River basin trajectories [[electronic resource] ] : societies, environments and development / / edited by François Molle and Philippus Wester

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : CABI, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (325 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.73
• Soggetto topico: Water resources development; Water-supply - Political aspects
• Altri autori: MolleFrançois WesterPhilippus
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; Series Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 River Basin Trajectories: an Inquiry into Changing Waterscapes; 2 Squeezed Dry: the Historical Trajectory of the Lower Jordan River Basin; 3 Are Good Intentions Leading to Good Outcomes? Continuities in Social, Economic and Hydro-political Trajectories in the Olifants River Basin, South Africa; 4 From Half-full to Half-empty: the Hydraulic Mission and Water Overexploitation in the Lerma-Chapala Basin, Mexico; 5 Managing the Yellow River: Continuity and Change; 6 The Colorado River: What Prospect for 'a River No More'? ; 7 Sharing Scarce Resources in a Mediterranean River Basin: Wadi Merguellil in Central Tunisia8 Water Competition, Variability and River Basin Governance: a Critical Analysis of the Great Ruaha River, Tanzania; 9 Buying Respite: Esfahan and the Zayandeh Rud River Basin, Iran; 10 Rural Dynamics and New Challenges in the Indian Water Sector: the Trajectory of the Krishna Basin, South India; 11 Pumped Out: Basin Closure and Farmer Adaptations in the Bhavani Basin in Southern India; 12 Much Ado about the Murray: the Drama of Restraining Water Use; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Using river basin case studies in a variety of contexts, this book provides an overview of how societies have gradually developed their water resources and furthers our understanding of how such resources can be managed successfully or unsuccessfully.
• Titolo autorizzato: River basin trajectories
• ISBN: 1-282-26151-7; 9786612261510; 1-84593-539-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910446324103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture series ; ; 8.