Freshwater Governance for the 21st Century.

• Superior document: Global Issues in Water Policy Series ; v.6
• Author: Karar, Eiman.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2016.; ©2017.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Global Issues in Water Policy Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (271 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Contributors -- Author Biographies -- Chapter 1: Introduction and Reflections -- 1.1 Reflections -- Chapter 2: The Establishment of Catchment Management Agencies in South Africa with Reference to the Flussgebietsgemeinschaft Elbe: Some Practical Considerations -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Methodology -- 2.3 The CMA Establishment Process -- 2.4 Stakeholders' Discernible Practices -- 2.5 Conclusion and Recommendations -- References -- Chapter 3: Towards Inclusive Water Governance: OECD Evidence and Key Principles of Stakeholder Engagement in the Water Sector -- 3.1 Introduction: A Call for More Inclusive Water Governance -- 3.2 An Overview of Key Terms and Trends in Inclusive Water Governance -- 3.3 Why Engage Stakeholders: The Driving Forces Behind Inclusive Water Governance -- 3.4 Who to Engage: Stakeholders, Their Motivations and Their Interactions at Different Scales -- 3.5 Overcoming the Barriers to Inclusive Water Governance -- 3.6 How to Engage Stakeholders: A Range of Formal and Informal Mechanisms -- 3.7 Assessing Stakeholder Engagement: Effectiveness, Costs and Benefits -- 3.8 Conclusion: OECD Necessary Conditions for Inclusive Water Governance -- References -- Chapter 4: Free-Market Economics and Developmental Statism as Political Paradigms: Implications for Water Governance Theory and Practice in Developing Countries -- 4.1 Introduction and Background -- 4.1.1 Managing Water in a Free-Market Economy: A Brief Historical Trajectory -- 4.1.1.1 Theoretical Underpinnings of a Free-Market Economy -- 4.1.1.2 Implications for Water Governance and Management -- 4.1.1.3 Challenges of Managing Water Using Free-Market Approaches -- 4.1.2 Managing Water in a Developmental State -- 4.1.2.1 Theoretical Underpinnings of a Developmental State -- 4.1.2.2 Implications for Water Governance and Management.

4.1.2.3 Challenges of Managing Water in a Developmental State -- 4.1.3 Discussion -- 4.1.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Urban Water Governance as a Function of the 'Urban Hydrosocial Transition' -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Urban Hydrosocial Transition -- 5.3 Urban Water Governance in Three Cities -- 5.3.1 Bristol, England -- 5.3.2 Kampala, Uganda -- 5.3.3 Osaka, Japan -- 5.4 Concluding Comments -- References -- Chapter 6: Urban Water Governance for the Twenty-First Century: A Portfolio-Based Approach to Planning and Management -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.1.1 Urban Water Management in Australia -- 6.2 Method -- 6.3 Findings -- 6.3.1 Water Management in Australia: Institutional and Regulatory Model -- 6.3.2 Governance Challenges in Implementing the IUWM Plan in Adelaide -- 6.3.2.1 Challenges to Implementing the IUWM Plan in Adelaide -- 6.3.2.2 Barriers to Implementing IUWM Plan in Adelaide -- 6.3.3 Issues Related to Ownership and Governance Structures -- 6.3.4 Privatisation of Public Infrastructure -- 6.3.5 Community Perspectives on Water Governance -- 6.3.5.1 Water Governance -- 6.3.5.2 Water Planning -- 6.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7: Rights-Based Freshwater Governance for the Twenty-First Century: Beyond an Exclusionary Focus on Domestic Water Uses -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Broader Prioritisation in CESCR General Comment No. 15 -- 7.3 Rights-Based Water Services for Productive and Multiple Water Uses -- 7.4 Rights-Based Water Allocation -- 7.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: Inclusive Transboundary Water Governance -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Clarifying Terms -- 8.2.1 Scales and Levels -- 8.2.2 Organisations and Institutions -- 8.2.3 The Issue: A State-Centric Approach -- 8.2.4 Connecting the Scales and Levels -- 8.2.5 A Closer Look at Organisational Structure -- 8.3 Driving the Cogs -- 8.3.1 Power.

