Managing and Transforming Water Conflicts

What is the one thing that no-one can do without? Water. Where water crosses boundaries - be they economic, legal, political or cultural - the stage is set for disputes between different users trying to safeguard access to a vital resource, while protecting the natural environment. Without strategies to anticipate, address, and mediate between competing users, intractable water conflicts are likely to become more frequent, more intense, and more disruptive around the world. In this book, Delli Priscoli and Wolf investigate the dynamics of water conflict and conflict resolution, from the local to the international. They explore the inexorable links between three facets of conflict management and transformation: Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), public participation, and institutional capacity. This practical guide will be invaluable to water management professionals, as well as to researchers and students in engineering, economics, geography, geology, and political science who are involved in any aspects of water management.

Author: Jerome Delli Priscoli, Aaron T. Wolf
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 02/04/2010
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.25w x 0.79d
ISBN13: 9780521129978
ISBN10: 0521129974
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Earth Sciences | Geology
- Business & Economics | Real Estate | General
- Science | Earth Sciences | Hydrology

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