Water
Subtitle: security, economics and governance
By: R. Quentin Grafton, Jamie Pittock, Maree Tait, Chris White, editors
Publisher: Tilde University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Prahran, VIC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 566
ISBN-13: 9780734611413
Subjects: Water-supply; Management; Water conservation; Water quality management; Water resources development
Description: Water: Security, Governance and Economics highlights intractable, unresolved issues and discusses ways in which information and different conceptual approaches can be used to discuss them more effectively.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A global overview of water security / R. Quentin Grafton and Chris White; title: Anthropogenic disturbance of the terrestrial water cycle / Charles J. Vörösmarty and Dork Sahagian; title: Global threats to human water security and river biodiversity / Charles J. Vörösmarty (and 10 others); title: Wake up to the realities of river basin closure / Malin Falkenmark and David Molden; title: Climate change and the world's river basins : anticipating management options / Margaret A. Palmer (and 6 others); title: Australia's Murray-Darling basin : freshwater ecosystem conservation / Jamie Pittock and C. Max Finlayson; title: The devil is in the detail / David Molden; title: A grand challenge for freshwater research : understanding the global water systems / Joseph M. Alcamo (and 4 others); title: Economics for water / R. Quentin Grafton and Chris White; title: An integrated assessment of water markets : a cross-country comparison / R. Quentin Grafton (and 4 others); title: Environmental effectiveness and economic efficiency of water use in agriculture : the experience of and lessons from the Australian Water Reform Programme / Michael D. Young; title: Economic costs and benefits of the proposed basin plan / R. Quentin Grafton; title: Optimal dynamic water allocation : irrigation extractions and environmental tradeoffs in the Murray River, Australia / R. Quentin Grafton (and 3 others); title: Pricing irrigation water : a review of theory and practice / Robert C. Johansson (and 4 others); title: Efficient urban water pricing / Hugh Sibly; title: Comparing price and non-price approaches to urban water conservation / Sheila M. Olmstead and Robert N. Stavins; title: Willingness to pay, borrow, and work for rural water service / Adam Abramson (and 3 others); title: Flexible water sharing within an international basin / D. Mark Kilgour and Ariel Dinar; title: Water governance / Jamie Pittock and Daniel Connell; title: Water governance : policy and legal frameworks / Stefano Burchi (and 3 others); title: The role of international water law in ensuring 'good water governance' : a call for renewed focus and action / Patricia Wouters and Alistair Rieu-Clarke; title: Beyond the river : the benefits of cooperation on international rivers / Claudia W. Sadoff and David Grey; title: Still not in force : should states support the 1997 UN Watercourses Convention? / Alistair Rieu-Clarke and Flavia Rocha Loures; title: Integrated water resources management : a reassessment / Asit K. Biswas; title: More suitable participation? : multi-stakeholder platforms for integrated catchment management / Jeroen F. Warner; title: Aiding multi-level decision-making / Katherine A. Daniell (and 5 others); title: Water reform in the Murray-Darling basin / Daniel Connell and R. Quentin Grafton; title: Allocating water to meeting indigenous environmental priorities : a challenge for Australian environmental water management / Sue Jackson; title: Global insights into water resources, climate change and governance / R. Quentin Grafton (and 16 others).