Adaptive Governance and Water Conflict: New Institutions for Collaborative Planning
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (549 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 193311519X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 296 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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'An important and substantive contribution on environmental governance and water policy by a first-rate group of authors.' William Blomquist, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Water Wars! I recommend this book for anyone on the path for clean water.It fully explains the hurdles in dealing with government policy and practices.Keep up the fight; water is a basic need not to be exploited!
Eight case studies of water quality, water quantity, and habitat preservation or restoration in Florida were chosen to span the range of conflicts crossing fragmented regulatory boundaries. Water policy seems in perpetual crisis. Each begins with a history of the conflict and then focuses on the innovative institutional arrangements - some successful, some not - that evolved to grapple with the resulting challenges. In the chapters that follow, scholars and practitioners in urban planning, political science, engineering, law, policy, administration, and geology offer different theoretical and experience-based perspectives on the cases. Together, they discuss five challenges that new institutions must overcome to develop sustainable solutions for water users: Who is to be involved in the policy process? How are they to interact? How is science to be used? How are users and the public to be made aware? How can solutions be made efficient and equitable? In its diverse perspectives and unique combination of theory, application, and analysis, Adaptive Governance and Water Conflict will be a valuable book for water professionals, policy scientists, students,
. John T. Scholz is the Frances Epps Professor of Political Science at Florida State University. Bruce Stiftel is a professor of Urban and Regional Planning at Florida State University and the coeditor of Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning