Policy and Development in the Centre for Development, Environment and Policy, SOAS, University of London, UK. Keith Porter is Adjunct Professor at Cornell Law School and the former Director of the New York State Water Resources Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA. Kevin Hiscock is Professor of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK. Mary Jane Porter is recently retired from the New York State Water Resources Institute, Cornell University, USA. David Benson is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Exeter, UK, based at the Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) in Penryn, Cornwall.
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Foreword Philip Lowe Director Rural Economy and Land Use Programme Part 1: Overview 1. The Challenge of Protecting Water Resources: an Introduction and the Purposes of this Book Laurence Smith Keith Porter Kevin Hiscock David Benson and Mary Jane Porter 2. Key Questions about Catchment Management Laurence Smith David Benson and Keith Porter Part 2: Case Studies 3. The Upper Susquehanna River Basin: Headwaters of a National Treasure - The Chesapeake Bay Mary Jane Porter Keith Porter James Curatolo Mike Lovegreen and Laurence Smith 4. New York City Watershed Program: A National Paradigm? Keith Porter and Laurence Smith 5. The Hudson River Watershed New York State USA Mary Jane Porter Keith Porter and Laurence Smith 6. Healthy Waterways South East Queensland Australia Laurence Smith David Benson and Diane Tarte 7. Groundwater Protection Programmes in Denmark Germany and the Netherlands Laurence Smith David Benson and Kevin Hiscock 8. The WWF RIPPLE Project (Rivers Involving People Places and Leading by Example) Ulster Northern Ireland Alex Inman and Mark Horton 9. Opening up Catchment Science: an Experiment in Loweswater Cumbria England Claire Waterton Stephen C. Maberly Lisa Norton Judith Tsouvalis Nigel Watson and Ian J. Winfield Part 3: Lessons for Catchment and River Basin Management 10. Getting Started: Partnerships Collaboration Participation and the Role of Law Laurence Smith Keith Porter and David Benson 11. Getting Informed: Tools and Approaches for Assessment Planning and Management Laurence Smith Kevin Hiscock Keith Porter Tobias Krueger and David Benson 12. Getting Things Done and Getting Results Laurence Smith Keith Porter and David Benson 13. Conclusions and Future Challenges Laurence Smith Keith Porter David Benson and Kevin Hiscock
Foreword Philip Lowe Director Rural Economy and Land Use Programme Part 1: Overview 1. The Challenge of Protecting Water Resources: an Introduction and the Purposes of this Book Laurence Smith Keith Porter Kevin Hiscock David Benson and Mary Jane Porter 2. Key Questions about Catchment Management Laurence Smith David Benson and Keith Porter Part 2: Case Studies 3. The Upper Susquehanna River Basin: Headwaters of a National Treasure - The Chesapeake Bay Mary Jane Porter Keith Porter James Curatolo Mike Lovegreen and Laurence Smith 4. New York City Watershed Program: A National Paradigm? Keith Porter and Laurence Smith 5. The Hudson River Watershed New York State USA Mary Jane Porter Keith Porter and Laurence Smith 6. Healthy Waterways South East Queensland Australia Laurence Smith David Benson and Diane Tarte 7. Groundwater Protection Programmes in Denmark Germany and the Netherlands Laurence Smith David Benson and Kevin Hiscock 8. The WWF RIPPLE Project (Rivers Involving People Places and Leading by Example) Ulster Northern Ireland Alex Inman and Mark Horton 9. Opening up Catchment Science: an Experiment in Loweswater Cumbria England Claire Waterton Stephen C. Maberly Lisa Norton Judith Tsouvalis Nigel Watson and Ian J. Winfield Part 3: Lessons for Catchment and River Basin Management 10. Getting Started: Partnerships Collaboration Participation and the Role of Law Laurence Smith Keith Porter and David Benson 11. Getting Informed: Tools and Approaches for Assessment Planning and Management Laurence Smith Kevin Hiscock Keith Porter Tobias Krueger and David Benson 12. Getting Things Done and Getting Results Laurence Smith Keith Porter and David Benson 13. Conclusions and Future Challenges Laurence Smith Keith Porter David Benson and Kevin Hiscock
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