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Title Public participation in the governance of international freshwater resources / edited by Carl Bruch [and others]
Published Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 506 pages) : illustrations, map
Series Water resources management and policy
Water resources management and policy series.
Contents Introduction -- From theory to practice: an overview of approaches to involving the public in international watershed management / Carl Bruch [and others] -- PART I: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS -- Evolution of public involvement in international watercourse management / Carl Bruch -- Transboundary ecosystem governance: beyond sovereignty? / Bradley C. Karkkainen -- Implications of the information society on participatory governance / Hans van Ginkel -- PART II: EXPERIENCES FROM INTERNATIONAL WATERSHEDS -- Public participation in the management of the Danube River: necessary but neglected / Ruth Greenspan Bell, Libor Jansky -- Citizens working across national borders: the experience in the North American Great Lakes / John Jackson -- Public participation in watershed management in theory and practice: a Mekong River Basin perspective / Prachoom Chomshai -- Public participation in Southern African watercourses / Michael Kidd, Nevil W. Quinn -- Public involvement in water resource management within the Okavango River Basin / Peter Ashton, Marian Neal -- PART III: INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- Access to information, public participation, and conflict resolution at the World Bank / Charles E. Di Leva -- Improving governance and public participation in international watercourse management: experience of the African Development Bank in the Senegal River Basin / Aboubacar Fall, Angela Cassar -- A North American toolbox for public involvement in international watershed issues / Geoffrey Garver -- PART IV: LESSONS FROM DOMESTIC WATERCOURSES -- Improving sustainable management of Kenyan fisheries resources through public participation / Nancy Gitonga -- Public participation in a multijurisdictional resource recovery: lessons from the Chesapeake Bay Program / Roy A. Hoagland -- Chesapeake Bay protection: business in the open / Rebecca Hanmer -- A cooperative process for PCB TMDL development in the Delaware Estuary / Tomlinson Fort III -- Public participation in the resettlement process of dam-construction projects: a post-project survey of the Saguling and Cirata dams in Indonesia / Mikiyasu Nakayama -- PART V: EMERGING TOOLS -- Internet-based tools for disseminating information and promoting public participation in international watercourse management / Carl Bruch -- Capabilities and limitations of decision support systems in facilitating access to information / Kazimierz A. Salewicz -- Sketches from life: adaptive ecosystem management and public learning / John Volkman -- The Colorado River through the Grand Canyon: applying alternative dispute resolution methods to public participation / Mary Orton -- Public participation in the development of guidelines for regional environmental impact assessment of transboundary aquatic ecosystems of East Africa / George Michael Sikoyo -- Access to justice through the Central American Water Tribunal / Juan Miguel Picolotti, Kristin L. Crane -- Conclusion -- Strategies for advancing public involvement in international watershed management / Carl Bruch [and others]
Notes "Many of the chapters in this volume were first delivered at a symposium on 'Improving public participation and governance in international watershed management, ' held on 18-19 April 2003 in Charlottesville, Virginia."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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SUBJECT IBRD. unbisn
African Development Bank. unbisn
Commission for Environmental Cooperation. unbisn
Subject Water resources development -- Management -- Citizen participation
Water resources development -- International cooperation
Water-supply -- Management -- Citizen participation
Watershed management -- Citizen participation
Water quality management -- Citizen participation
Fresh water.
Water resources development -- Citizen participation.
Water-supply -- Citizen participation
Fresh Water
fresh water (water by property)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
Water-supply -- Citizen participation
Water resources development -- Citizen participation
Fresh water
Water quality management -- Citizen participation
Water resources development -- International cooperation
Water-supply -- Management -- Citizen participation
Watershed management -- Citizen participation
Trinkwasserversorgung
Internationale Kooperation
Bürgerbeteiligung
INTERNATIONAL WATERCOURSES.
SHARED WATER RESOURCES.
FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS.
RIVER BASINS.
WATER MANAGEMENT.
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT.
POPULAR PARTICIPATION.
ACCESS TO INFORMATION.
TREATIES.
WATER LAW.
DANUBE RIVER.
GREAT LAKES (NORTH AMERICA)
MEKONG RIVER BASIN.
SOUTHERN AFRICA.
ESTUARIES.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT.
NORTH AMERICA.
FISHERY MANAGEMENT.
KENYA.
DAMS.
LAND SETTLEMENT.
INDONESIA.
INTERNET.
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT.
EAST AFRICA.
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
Form Electronic book
Author Bruch, Carl, 1967-
ISBN 1423766040
9781423766049
9280811061
9789280811063