Description
Water resource management throughout the world is a very complicated issue, involving various aspects and dimensions and a well-coordinated set of policies. A well designed water policy is a multi-faceted concerted intervention, which could be specific to just one set of political and physical socio-economic conditions. A framework to analyze the interaction between policy design and implementation can Foreword 1. Policy and Strategy in Water Resource Management: Can We Do Better When Both Are Coordinated? Part I: Issues in Water Resource Policy 2. Issues in Water Resources Policy in Jordan 3. Water Scarcity, Quality and Environmental Protection Policies in Jordan 4. Water Management in Urbanizing, Arid Regions: Innovative Voluntary Transactions as a Response to Competing Water Claims 5. Groundwater Management Issues and Innovations in Arizona 6. Water Policy in Australia: The Impact of Change and Uncertainty 7. The Policy Challenge of Matching Environmental Water to Ecological Need 8. Water Management in Spain: An Example of Changing Paradigms 9. Policy Issues Related to Climate Change in Spain Part II: Issues in Water Resource Strategy 10. Water Confl icts: Issues in International Water, Water Allocation and Water Pricing with Focus on Jordan 11. Good and Bad Forms of Participation in Water Management: Some Lessons from Brazil 12. Issues of Balancing International, Environmental and Equity Needs in a Situation of Water Scarcity Part III: Interaction between Policy and Strategy 13. Modelling Negotiated Decision Making under Uncertainty: An Application to the Piave River Basin, Italy 14. Strategic Behaviour in Water Policy Negotiations: Lessons from California 15. Strategic Behaviour in Transboundary Water and Environmental Management 16. Climate Change and International Water: The Role of Strategic Alliances in Resource Allocation Index
