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The Politics of River Basin Organisations - Coalitions, Institutional Design Choices and Consequences (Hardcover)
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The Politics of River Basin Organisations - Coalitions, Institutional Design Choices and Consequences (Hardcover)
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A long overdue volume which comes to grips with the diversity of
physical, political and administrative realities behind the
seemingly uniform and appealing institution of the River Basin
Organization. This book squarely engages with the politics of RBO
formation and will provide clues and inspiration to those
interested in further exploring the complexities of human
institutions in their attempt to manage water resources for the
greater good.' - Francois Molle, IRD and International Water
Management Institute (IWMI), France'A critical challenge for
humanity is to design institutions for stewardship of water and
ecosystem services in a globalized world faced with climate change.
Dave Huitema and Sander Meijerink take on this challenge in this
impressive volume. Through case studies from a diverse set of
countries, all using a joint typology as a framework for the
analyses, a deeper understanding of the political dimension of
river basin stewardship is provided - exciting. Enjoy!' - Carl
Folke, Beijer Institute, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and
Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden 'There is
no better book on river basin organisations for practitioners and
researchers. It imposes tough criteria to evaluate the performance
of eleven such hydrologic based governance forms. Findings are
surprising and cautionary for water resources reformers. The
authors suggest that the demands of complex interaction and
interplay in layered organisational environments, the power of
inertia to thwart change, and inability to command resources can
overwhelm the aspirations of river basin organisations for
coordination, accountability, legitimacy and environmental
effectiveness. This book belongs in the library of everyone
seriously interested in water management.' - Helen Ingram,
University of California at Irvine and University of Arizona, US
Can River Basin Organisations (RBOs) actually improve water
governance? RBOs are frequently layered on top of existing
governmental organisations, which are often reluctant to share
their power. This, in turn, can affect their performance. The
Politics of River Basin Organisations addresses this issue by
exploring the subject on a global level. With the use of case
studies from such diverse countries as Mongolia, Afghanistan and
South Africa, the expert contributors to The Politics of River
Basin Organisations provide a comprehensive assessment of the
performance of eleven RBOs around the world. They develop a
typology that works to characterize the institutional design of
these organizations whilst distinguishing between them. This unique
book will appeal to those involved in environmental and water
policy and governance. It will also be of interest to practitioners
of water management looking to improve their approach to the field.
Contributors: D. Benson, C. Bernhardt, A. Guerreiro de Brito, D.
Calvert, D. Connell, H. Cook, I. Dombrowsky, N. Funke, S.
Ganjanapan, J. Gupta, N. Hagemann, L. Horlemann, A. Houdret, F.
Huesker, D. Huitema, F. Jaspers, A. Inman, D. Lach, L. Lebel, M.
Leidel, R. de Loe, S. Meijerink, R. Meissner, M. Morris, A. Ross,
A. Thiel, V. Thomas, J. Warner
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