Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance
About the Book Series
Most of the world’s water problems, and their solutions, are directly related to policies and governance, both specific to water and in general. Two of the world’s leading journals in this area, the International Journal of Water Resources Development (sponsored by the Third World Centre for Water Management, Mexico) and Water International (the official journal of the International Water Resources Association), contribute to this special issues series, aimed at disseminating new knowledge on the policy and governance of water resources to a very broad and diverse readership all over the world. The series should be of direct interest to all policy makers, professionals and lay readers concerned with obtaining the latest perspectives on addressing the world’s many water issues.
Hydrosocial Territories and Water Equity: Theory, Governance, and Sites of Struggle
1st Edition
Edited
By Rutgerd Boelens, Ben Crow, Jaime Hoogesteger, Flora E. Lu, Erik Swyngedouw, Jeroen Vos
June 07, 2019
Bringing together a multidisciplinary set of scholars and diverse case studies from across the globe, this book explores the management, governance, and understandings around water, a key element in the assemblage of hydrosocial territories. Hydrosocial territories are spatial configurations of ...
Energy For Water: Regional Case Studies
1st Edition
Edited
By Christopher Napoli
February 14, 2019
Water and energy are inextricably linked as unsound management of either resource can have an impact on the cost, availability, and sustainability of the other. This book explores the "energy for water" component of the water–energy nexus. It offers diverse case studies from around the world ...
The Water Legacies of Conventional Mining
1st Edition
Edited
By James E. Nickum, David B. Brooks, Anthony Turton, Surina Esterhuyse
January 17, 2019
The impact of mining is too big to ignore in a world of oversubscribed water. This is true of conventional mining as much as – or even more than – hydraulic fracturing (fracking). The legacy issues of such mining on water have not been fully appreciated, especially the irretrievable effects mining ...
The Water-Energy-Food Nexus in the Middle East and North Africa
1st Edition
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By Martin Keulertz, Eckart Woertz
January 16, 2019
This book discusses key issues concerning water, energy and food in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It provides an interdisciplinary account of current developments in the most water-scarce and conflict-torn region in the world. Key analysts on MENA water, agriculture and energy ...
Integrated Water Resources Management: From concept to implementation
1st Edition
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By Cecilia Tortajada
December 19, 2018
The book includes seventeen excellent researched and documented papers that reflect the diversity of thought, ideas and experiences related to IWRM. They draw from an extensive, inclusive and geographically representative range of theoretical propositions and practical examples. These include ...
Sustainability in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
1st Edition
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By Anik Bhaduri, Claudia Ringler, Ines Dombrowsky, Rabi Mohtar, Waltina Scheumann
October 18, 2018
It is beyond doubt that the interconnectedness between food, energy, water security and environmental sustainability exists and is getting amplified with increased globalization. It has been recognized that efforts to address only one part of a systemic problem by neglecting other inherently ...
Water Reuse Policies for Potable Use
1st Edition
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By Cecilia Tortajada, Choon Nam Ong
October 18, 2018
As water demand has increased globally and resources have become more limited because of physical scarcity, over-exploitation and pollution, it has been necessary to develop more options for water supplies. These options include the production at large scale of high-quality reused water from ...
Frontiers of Land and Water Governance in Urban Areas
1st Edition
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By Thomas Hartmann, Tejo Spit
June 07, 2017
A society that intensifies and expands the use of land and water in urban areas needs to search for solutions to manage the frontiers between these two essential elements for urban living. Sustainable governance of land and water is one of the major challenges of our times. Managing retention areas...
Water Infrastructure
1st Edition
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By Cecilia Tortajada, Asit Biswas
June 07, 2017
Water infrastructure is an essential element in water management. Together with institutions, policies and regulation, it provides basic services to growing populations, especially in developing countries, where much of the growth is taking place. In the Asia-Pacific region, for instance, ...
Water Policy and Management in Spain
1st Edition
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By Francisco González-Gómez, Miguel A. García-Rubio, Jorge Guardiola
August 26, 2016
Spain is facing an increasingly difficult situation in terms of water stress. This is an issue that is due mostly to poor management practices in all sectors. Large amounts of water have been used for agricultural purposes at very low prices for too long; there is an uncontrolled use of ...
Water Resources and Decision-Making Systems
1st Edition
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By Cecilia Tortajada, Kevin Parris
August 26, 2016
Water data and information are essential to support efforts to understand, manage, allocate, utilize and protect water resources. The linkages between Water Information Systems and needs of decision makers are complex, but can be encapsulated in a Driving Force (Policy Needs) – Monitoring – Data ...
Asian Perspectives on Water Policy
1st Edition
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By Cecilia Tortajada, Asit Biswas
July 27, 2016
Asian countries are not homogenous. They are in different stages of social and economic development, with cultural conditions and institutional and legal frameworks varying from one country to another. Therefore, how water can be successfully managed differs from one country to another. The book ...