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.
Water Management and Climate Change: Dealing with Uncertainties
1st Edition
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By Cecilia Tortajada, Asit Biswas, Avinash Tyagi
July 27, 2016
To plan successfully and manage the increased uncertainties posed by likely future climate change, knowledge needs to advance much more for the water profession beyond what it is now available. Meeting these challenges does not depend exclusively on advances in climatological-hydrologic models. ...
Water for Food Security: Challenges for Pakistan
1st Edition
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By Claudia Ringler, Arif Anwar
July 27, 2016
Pakistan’s water management is at a critical watershed. Water shortages are growing rapidly as a result of growing demand across all water-using sectors. Rapid population growth, from 175 million people in 2010 to an estimated 236 million by 2030 and 280 million by 2050, and international ...
Water and Security in Central Asia: Solving a Rubik's Cube
1st Edition
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By Virpi Stucki, Kai Wegerich, Muhammad Mizanur Rahaman, Olli Varis
April 21, 2016
Examining the water, development and security linkages in Central Asia can feel a bit like solving a Rubik’s cube. The Rubik’s cube starts to usually find structure and the different pieces find their places when its solver adopts a systematic approach. Still, solving the whole cube takes time and ...
Restoring Communities Resettled After Dam Construction in Asia
1st Edition
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By Mikiyasu Nakayama, Ryo Fujikura
September 08, 2015
The rapid economic expansion and population growth of developing countries in Asia has led to increasing demands for water and energy. To meet these demands, large dam development projects have been completed, which has inevitably caused involuntary resettlement. In order to support these projects,...
The Future of Public Water Governance: Has Water Privatization Peaked?
1st Edition
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By Christopher A. Scott, Bernard de Gouvello
July 22, 2015
The privatization of water supply and wastewater systems, together with institutional restructuring of governance – through decentralization and the penetration of global firms in local and regional markets – have been promoted as solutions to increase economic efficiency and achieve universal ...
Water Quality Policy and Management in Asia
1st Edition
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By Cecilia Tortajada
November 10, 2014
Asia's 48 countries have an estimated 1.757 billion urban population and 2.4 billion people in rural areas (or approximately 60 per cent of the global population). Divided into central, eastern, southern, south-eastern and western regions, the continent is also extremely heterogeneous in terms of ...
Water Quality Management: Present Situations, Challenges and Future Perspectives
1st Edition
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By Asit Biswas, Cecilia Tortajada, Rafael Izquierdo
June 19, 2014
The global attention in recent years has focused primarily on water quantity and allocation issues. Water quality has received significantly less attention than water quantity. Commendable progress has been made by the developed world to control point sources of pollution, but commensurate progress...
Water Resources Management in the People's Republic of China
1st Edition
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By Xuetao Sun, Robert Speed, Dajun Shen
June 24, 2013
Chinese water resource managers face a challenge that is both immense and unique. They must balance limited water supplies against the needs of the world’s largest population; demands for rapid economic growth with calls for improved environmental management; and the desire for a market-based ...
Integrated Water Resources Management in Latin America
1st Edition
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By Asit Biswas, Benedito P.F. Braga, Cecilia Tortajada, Marco Palermo
February 14, 2013
It is now widely accepted that the world is likely to face a major water crisis unless the present management practices are improved very significantly. Promoted extensively by donors and international institutions over the past 15 years, integrated water resources management (IWRM) has been ...
Water, Food and Poverty in River Basins: Defining the Limits
1st Edition
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By Myles Fisher, Simon Cook
May 08, 2012
Conventional wisdom says that the world is heading for a major water crisis. By 2050, global population will increase from 7 billion to a staggering 9.5 billion and the demands this will place on food and water systems will inevitably push river basins over the edge. The findings from this book ...
Improving Water Policy and Governance
1st Edition
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By Cecilia Tortajada, Asit Biswas
February 10, 2012
Old forms of governance in both public and private sectors are becoming increasingly irrelevant because of rapidly changing conditions. Because of these changes, both governance processes and the scope of the institutions through which power is exercised throughout society may have to undergo a ...
Water Management in Megacities
1st Edition
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By Cecilia Tortajada, Olli Varis, Asit Biswas, Jan Lundqvist
October 13, 2009
Efficient and equitable water, wastewater and stormwater management for the megacities is becoming an increasingly complex task. The special issue will focus on water management in its totality for megacities, including their technical, social, economic, legal, institutional and environmental ...