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Managing Transboundary Waters of Latin America

Product Description: Definitive analyses of transboundary water management in Latin America are conspicuous by their absence. The situation is a little better for rivers compared to groundwater resources. Transboundary water management in Latin America has been evolving in a somewhat different manner compared to other continents...read more

By Asit K. Biswas (editor)

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9780415533409 | Routledge, August 15, 2012, cover price $160.00

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9781138692671 | Routledge, July 18, 2016, cover price $47.95 | About this edition: Definitive analyses of transboundary water management in Latin America are conspicuous by their absence.

Asian Perspectives on Water Policy

Product Description: Asian countries are not homogenous. They are in different stages of social and economic development, with cultural conditions and institutional and legal frameworks varying from one country to another. Therefore, how water can be successfully managed differs from one country to another...read more

By Asit K. Biswas (editor)

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9781138692657 | Routledge, July 18, 2016, cover price $47.95 | About this edition: Asian countries are not homogenous.

Water Infrastructure

Product Description: Water infrastructure is an essential element in water management. Together with institutions, policies and regulation, it provides basic services to growing populations, especially in developing countries, where much of the growth is taking place...read more

By Asit K. Biswas (editor)

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9781138911956 | Routledge, June 26, 2015, cover price $160.00 | About this edition: Water infrastructure is an essential element in water management.

Sustainability in Coffee Production: Creating Shared Value Chains in Colombia

Product Description: Coffee, as a commodity and through its global value chains, is the focus of much interest to achieve fair trade and equitable outcomes for producers, processors and consumers. It has iconic cultural and economic significance for Colombia, which is one of the world's major coffee producers for the global market...read more

By Asit K. Biswas

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9781138902077 | Routledge, June 16, 2015, cover price $145.00 | About this edition: Coffee, as a commodity and through its global value chains, is the focus of much interest to achieve fair trade and equitable outcomes for producers, processors and consumers.

Water Quality Management: Present Situations, Challenges and Future Perspectives

Product Description: The global attention in recent years has focused primarily on water quantity and allocation issues. Water quality has received significantly less attention than water quantity. Commendable progress has been made by the developed world to control point sources of pollution, but commensurate progress in reducing non-point sources has not been made...read more

By Asit K. Biswas (editor), Rafael Izquierdo (editor) and Cecilia Tortajada (editor)

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9780415688857 | Routledge, January 12, 2012, cover price $160.00

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9781138798076 | Routledge, June 19, 2014, cover price $54.95 | About this edition: The global attention in recent years has focused primarily on water quantity and allocation issues.

Impacts of Large Dams: A Global Assessment

Product Description: One of the most controversial issues of the water sector in recent years has been the impacts of large dams. Proponents have claimed that such structures are essential to meet the increasing water demands of the world and that their overall societal benefits far outweight the costs...read more

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9783642433160 | Springer Verlag, February 23, 2014, cover price $239.00 | About this edition: One of the most controversial issues of the water sector in recent years has been the impacts of large dams.

Creating Shared Value: Impacts of Nestle' in Moga, India

Product Description: NestlÃ©âs Moga factory was set up in 1961 and comprises of the primary milk collection area for NestlÃ©âs operations. Since its inception in Moga, NestlÃ© has been working with its milk farmers and ancillary suppliers towards improving quality and productivity...read more

By Asit K. Biswas, Andrea Biswas-tortajada, Aishvarya Gupta, Yugal K. Joshi, Michael Porter (foreword by) and Cecilia Tortajada

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9783319014623 | Springer Verlag, September 27, 2013, cover price $54.99 | About this edition: NestlÃ©âs Moga factory was set up in 1961 and comprises of the primary milk collection area for NestlÃ©âs operations.

Integrated Water Resources Management in Latin America

Product Description: It is now widely accepted that the world is likely to face a major water crisis unless the present management practices are improved very significantly. Promoted extensively by donors and international institutions over the past 15 years, integrated water resources management (IWRM) has been assumed explicitly to be "the" solution for managing the limited water resources of the world...read more

By Asit K. Biswas (editor), Benedito P. F. Braga (editor), Marco Palermo (editor) and Cecilia Tortajada (editor)

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9780415487887 | Routledge, July 6, 2009, cover price $140.00

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9780415845168 | Reprint edition (Routledge, February 14, 2013), cover price $48.95 | About this edition: It is now widely accepted that the world is likely to face a major water crisis unless the present management practices are improved very significantly.

