Coping with water deficiency : from research to policymaking : with examples from Southern Europe, the Mediterranean and developing countries

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Title:

Author:

Koundouri, Phoebe, 1974-

ISBN:

9781402066146

Publication Information:

[S.l.] : Springer, c2008.

Physical Description:

xiii, 240 p. : ill, maps ; 25 cm.

Series:

Environment & policy ; v. 48.

Series Title:

Environment & policy ; v. 48.

Contents:

Ch. 1. Introduction / Phoebe Koundouri, Yiannis Kountouris, and Kyriaki Remoundou -- ch. 2. Water management on Mediterranean Islands : pressure, recommended policy and management options / Antonia A. Donta, Manfred A. Lange and the MEDIS consortium -- ch. 3. The range of existing circumstances in the WaterStrategyMan case studies / Bernard Barraqué, Christos Karavitis, and Pipina Katsiardi -- ch. 4. Landscape sensitivity, resilience and sustainable watershed management / James McGlade, Brian S. McIntosh, and Paul Jeffrey -- ch. 5. Using economic valuation techniques to inform water resourcees management in the southern European, Mediterranean and developing countries : a survey and critical appraisal of available techniques / Ekin Birol, Phoebe Koundouri and Yiannis Kountouris -- ch. 6. The case for declining long-term discount rates in the evaluation of flood-defence investments / Phoebe Koundouri -- ch. 7. Models and decisions support systems for participatory decision making in integrated water resource management / Carlo Giupponi and Alessandra Sgobbi -- ch. 8. Evaluating the institution-impact interactions in the context of millennium development goals : analytical framework with empirical results / R. Maria Saleth, Ariel Dinar, and Susanne Neubert -- ch. 9. Resource pricing and poverty alleviation : the case of block tariffs for water in Beijing / Ben Groom ... [et al.]

Subject Term:

Water resources development.

Water resources development -- Government policy.

Water-supply -- Government policy.

Water-supply -- Management.

Water conservation.

Water use.

Integrated water development.

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Koundouri, Phoebe, 1974-

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Summary

In line with the Water Framework Directive, this book stresses the need for an Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) approach to balance the competing demands on water-domestic, agricultural, industrial, tourism and environmental/ecological- and promote economically efficient, socially equitable and environmentally sustainable water use in selected regions from Southern Europe, the Mediterranean and the developing world. Results from the research projects covered by this book, demonstrate that effective water management tools and decisions-making practices, are needed in order to complement integrated interventions for increasing the availability of supply and/or managing the growing demand for scarce water supplies. Further, the book attempts to bridge the gap between ideas and actions endorsed at the research-oriented environmental debate, and their translation into policy making structures and programs in developed and developing countries.