Managing Transboundary Waters of Latin America

Informationen zum Autor Asit K. Biswas is the Founder and Chief Executive of the Third World Centre for Water Management! Mexico. He is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy! Singapore! and Indian Institute of Technology! Bhubaneswar. Klappentext Transboundary water management in Latin America has been evolving in a somewhat different manner compared to other continents. This book includes eight case studies of Latin American transboundary rivers and aquifers! as well as a thinkpiece on the complexities of managing aquifers based on global experiences. Zusammenfassung The book provides detailed analyses of several Latin American transboundary water bodies in terms of their current status as well as their relative strengths and weaknesses, including institutional and legal frameworks. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of Water Resources Development. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1.Transboundary Water Management in Latin America: Personal Reflections Asit K. Biswas 2.Governance of Transboundary Aquifers: Balancing Efficiency! Equity and Sustainability David B. Brooksand Jamie Linton 3.The Guarani Aquifer: From Knowledge to Water Management Luiz Amore 4.Transboundary Water Management of the Amazon Basin B. Braga! P. Varellaand H. Gonçalves 5.International Agreements! Institutions and Projects in La Plata River Basin Victor Pochat 6.The La Plata Basin System against the Background of Other Basin Organizations Lilian del Castillo 7.Pilcomayo River Basin Institutional Structure Claudio Laboranti 8.Transboundary Water Management in Venezuela Juan Carlos Sainz-Borgo 9.The US - Mexico Border: Conflict and Co-operation in Water Management Vicente Sánchez-Munguía 10. The Silala/Siloli Watershed: Dispute over the Most Vulnerable Basin in South America B. M. Mulliganand G. E. Eckstein

Product details

• Authors: Asit (National University of Singapore) Biswas
• Assisted by: Asit Biswas (Editor), Biswas Asit (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.08.2012
• EAN: 9780415533409
• ISBN: 978-0-415-53340-9
• No. of pages: 190
• Series: Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Ethnic Studies, NATURE / Ecology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Water Supply, Urban & municipal planning, Regional Studies, Environmental Management, Regional / International studies, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Hispanic & Latino Studies, Civil engineering, surveying and building