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UNINA9910777861903321 |
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Autore |
Waterbury John |
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Titolo |
The Nile Basin [[electronic resource] ] : national determinants of collective action / / John Waterbury |
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New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2002 |
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1-281-72961-2 |
9786611729615 |
0-300-12768-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Water-supply - Nile River Watershed - Management - International cooperation |
Water resources development - Nile River Watershed - International cooperation |
Water resources development - Government policy - Nile River Watershed |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-204) and index. |
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Machine generated contents note: Preface, vii -- List of Abbreviations and Terms, xi -- Introduction, i -- 1 Collective Action and the Search for a Regime, I5 -- 2 Negotiating Regimes, 35 -- 3 The Three-Level Game in the Nile Basin, 57 -- 4 Food Security in Ethiopia, 91 -- 5 The Imperfect Logic of Big Projects, Io6 -- 6 The Sudan: Master of the Middle, I28 -- 7 Uganda: Egypt's Unwilling Ally, Io5 -- Conclusion: Lessons Learned? i66 -- Notes, I79 X -- Bibliography, 189 -- Index, 205. |
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The supply and management of fresh water for the world's billions of inhabitants is likely to be one of the most daunting challenges of the coming century. For countries that share river basins with others, questions of how best to use and protect precious water resources always become entangled in complex political, legal, environmental, and economic considerations. This book focuses on the issues that face all international river basins by examining in detail the Nile Basin and the ten countries that lay claim to its waters.John Waterbury applies collective action theory and international relations theory to the |
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challenges of the ten Nile nations. Confronting issues ranging from food security and famine prevention to political stability, these countries have yet to arrive at a comprehensive understanding of how to manage the Nile's resources. Waterbury proposes a series of steps leading to the formulation of environmentally sound policies and regulations by individual states, the establishment of accords among groups of states, and the critical participation of third-party sources of funding like the World Bank. He concludes that if there is to be a solution to the dilemmas of the Nile Basin countries, it must be based upon contractual understandings, brokered by third-party funders, and based on the national interests of each basin state."This excellent book makes a significant contribution to the rational discussion of Nile conflicts and should be helpful to many of the other 282 international river basins facing similar problems."-Peter P. Rogers, Harvard University |
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UNINA9910962337603321 |
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Autore |
Behrendt Siegfried |
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Eco-service Development : Reinventing Supply and Demand in the European Union / / editors, Christine Jasch, Jaap Kortman |
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Sheffield, : Greenleaf Pub., 2003 |
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London : , : Taylor and Francis, , 2017 |
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1-351-28214-X |
1-351-28215-8 |
1-351-28216-6 |
1-909493-29-5 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (218 p.) |
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Sustainable development - European Union countries |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Front cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; 1._Introduction; 2. Research questions and methodology; 3. Definition of |
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the research topic; 4. The situation in Austria, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands; 5. Fields of action for property-independent consumption; 6. Analysis of fields of action; 7. Opportunities for eco-services: outlook; 8. Conclusions and recommendations; Bibliography; Abbreviations; Biographies; Back cover |
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"Sustainable development will not be possible without fundamental improvements in resource productivity and energy efficiency, the adaptation of material flows into natural cycles as well as a radical change in production and consumption patterns. In essence, what is required is not only an ecological approach to product design but also new marketing and consumption patterns for products that can satisfy our needs in a more environmentally sound way. In recent years there has been growing interest in the possibilities of eco-services to achieve some of these aims. Ecologically oriented leasing, renting, pooling and sharing, where the emphasis is placed on the sale of a product's use rather than on the product itself, offer great possibilities for innovation and environmental impact reduction. At the same time, there are opportunities to create new commercial enterprises, produce added value to production and distribution functions, and therefore create jobs. Up until now, however, there has been little research about the state of the art in eco-services, how new services can be developed, what the attitudes of consumers are to services rather than products and what the consequences of such a structural adjustment would be for firms. Eco-service Development addresses this lack of research, first by providing a comprehensive inventory and analysis of current eco-services in four European countries: Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Spain. It then systematically explores the options open to market participants, the potential for environmental impact reduction, potential barriers to eco-services (such as consumer and producer resistance) and, finally, with what political and legal instruments ecologically oriented services can best be promoted. The book analyzes eight consumer sectors - washing, cleaning, cooking, entertainment, gardening, do-it-yourself, mobility and leisure time - from the point of view of both supply and demand and highlights the optimization potential and development perspectives for commercial new use eco-service concepts. This book is the most comprehensive analysis yet published of how eco-services are being implemented and how they could best be encouraged and contains valuable lessons for policy-makers, interested businesses and all those in the academic community searching for ways to dematerialize the economy."--Provided by publisher. |
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