The Singapore Water Story: Sustainable Development in an Urban City-state

Product Description: SingaporeÂ´s journey during the past 45 years is an outstanding example that, in spite ofÂ multiple hardships, pragmatic policies, clear visions, long-term planning, forward-looking strategies and political will, as well as a relentless urge to improve, can result inÂ strong foundations for sustainable development...read more

By Asit K. Biswas, Yugal Joshi and Cecilia Tortajada

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9780415657822 | Routledge, March 5, 2014, cover price $145.00 | About this edition: SingaporeÂ´s journey during the past 45 years is an outstanding example that, in spite ofÂ multiple hardships, pragmatic policies, clear visions, long-term planning, forward-looking strategies and political will, as well as a relentless urge to improve, can result inÂ strong foundations for sustainable development.

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9780415657839 | Routledge, June 13, 2013, cover price $52.95 | About this edition: SingaporeÂ´s journey during the past 45 years is an outstanding example that, in spite ofÂ multiple hardships, pragmatic policies, clear visions, long-term planning, forward-looking strategies and political will, as well as a relentless urge to improve, can result inÂ strong foundations for sustainable development.

Improving Water Policy and Governance

Product Description: Old forms of governance in both public and private sectors are becoming increasingly irrelevant because of rapidly changing conditions. Because of these changes, both governance processes and the scope of the institutions through which power is exercised throughout society may have to undergo a radical break with the past and prevailing models of governance...read more

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9780415606288 | Routledge, February 26, 2011, cover price $140.00 | About this edition: Old forms of governance in both public and private sectors are becoming increasingly irrelevant because of rapidly changing conditions.

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9780415674829 | 1 edition (Routledge, February 10, 2012), cover price $54.95 | About this edition: Old forms of governance in both public and private sectors are becoming increasingly irrelevant because of rapidly changing conditions.

Water Management in Megacities

By Asit K. Biswas (editor), Jan Lundqvist (editor), Cecilia Tortajada (editor) and Olli Varis (editor)

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9780415568494 | Reprint edition (Routledge, October 13, 2009), cover price $54.95

Water Management in 2020 and Beyond

Product Description: This is the first book to authoritatively assess how water management will be shaped by 2020 due to forces within and outside the water sector. It offers a pragmatic assessment arrived at by experts from different parts of the world and different fields.

By Asit K. Biswas (editor), Rafael Izquierdo (editor) and Cecilia Tortajada (editor)

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9783540893455 | Springer Verlag, August 3, 2009, cover price $199.00 | About this edition: This is the first book to authoritatively assess how water management will be shaped by 2020 due to forces within and outside the water sector.

Impacts of Megaconferences on the Water Sector

Product Description: The book is the first pioneering study to assess the impacts of the megaconferences on water policies, programmes and projects at global, regional and national levels. The results are bleak. The evaluation indicated that except for the UN Water Conference, held in Argentina in 1977, the impacts of the subsequent megaconferences have been at best marginal in terms of knowledge generation and synthesis, poverty alleviation, and/or environmental conservation...read more

By Asit K. Biswas (editor) and Cecilia Tortajada (editor)

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9783540372233 | Springer Verlag, November 3, 2009, cover price $209.00 | About this edition: The book is the first pioneering study to assess the impacts of the megaconferences on water policies, programmes and projects at global, regional and national levels.

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9783642072079 | Springer Verlag, February 25, 2009, cover price $199.00 | About this edition: As the first pioneering study to assess the impact of megaconferences on water policies and projects at global, regional and national levels, this volume finds that their impact is at best marginal in a number of areas, including environmental conservation.

Water Resources of the Indian Subcontinent

Product Description: This volume is divided into three sections: Nepal, India, and Bangladesh. The first section on Nepal discusses how its water resources could be utilized to benefit people of the Ganga basin. The challenge is to manage its water better for the well-being of its people, and reduce poverty...read more

By Asit K. Biswas (editor), R. Rangachari (editor) and Cecelia Tortajada (editor)

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9780195694437 | Oxford Univ Pr, October 4, 2009, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: This volume is divided into three sections: Nepal, India, and Bangladesh.

Water As a Human Right for the Middle East and North Africa

Product Description: Access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation is essential for human survival and for maintenance of a decent quality of life. Currently, more than a billion people do not have access to safe drinking water and more thanÂ two billion people lack proper sanitation...read more

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9780415445849 | Routledge, July 10, 2008, cover price $145.00 | About this edition: Access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation is essential for human survival and for maintenance of a decent quality of life.

