This edited volume provides a critical discussion of particular trends that are widely recognised to influence water management by comparing them with what is actually happening in the field. Among others, these trends include water security, adaptive or integrative management, and the water-energy-food nexus, which are often presented as essential means to reaching more sustainable and resilient water use. However, the extent to which these trends have managed to structure concrete practices in water management remains uncertain. Informed by empirically grounded research, each chapter of this work engages with a particular approach, concept or theory. Together, they provide a nuanced picture of trends in water management that require unive...
In 1998, the European Commission (EC) published Guidelines for Water Resource Development Cooperatio...
Water exploitation has increased notably in the world during the last 250 years since the onset of i...
Pre-print versionThis chapter presents the history of thinking on water resources and how it has evo...
Abstract: Water resources management approaches around the world are changing dramatically. This cha...
Conventional water governance that centralizes decision making and focuses on increasing supply has ...
To plan successfully and manage the increased uncertainties posed by likely future climate change, k...
Sustainable water management is a key environmental challenge of the 21st century. Developing and im...
The prudent management of water resources is essential for human and ecosystem well-being. As a resu...
Water is one of the most important resources available on this earth that has an influence on human ...
Abstract: This paper characterizes present challenges in water management worldwide and explores int...
Water is an important natural resource that has affected both the development and the destruction of...
Integrated water resource management (IWRM) is widely accepted and has been implemented though inter...
Integrated water resource management (IWRM) is widely accepted and has been implemented though inter...
The emergence of resource management as an important theme in geogra-phy during the 1970s has been p...
This contribution explores the globalisation of water issues. It addresses a number of emergent patt...
In 1998, the European Commission (EC) published Guidelines for Water Resource Development Cooperatio...
Water exploitation has increased notably in the world during the last 250 years since the onset of i...
Pre-print versionThis chapter presents the history of thinking on water resources and how it has evo...
Abstract: Water resources management approaches around the world are changing dramatically. This cha...
Conventional water governance that centralizes decision making and focuses on increasing supply has ...
To plan successfully and manage the increased uncertainties posed by likely future climate change, k...
Sustainable water management is a key environmental challenge of the 21st century. Developing and im...
The prudent management of water resources is essential for human and ecosystem well-being. As a resu...
Water is one of the most important resources available on this earth that has an influence on human ...
Abstract: This paper characterizes present challenges in water management worldwide and explores int...
Water is an important natural resource that has affected both the development and the destruction of...
Integrated water resource management (IWRM) is widely accepted and has been implemented though inter...
Integrated water resource management (IWRM) is widely accepted and has been implemented though inter...
The emergence of resource management as an important theme in geogra-phy during the 1970s has been p...
This contribution explores the globalisation of water issues. It addresses a number of emergent patt...
In 1998, the European Commission (EC) published Guidelines for Water Resource Development Cooperatio...
Water exploitation has increased notably in the world during the last 250 years since the onset of i...
Pre-print versionThis chapter presents the history of thinking on water resources and how it has evo...