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Record Nr.

UNINA9910137194703321

Autore

Hüttl Reinhard F

Titolo

Society - Water - Technology [[electronic resource] ] : A Critical Appraisal of Major Water Engineering Projects / / edited by Reinhard F. Hüttl, Oliver Bens, Christine Bismuth, Sebastian Hoechstetter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, : Springer Nature, 2016

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-18971-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 295 pages) : illustrations, charts

Collana

Water Resources Development and Management, , 1614-810X

Disciplina

363.7394

363.73946

Soggetti

Water pollution

Water-supply

Environmental economics

International environmental law

Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution

Water Industry/Water Technologies

Environmental Economics

International Environmental Law

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part I: Context and Objective -- Introduction: A Critical Appraisal of Major Water Engineering Projects and the Need for Interdisciplinary Approaches -- Water Ethics – Orientation for Water Conflicts as Part of Inter- and Transdisciplinary Deliberation -- Part II: Major Water Engineering Projects – Challenges, Problems, Opportunities.- Major Water Engineering Projects: Definitions, Framework Conditions, Systemic Effects -- A Global View on Future Major Water Engineering Projects -- Neglected Values of Major Water Engineering Projects: Ecosystem Services, Social Impacts and Economic Valuation -- Water Governance: A Systemic Approach -- Research in two Case Studies: Irrigation and Land Use in the Fergana Valley and Water Management in



the Lower Jordan Valley -- Part III: The Fergana Valley – Uzbekistan’s Hydro-Agricultural System between Inertia and Change -- Between Multiple Transformations and Systemic Path Dependencies -- From Upscaling to Rescaling – Transforming the Fergana from Tsarist Irrigation to Water Management for an Independent Uzbekistan -- Irrigation Infrastructure in Fergana Today: Ecological Implications –Economic Necessities -- Where Water Meets Agriculture: The Ambivalent Role of the Water Users Associations -- Theory, the Market and the State: Agricultural Reforms in Post Socialist Uzbekistan between Economic Incentives and Institutional Obstacles -- Part IV: The Lower Jordan Valley – The Red Sea-Dead Sea Conveyance Project and its Complex History -- Water Resources, Cooperation and Power Asymmetries in the Water Management of the Lower Jordan Valley – The Situation Today and the Path that has led there -- Reclaiming the Dead Sea: Alternatives for Action -- Jordan’s Shadow State and Water Management: Prospects for Water Security will depend on Politics and Regional Cooperation -- Technologies, Incentives and Cost Recovery: Is there an Israeli Role Model? -- Part V: Outlook and Options for Action -- Lessons Learnt, Open Research Questions and Recommendations.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents the results of the Interdisciplinary Research Group  "Society – Water – Technology" of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. It describes interdisciplinary evaluation criteria for major water engineering projects (MWEPs) and portrays an application to the Lower Jordan Valley (Middle East) and the Fergana Valley (Central Asia). Both areas are characterised by transboundary conflicts, by challenges due to demographic and climate change, and by political and societal pressures. Based on the findings, the book provides recommendations for science and political decisions makers as well as for international financing institutions. In addition, it outlines research gaps from an interdisciplinary perspective. In the past, MWEPs have been used as an instrument to cope with the demands of growing populations and to enhance development progress. Experiences with MWEPs have shown that a purely technical approach has not always brought about the desired results. In many cases, MWEPs have even resulted in negative implications for society and environment. Therefore, improved management strategies and enhanced technologies for a sustainable water resource management system are a prerequisite to meet present and future challenges. And, moreover, the continuous evaluation and optimisation of these measures is, likewise, a must.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910716092303321

Autore

McDonald Neil R.

Titolo

Validity of Sikh divorce by mutual consent in Uganda

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : Law Library, Library of Congress, , 1971

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (8 pages)

Soggetti

Divorce - Law and legislation - Uganda

Divorce - Religious aspects - Sikhism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Prepared by Neil R. Mcdonald"--Page 8.

Typescript.

"November 1971."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.