8.3.2 Reframing Issues Across Levels -- 8.3.3 Shifting Power Dynamics -- 8.3.3.1 Municipal to National to International -- 8.3.3.2 International Interests over Local Interests -- 8.3.3.3 International Interests over National Interests -- 8.3.4 Tracking Water Diplomacy -- 8.3.5 Striving for Water Justice and Social Inclusion -- 8.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: Mechanisms for Inclusive Governance -- 9.1 Scene Setting -- 9.2 Framing Choices -- 9.2.1 Why Start with Framing? -- 9.2.2 Framing Governance -- 9.2.3 Framing Practice -- 9.2.4 Governance as Praxis -- 9.3 What Makes Governance Inclusive? -- 9.3.1 Theories of Change -- 9.3.2 Understandings and Practices -- 9.3.3 Institutions and Social Technologies -- 9.4 Enacting Inclusive Governance -- 9.4.1 Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) -- 9.4.2 Strategic Adaptive Management (SAM) -- 9.4.3 Social Learning -- 9.4.4 Modalities of Practice -- 9.5 Constraints and Opportunities -- 9.5.1 Key Constraints to Inclusivity -- 9.5.2 Inclusivity Through Systemic Governance -- References -- Chapter 10: Water Integrity: From Concept to Practice -- 10.1 Introduction: There Is an Elephant in the Room -- 10.2 High Integrity Risks in the Water Sector -- 10.3 The Consequences of Corruption -- 10.4 Linking Governance and Integrity -- 10.5 Approaches to Water Integrity -- 10.6 Horizontal and Vertical Governance Interface -- 10.7 Improving Accountability in Water Service Delivery -- 10.7.1 Defining Accountability Among Service Delivery Actors -- 10.7.2 Unpacking Accountability in Water Service Delivery -- 10.7.3 Challenges and Success Factors -- 10.8 Some Lessons Learnt -- 10.9 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 11: Addressing the Groundwater Governance Challenge -- 11.1 Why Groundwater Governance? -- 11.1.1 Background and Basic Concepts -- 11.1.2 Working Definitions: Governance, Policy, Management.

11.1.3 Main Instruments of Groundwater Management -- 11.1.4 Existing Practices and Lessons Learnt -- 11.2 The Role of Monitoring and Assessment in Groundwater Governance -- 11.2.1 Relevance of Groundwater Monitoring and Assessment in Relation to Governance -- 11.2.2 Law and Policy: How to Make Monitoring and Assessment Happen -- 11.2.3 Some Technical Considerations on Monitoring -- 11.2.4 Case Study: Groundwater Monitoring in the Netherlands -- 11.3 A Global Diagnostic of the Current State of Groundwater Governance -- 11.3.1 Actors -- 11.3.2 National Legal Frameworks -- 11.3.3 Policies -- 11.3.4 Information and Knowledge -- 11.4 Governance of Transboundary Groundwater Resources at the International Level -- 11.4.1 The Situation Worldwide -- 11.4.2 International Legal Frameworks -- 11.5 The Way Forward -- 11.5.1 A Shared Global Vision for 2030 -- 11.5.2 A Framework for Action -- References -- Chapter 12: Water Governance Futures in South Asia and Southern Africa: Déjà Vu All Over Again? -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 South Asia: A Glass (More Than) Half Empty? -- 12.2.1 The Emerging Water Governance Context -- 12.2.2 Rural-Urban Water Conflicts -- 12.2.3 Conflict and Cooperation in Transboundary Water Resource Management -- 12.2.4 The Future of Water Governance in South Asia -- 12.3 Southern Africa: A Glass Half Full? -- 12.3.1 The Regional Context -- 12.3.2 Evolution of Regional Water Governance -- 12.3.3 How to Fill a Glass that Is Half Full -- 12.4 Conclusion: Prospective Futures of Water Resource Management -- References.