Management of Transboundary Rivers and Lakes

ISBN-13: 9783540749264 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 304 str.

Cecilia Tortajada; Asit K. Biswas

Opis

Transboundary rivers and lakes are often the remaining new sources of water that can be developed for human uses. These water sources were not used in the past because of the many complexities involved. Written and edited by the world's leading water and legal experts, this unique and authoritative book analyses the magnitudes of the transboundary water problems in different parts of the world. It also examines difficulties and constraints faced to resolve these problems.

Recenzje

From the reviews:

"A welcome development that by the efforts of the Helsinki University of Technology and the Third World Centre for Water Management (with intellectual support of the International Water Resources Association), Springer has brought out a book on the Management of Transboundary Rivers and Lakes. It is based on many invited papers presented and discussed at an international workshop held in Espoo, Finland in August 2005." (Water Resources Development, Vol. 24 (4), December, 2008)

Spis treści

Management of Transboundary Waters: An Overview.- The Southern African Hydropolitical Complex.- Okavango River Basin.- Water Management in the Jordan River Basin: Towards an Ecosystem Approach.- Transboundary Cooperation Between Finland and Its Neighbouring Countries.- Management of Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna System: Way Forward.- Indus Waters and the 1960 Treaty Between India and Pakistan.- The Mekong: IWRM and Institutions.- The Upstream Superpower: China’s International Rivers.- Management of the North American Great Lakes.- The Rio de la Plata River Basin: The Path Towards Basin Institutions.