From Catchment Management to Managing River Basins

• Author : M. Dinesh Kumar,V. Ratna Reddy,A. J. James
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 08 June 2019

From Catchment Management to Managing River Basins: Science, Technology Choices, Institutions and Policy synthesizes key scientific facts crucial for catchment assessment, planning and river basin water accounting. The book presents extensive reviews of international literature on catchment hydrology, forest hydrology and other hydrological processes, such as groundwater-surface water interactions. It discusses not only the science of catchment assessment and planning, but also the catchment planning process. It documents several of the positive international experiences with integrated catchment management and integrated

• Author : M. Dinesh Kumar
• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• Release : 23 June 2010

This book provides an in-depth analysis of existing methods of water management and highlights the gaps in the use of water in various river basins. Underlying the futility of 'quick fix' solutions, it puts forward various alternative strategies for water management. Using illustrative case studies, the author lists major challenges in water management: productivity improvement in key-use sectors, inter-sectoral allocation, trans-boundary resource management, and availability in deficient regions. Highlighting the opportunities for improving water productivity in agriculture, he also provides

• Author : François Molle
• Publisher : IWMI
• Release : 01 January 2006

• Author : Laurence Smith,Keith Porter,Kevin Hiscock,Mary Jane Porter,David Benson
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 17 April 2015

The central focus of this volume is a critical comparative analysis of the key drivers for water resource management and the provision of clean water – governance systems and institutional and legal arrangements. The authors present a systematic analysis of case study river systems drawn from Australia, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, UK and USA to provide an integrated global assessment of the scale and key features of catchment management. A key premise explored is that despite the diversity of jurisdictions and

• Author : Karin Kemper,William Blomquist,Ariel Dinar
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release : 17 February 2007

Drawing upon a worldwide survey of river basin organizations and in-depth studies of eight river basins in a variety of locations around the globe, this book examines how institutional arrangements for managing water resources at the river-basin level have been designed and implemented, the impetus for these arrangements, and what institutional features appear to be associated with greater or lesser success in river basin management.

• Author : William Blomquist,Anjali Bhat,Anjali Bhat, William Andrew Blomquist
• Publisher : World Bank Publications
• Release : 24 June 2021

"The authors describe and analyze management in the Murray-Darling Basin of Australia, long regarded as a model for integrated river basin management. This interior basin of over 1 million km2 in semi-arid southeastern Australia is defined by the catchment areas of the Murray and Darling Rivers and their tributaries. Water management issues include allocation, quality, and dryland salinity. Because of Australia's federal governmental structure, institutional development has been more a matter of integrating state and local endeavors than decentralization of national

• Author : John Lawson
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release : 31 May 2021

River Basin Management is a collection of papers presented at a conference on implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive, held in Budapest in May 2005. The Water Framework Directive requires progressive protection and enhancement to rivers, lakes, estuaries, coastal waters and wetlands by the year 2015. At the heart of this major new piece of legislation is the requirement for all EU member states to prepare river basin management plans for all river basin catchments, providing the basis for coordinated improvements

• Author : Mu. Ramkumar,K Kumaraswamy,R. Mohanraj
• Publisher : Springer
• Release : 18 February 2015

This book offers a unique collection of inter- and multidisciplinary studies on river systems. Rivers have been the prime source of sustenance since the advent of civilization and river systems often form the basis for agriculture, transport, water, and land for domestic, commercial, and industrial activities, fostering economic prosperity. A river basin is a basic geographical and climatological unit within which the vagaries of natural processes act and manifest themselves at different spatio-temporal scales. Even if compared side-by-side, no two

• Author : R. Sooryamoorthy,Antony Palackal
• Publisher : University Press of Amer
• Release : 24 June 2021

Managing Water and Water Users offers an answer to the question of why Kerala, India remains a water-scarce region despite having regular and adequate rainfall. The papers presented in this volume deal with the multifarious aspects of conservation, management, and sharing of water resources. Fundamentally, the State does not have a sufficient scientific database, the most important thing in the scientific management of Kerala's water resources. The economics of the rural water supply in Kerala are clearly delineated in this

• Author : HR Wallingford (Firm)
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons Incorporated
• Release : 24 June 1994

International experts discuss how to restore degraded ecosystems and bring water resources to a level at which they can be sustained naturally. Examines the relationships between the various water-related activities of man and formulates acceptable tactics for the integrated development of river basins.

• Author : Anjali Bhat,Kikkeri Ramu,Karin E. Kemper
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 24 June 2021

The authors describe and analyze an unconventional approach to river basin management in a developing country undergoing rapid economic, political, and institutional change. The founding of the Brantas River Basin Management Corporation (Perum Jasa Tirta I - PJT 1), a national state-owned company for river basin management, initiated an emphasis on river basin management to operate and maintain existing infrastructure, plan and implement the allocation of water, and address problems that affect basin-level water resources. The Brantas River basin is located

• Author : Collectif
• Publisher : OECD
• Release : 22 November 2018

This report assesses the key bottlenecks within the water-energy-land-food nexus in Korea, and proposes policy recommendations and governance arrangements to future-proof environmental integrity and enhance sustainable growth. The increasing pressure caused by urbanisation, industrialisation, population growth and climate change in Korea has led to more land consumption and augmented water supply, at the expense of the environment and at a high cost for public finance. Korea has engaged with the OECD via a national policy dialogue to explore best practices

• Author : François Molle,Philippus Wester
• Publisher : IWMI
• Release : 24 June 2021

Mainstream views of water resource development focus on conventional concepts of supply and demand and often conceive of river basin development as a linear and rational process of harnessing nature and developing water for human use. However, human-environment interactions are more complex and the way societies respond to water challenges is shaped by a number of cultural, environmental, economic and political factors. Using river basin case studies in a variety of contexts, this book provides an overview of how societies

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Elsevier Science & Technology
• Release : 24 June 1995

This collection of symposium papers focus on sustainable development, and provide a forum for sharing ideas, experiences, and common goals, policies and strategies. Topics covered include management philosophy, estuarine management, environmental assessment, and effects of urbanization.

• Author : C. A. Brebbia
• Publisher : Wit Pr/Computational Mechanics
• Release : 24 June 2021

Papers presented at the Second International Conference on River Basin Management.