Keywords:
Hydrology.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
This book presents the complexity and many dimensions of groundwater governance in 28 chapters, written by a global team of leading experts. The first part of the book defines groundwater governance, exploring its emergence and evolution, framing it through a socio-ecological lens and describing groundwater policy and planning approaches. The second part discusses key aspects of groundwater governance, including leadership, political support, participation, cooperation, and conflict resolution. The third examines the linkages between groundwater and other resources/sectors and the fourth part presents eight case studies that illustrate current practices in groundwater governance worldwide.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (621 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781351808408
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=5188133
DDC:
346.0469104
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Authors -- About the Editors -- Part 1: Setting the scene -- 1: Groundwater governance: rationale, definition, current state and heuristic framework -- 2: Emergence and evolution of groundwater management and governance -- 3: Understanding groundwater governance through a social ecological system framework - relevance and limits -- 4: Groundwater management: policy principles & -- planning practices -- Part 2: Key elements of groundwater governance -- 5: Leadership and political will for groundwater governance: indispensable for meeting the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) -- 6: Legal principles and legal frameworks related to groundwater -- 7: Participation of stakeholders and citizens in groundwater management: the role of collective action -- 8: Economic instruments, behaviour and incentives in groundwater management -- 9: Cooperation and conflict resolution in groundwater and aquifer management -- 10: Data, information, knowledge and diagnostics on groundwater -- 11: Education and capacity development for groundwater resources management -- 12: Groundwater governance - impact of awareness-raising and citizen pressure on groundwater management authority in the United States -- 13: Assessing and monitoring groundwater governance -- Part 3: Integration and policy linkages beyond the local groundwater system -- 14: Groundwater governance for poverty eradication, social equity and health -- 15: Managing energy-irrigation nexus: insights from Karnataka and Punjab states in India -- 16: Steps towards groundwater-sensitive land use governance and management practices -- 17: Linking groundwater and surface water: conjunctive water management -- 18: Global food and trade dimensions of groundwater governance.
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19: Governance and management of transboundary aquifers -- 20: Governing extractable subsurface resources and subsurface space -- Part 4: Cases -- 21: Groundwater governance in the Great Artesian Basin, Australia -- 22: Institutions and policies governing groundwater development, use and management in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of India -- 23: Groundwater governance in the European Union, its history and its legislation: an enlightening example of groundwater governance -- 24: Groundwater governance in the United States: a mosaic of approaches -- 25: Turning the tide - curbing groundwater over-abstraction in the Tosca-Molopo area, South Africa -- 26: Governing groundwater in the Middle East and North Africa Region -- 27: Perspectives on Guarani Aquifer Governance -- 28: Groundwater governance in São Paulo and Mexico metropolitan areas: some comparative lessons learnt.
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