Dams and Reservoirs, Societies and Environment in the 21st Century, Two Volume Set
Dams and Reservoirs, Societies and Environment in the 21st Century, Two Volume Set

Author: Luis Berga

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2006-05-25

Total Pages: 1370

ISBN-13: 1482262916

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Water resources stored by dams and reservoirs play an essential role in water resource management, hydropower and flood control. Where there is an extensive network of dam infrastructures, dams have made a major contribution to economic and social development, providing considerable storage capacity per capita. However, dams and reservoirs may

Multi-Stakeholder Platforms for Integrated Water Management
Multi-Stakeholder Platforms for Integrated Water Management

Author: Jeroen Warner

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-09-17

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1317093151

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As they provide a negotiating space for a diversity of interests, Multi-Stakeholder Platforms (MSPs) are an increasingly popular mode of involving civil society in resource management decisions. This book focuses on water management to take a positive, if critical, look at this phenomenon. Illustrated by a wide geographical range of case studies from both developed and developing worlds, it recognizes that MSPs will neither automatically break down divides nor bring actors to the table on an equal footing, and argues that MSPs may in some cases do more harm than good. The volume then examines how MSPs can make a difference and how they might successfully co-opt the public, private and civil-society sectors. The book highlights the particular difficulties of MSPs when dealing with integrated water management programmes, explaining how MSPs are most successful at a less complex and more local level. It finally questions whether MSPs are - or can be - sustainable, and puts forward suggestions for improving their durability.