Water Governance, Policy and Knowledge Transfer: International Studies on Contextual Water Management

ISBN-13: 9781138573895 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 292 str.

Opis

In an increasingly global community of researchers and practitioners, new technologies and communication means have made the transfer of policies from one country or region to another progressively more prevalent. This book aims to create a better understanding of such transfers in the water management sector.

Spis treści

Foreword  1. Introduction  2. Water Management Solutions: On Panaceas and Policy Transfer  3. Contextual Interaction Theory for Assessing Water Governance, Policy and Knowledge Transfer  4. How Contextual Factors Influence the Effectiveness of International Projects: The Case of Dutch-funded Flood Risk Management Projects in Romania  5. Testing of the Contextual Interaction Theory in the Evaluation of Cooperation and  Collaboration of Water Management Projects in India  6. Contextual Considerations Shaping the Transferability of Policies for Drinking Water Source Protection: A Canadian Case Study  7. Translating Water Policy Innovations in Kazakhstan: The Importance of Context  8. Public Participation as an Essentially Contested Concept: Insights from Water Management in Turkey  9. Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships in Fragile Political Contexts: Experiences from the Palestinian Water and Waste Sector  10. Transferring International Commitments to the Local Level: The Case of Integrated Urban (Waste)water Management in Hanoi, Vietnam  11. Institutional Innovation of Water Governance in Mexico: The Case of Guadalupe Basin, near Mexico City  12. Translating the Global Climate Change Discourse to the Local: An Analysis of Dutch Storylines on Adaptation  13. Adaptive Responses to Drought and Water Deficiency: Transfer of Governance Approaches across South and North Europe  14. The Transfer of Building with Nature Approach in the Context of EU Natura 2000  15. Conclusions  Index