Given the role of this region in maintaining the balance of the global environment, the book examines whether the Amazon should be granted a special legal status and possible implications in terms of international cooperation. The case studies are of different scales, ranging from the mighty Amazon to small Silala. Additionally, the volume makes clear that the outlook for the poorest and the future of hundreds of growing cities are threatened by climate change. The La Plata Basin System against the Background of Other Basin Organizations Lilian del Castillo 7. Transboundary Water Management in Latin America: Personal Reflections Asit K.
Brooks and Jamie Linton 3. Eckstein Responsibility: edited by Asit K. Transboundary Water Management of the Amazon Basin B. Pilcomayo River Basin Institutional Structure Claudio Laboranti 8. Transboundary Water Management in Venezuela Juan Carlos Sainz-Borgo 9.
The book includes eight authoritative case studies of Latin American transboundary rivers and aquifers, as well as a thinkpiece on the complexities of managing aquifers based on global experiences. The reasons and constraints for this failure are outlined. Transboundary Water Management of the Amazon Basin B. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of Water Resources Development. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of Water Resources Development. Brooks and Jamie Linton 3.
Definitive analyses of transboundary water management in Latin America are conspicuous by their absence. He is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore, and Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar. Biswas, 2012, Routledge, London, 190 pages. The Guarani Aquifer: From Knowledge to Water Management Luiz Amore 4. The overall focus of the book is on ways in which such difficult and complex rivers and aquifers that are shared by two or more countries can be managed efficiently and equitably, and on the lessons, both positive and negative, that other regions can learn from the Latin American experience. In recent years the sustainability discourse has broadened to include human systems.
Transboundary Water Management in Venezuela Juan Carlos Sainz-Borgo 9. Pilcomayo River Basin Institutional Structure Claudio Laboranti 8. Transboundary Water Management of the Amazon Basin B. Register a Free 1 month Trial Account. Addressing such problems takes on increasing urgency as the world becomes ever more inter connected and interdependent. This book is unique in focusing on case studies of climate-hydrology-water resource management in diverse contexts in South, Central, and North America. Target groups for this book include water resource managers and decision makers at levels from the international to the local; scientists involved in interdisciplinary studies of basic and applied climatology, hydrology, and environmental studies; and readers specializing in institutional analyses, including transboundary water law, policy analysis, and risk assessment.
Transboundary water management in Latin America has been evolving in a somewhat different manner compared to other continents. The La Plata Basin System against the Background of Other Basin Organizations Lilian del Castillo 7. The case studies are of different scales, ranging from the mighty Amazon to small Silala. The overall focus of the book is on ways in which such difficult and complex rivers and aquifers that are shared by two or more countries can be managed efficiently and equitably, and on the lessons, both positive and negative, that other regions can learn from the Latin American experience. The overall focus of the book is on ways in which such difficult and complex rivers and aquifers that are shared by two or more countries can be managed efficiently and equitably, and on the lessons, both positive and negative, that other regions can learn from the Latin American experience. It also examines difficulties and constraints faced to resolve these problems.
These water sources were not used in the past because of the many complexities involved. Transboundary water management in Latin America has been evolving in a somewhat different manner compared to other continents. There was unanimity among the participants about the need for all inhabitants of the Americas to work together to ensure that everyone has access to adequate quantities of healthy water supplies and to appropriate sanitation services. Eckstein About the Editor Asit K. The case studies are of different scales, ranging from the mighty Amazon to small Silala. .
Biswas is the Founder and Chief Executive of the Third World Centre for Water Management, Mexico. The situation is a little better for rivers compared to groundwater resources. This book previously appeared as a special issue of the International Journal of Water Resources Development. Governance of Transboundary Aquifers: Balancing Efficiency, Equity and Sustainability David B. The problem is that once you have gotten your nifty new product, the managing transboundary waters of latin america biswas asit k gets a brief glance, maybe a once over, but it often tends to get discarded or lost with the original packaging.