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Record Nr.

UNINA9910252698203321

Autore

J. Schmidt Jeremy

Titolo

Global Challenges in Water Governance : Environments, Economies, Societies / / by Jeremy J. Schmidt, Nathanial Matthews

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

9783319615035

3319615033

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 123 p. 1 illus.)

Collana

Global Challenges in Water Governance, , 2946-398X

Classificazione

52.04.16

Disciplina

333.910091724

Soggetti

Ecology

Water

Hydrology

Pollution

Shipping

Environmental Sciences

Maritime Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Global Water Governance: An Overview -- 2. Environments -- 3. Economies -- 4. Societies -- 5. Water Futures.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents a historically situated explanation of the rise of global water governance and the contemporary challenges that global water governance seeks to address. It is particularly concerned with connecting what are often technical issues in water management with the social and political structures that affect how technical and scientific advice affects decisions. Schmidt and Matthews are careful to avoid the pitfalls of setting up opposing binaries, such as 'nature versus culture' or 'private versus public', thereby allowing readers to understand how contests over water governance have been shaped over time and why they will continue to be so. Co-written by an academic and a practitioner, Global Challenges in Water Governance combines the dual concerns for both analytical clarity and practical



applicability in a way that is particularly valuable both for educators, researchers, decision-makers, and newcomers to the complexities of water use decisions.