Policy and strategic behaviour in water resource management

Author(s)

• Dinar, Ariel
• Albiac, Jose

Bibliographic Information

Policy and strategic behaviour in water resource management

edited by Ariel Dinar and Jose Albiac

Earthscan, 2009

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Water resource management throughout the world is a very complicated issue, involving various aspects and dimensions and a well-coordinated set of policies. A well-designed water policy is a multi-faceted concerted intervention, which could be specific to just one set of political and physical socio-economic conditions. A framework to analyse the interaction between policy design and implementation can assist in improving both of these in various physical, economic and political situations. This book focuses on the interaction between policy making and strategic behaviour of policy makers, water users and other stakeholders, and how policy analysis and other analytical tools from the field of game theory and negotiation can improve policy design. The book presents analysis by high-level policy makers and policy analysts from various countries, to share experience regarding specific policy issues that are relevant to almost any country in the world, but may have been addressed differently in each country.

Table of Contents

Foreword 1. Policy and Strategy in Water Resource Management: Can We Do Better When Both Are Coordinated? Part I: Issues in Water Resource Policy 2. Issues in Water Resources Policy in Jordan 3. Water Scarcity, Quality and Environmental Protection Policies in Jordan 4. Water Management in Urbanizing, Arid Regions: Innovative Voluntary Transactions as a Response to Competing Water Claims 5. Groundwater Management Issues and Innovations in Arizona 6. Water Policy in Australia: The Impact of Change and Uncertainty 7. The Policy Challenge of Matching Environmental Water to Ecological Need 8. Water Management in Spain: An Example of Changing Paradigms 9. Policy Issues Related to Climate Change in Spain Part II: Issues in Water Resource Strategy 10. Water Confl icts: Issues in International Water, Water Allocation and Water Pricing with Focus on Jordan 11. Good and Bad Forms of Participation in Water Management: Some Lessons from Brazil 12. Issues of Balancing International, Environmental and Equity Needs in a Situation of Water Scarcity Part III: Interaction between Policy and Strategy 13. Modelling Negotiated Decision Making under Uncertainty: An Application to the Piave River Basin, Italy 14. Strategic Behaviour in Water Policy Negotiations: Lessons from California 15. Strategic Behaviour in Transboundary Water and Environmental Management 16. Climate Change and International Water: The Role of Strategic Alliances in Resource Allocation Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA90474141
• ISBN:
  • 9781844076697
• LCCN: 2008034729
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xxiv, 339 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HD1691
  • DC22 : 333.91
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Water-supply -- Economic aspects
  • LCSH : Water resources development -- Environmental aspects
  • LCSH : Water quality management -- Economic aspects