Community-based Water Law and Water Resource Management Reform in Developing Countries
. Ed(S): Koppen, B. Van; Giordano, Mark; Butterworth, J.
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Shows how bringing together the strengths of community-based laws rooted in user participation and the formalized legal systems of the public sector, water management regimes will be able to reach their goals. Editor(s): Koppen, B. Van; Giordano, Mark; Butterworth, J. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFG; RNF; TQSW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 252 x 177 x 22. Weight in Grams: 842.
The lack of sufficient access to clean water is a common problem faced by communities, efforts to alleviate poverty and gender inequality and improve economic growth in developing countries. While reforms have been implemented to manage water resources, these have taken little notice of how people use and manage their water and have had limited effect at the ground level. On the other hand, regulations developed within communities are livelihood-oriented and provide incentives for collective action but they can also be hierarchal, enforcing power and gender inequalities. This book shows how bringing together the strengths of community-based laws rooted in ... Read more
The lack of sufficient access to clean water is a common problem faced by communities, efforts to alleviate poverty and gender inequality and improve economic growth in developing countries. While reforms have been implemented to manage water resources, these have taken little notice of how people use and manage their water and have had limited effect at the ground level. On the other hand, regulations developed within communities are livelihood-oriented and provide incentives for collective action but they can also be hierarchal, enforcing power and gender inequalities. This book shows how bringing together the strengths of community-based laws rooted in ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2007
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Wallingford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845933265
SKU
V9781845933265
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99-2
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