Asit K Biswas Benedito P.F. Braga Cecilia Tortajada
It is now widely accepted that the world is likely to face a major water crisis unless the present management practices are improved very significantly. Promoted extensively by donors and international institutions over the past 15 years, integrated water resources management (IWRM) has been assumed explicitly to be 'the' solution for managing the limited water resources of the world.Hundreds of millions of dollars have now been spent in promoting IWRM in developing countries. However, no serious and objective analysis has ever been undertaken as to whether IWRM has made water management more...
It is now widely accepted that the world is likely to face a major water crisis unless the present management practices are improved very significantl...
Old forms of governance in both public and private sectors are becoming increasingly irrelevant because of rapidly changing conditions. Because of these changes, both governance processes and the scope of the institutions through which power is exercised throughout society may have to undergo a radical break with the past and prevailing models of governance. Water sector is an integral part of the global system. Consequently, its governance processes and the institutions responsible for its management must change as well in order to cope with the current challenges and potential future...
Old forms of governance in both public and private sectors are becoming increasingly irrelevant because of rapidly changing conditions. Because of the...
