Citation
(2010), "Governance and Complexity in Water Management – Creating Cooperation through Boundary-Spanning Strategies", Management of Environmental Quality, Vol. 21 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/meq.2010.08321fae.002
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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Governance and Complexity in Water Management – Creating Cooperation through Boundary-Spanning Strategies
Governance and Complexity in Water Management – Creating Cooperation through Boundary-Spanning Strategies
Article Type: Books and resources From: Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, Volume 21, Issue 6
Edited by Hans Bressers and Kris LulofsEdward ElgarLondonFebruary 2010240 pp.ISBN 9781848449558£62.96
The premise of this book is that careful reconsideration of strategies to achieve water management ambitions, together, with more in-depth knowledge on the theories and practices of boundary spanning, could bring solutions for contemporary water problems within reach.
The book integrates boundary work approaches, new forms of governance and water resource management to explore frameworks for spanning sector, scale and time boundaries. Structured case studies reflect the experiences and lessons of cooperation and exchange with professional water managers and their projects. Recommendations for boundary spanning in practice are presented, and important contemporary water management themes including flooding and flood policy, water depletion and water restoration are discussed in depth. Incorporating conceptual, theoretical and practical foci to address complexity and conflict in adaptive water management, this book will appeal to academics, researchers and practitioners in the areas of water management, planning and sustainability.