Catchment and River Basin Management (eBook, ePUB)

Integrating Science and Governance
Redaktion: Smith, Laurence; Benson, David; Porter, Mary Jane; Hiscock, Kevin; Porter, Keith

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136472411
• Artikelnr.: 42816174

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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