Gebundenes Buch

Droughts in Chile

Impacts, Monitoring, and Adaptation (Management) Policies

Herausgegeben: Rivera, Daniela; Donoso, Guillermo

Beschreibung

The case of Chile is illustrative of a transition from command and control to market-based management policies, where economic incentives play a significant role in water management. This book deals with drought policy in Chile and other countries. It offers a detailed examination of drought management and policies. It describes, analyzes and evaluates the performance of drought policies, laws and institutions, identifies the main challenges that Chile faces and derives lessons learnt. Expert contributors discuss such topics as Chile's drought water policy, and the reasoning which explains present challenges.

Autor

Daniela Rivera holds a Law Degree from Universidad de Talca, a Master's degree in Legal Sciences and a Doctorate in Law from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Professor at the Law School of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Professor member of the Center for Water Law and Management of the same University, of which she was director between 2017 and 2023. Her lines of research are water law and management, an area in which she is the author of several publications and participates in various research projects, both in Chile and abroad. Guillermo Donoso is an Agricultural and Natural Resource Economist from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and has a Ph.D from the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park. He is a full Professor of Agricultural Economics Department and director of the Center for Water Law and Management of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He has held the position of Dean of the Facultad de Agronomía y Sistemas Naturales of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile from 1998 to 2007. His publications include books, book chapters, and publications in Water Resources Management, Water Policy, Environmental Science and Policy, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Water Science and Technology, International Water Resources Development and Agricultural Water Management, among others.

Produktdetails

• Global Issues in Water Policy 31
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Nature Switzerland / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-031-85039-4
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 848g
• ISBN-13: 9783031850394
• ISBN-10: 3031850394
• Artikelnr.: 72798531