Title: Water as a focus for regional development /
Authors: Biswas, Asit K.; Ünver, İ. H. Olcay.; Tortajada, Cecilia.; Nihon Zaidan.; Third World Centre for Water Management.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Water resources development.; Water-supply Management; Regional planning Economic aspects.
Abstract: Contributed articles; study conducted by Third World Centre for Water Management and Nippon Foundation.
Contents: 1. Water and regional development -- 2. Asian experiences in water and regional development -- 3. Water resources, impoverishment, and regional imbalances : some reflections from the state of Gujarat, India -- 4. Water development potential within a basin-wide approach : Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) issues -- 5. Water and regional development in the Yellow River basin -- 6. Current situation and future prospects of water and river management in Japan -- 7. Participative water-based regional development in the South-eastern Anatolia project (GAP) : a pioneering model -- 8. South-eastern Anatolia project : impacts of the Atatürk Dam -- 9. Evolution of water management institutions in select Southern African international river basins -- 10. Water resources development in California -- 11. Contribution of water resources development to regional development : case studies from Latin America -- 12. Salto Grande : a binational dam on the Uruguay River.