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9780415461351 | 1 edition (Routledge, July 10, 2008), cover price $51.95 | also contains Water As a Human Right for the Middle East and North Africa

Management Of Transboundary Rivers And Lakes

Transboundary rivers and lakes are often the remaining new sources of water that can be developed for human uses. These water sources were not used in the past because of the many complexities involved. Written and edited by the worldâs leading water and legal experts, this unique and authoritative book analyses the magnitudes of the transboundary water problems in different parts of the world. It also examines difficulties and constraints faced to resolve these problems.

By Asit K. Biswas (editor), Cecilia Tortajada (editor) and Olli Varis (editor)

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9783540749264 | Springer Verlag, June 3, 2008, cover price $249.00

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9783642094330 | Springer Verlag, April 11, 2008, cover price $249.00 | About this edition: Transboundary rivers and lakes are often the remaining new sources of water that can be developed for human uses.

Integrated River Basin Management: The Latin American Experience

Product Description: River basin organizations are young institutions in Latin America, and current analyses indicate that further evolution is necessary before they can be effective in the planning and management of water resources, especially in terms of decentralization and capacity building...read more

By Asit K. Biswas (editor) and Cecilia Tortajada (editor)

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9780195655322 | Oxford Univ Pr, January 30, 2008, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: River basin organizations are young institutions in Latin America, and current analyses indicate that further evolution is necessary before they can be effective in the planning and management of water resources, especially in terms of decentralization and capacity building.

Water Management for Larger Cities

By Asit K. Biswas (editor), Jan Lundqvist (editor), Cecilia Tortajada (editor) and Olli Varis (editor)

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9780415413633 | Routledge, December 31, 2006, cover price $170.00

Water Quality Management in the Americas

Product Description: This study presents for the first time an independent and authoritative analysis of water quality management in North and South America, and discusses the practices and future implications of the impacts of the current practices in the different countries of the hemisphere...read more

By Asit K. Biswas (editor), Benedito Braga (editor), Diego J. Rodriguez (editor) and Cecilia Tortajada (editor)

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9783540242901 | Springer Verlag, December 16, 2005, cover price $239.00 | About this edition: This study presents for the first time an independent and authoritative analysis of water quality management in North and South America, and discusses the practices and future implications of the impacts of the current practices in the different countries of the hemisphere.

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9783642063541 | Springer Verlag, November 10, 2005, cover price $239.00 | About this edition: This study presents for the first time an independent and authoritative analysis of water quality management in North and South America, and discusses the practices and future implications of the impacts of the current practices in the different countries of the hemisphere.

Water Pricing And Public-Private Partnership

By Asit K. Biswas (editor) and Cecilia Tortajada (editor)

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9780415371216 | Routledge, August 1, 2005, cover price $180.00

Appraising Sustainable Development: Water Management And Environmental Challenges

Product Description: The book discusses the concept of sustanable development specifically with regard to water resources management and environmental challenges therein. Sustainable development is studied from the perspective of its applicability to a heterogeneous world...read more

By Asit K. Biswas (editor) and Cecilia Tortajada (editor)

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9780195668919 | Oxford Univ Pr, May 12, 2005, cover price $55.00 | About this edition: The book discusses the concept of sustanable development specifically with regard to water resources management and environmental challenges therein.

Water Institutions: Policies, Performance And Prospects

Product Description: This is a global survey and assessment of the structure, evolution, and performance of water institutions â administration policies and regulatory practices â in regional, national, and international settings. The coverage includes analysis and discussion of the rationale for institutional innovations, based on case study findings; specific suggestions for sustainable institutional design; and recommendations for implementing institutional reforms...read more

By Asit K. Biswas (editor), Chennat Gopalakrishnan (editor) and Cecilia Tortajada (editor)

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9783540238119 | Springer Verlag, April 1, 2005, cover price $199.00 | About this edition: This is a global survey and assessment of the structure, evolution, and performance of water institutions â administration policies and regulatory practices â in regional, national, and international settings.

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9783642062773 | Springer Verlag, April 1, 2005, cover price $199.00 | About this edition: This is a global survey and assessment of the structure, evolution, and performance of water institutions â administration policies and regulatory practices â in regional, national, and international settings.

Integrated Water Resources Management In South And South-East Asia

Product Description: The book analyzes to what extent Integrated Resource Management has been applied to improve water management practices and processes in South and Southeast Asia. It is based on a series of comprehensive case studies, which were prepared by leading authorities from Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietmnam, as well as for the Mekong River as a whole...read more

By Asit K. Biswas (editor), Cecilia Tortajada (editor) and Olli Varis (editor)

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9780195669329 | Oxford Univ Pr, February 17, 2005, cover price $55.00 | About this edition: The book analyzes to what extent Integrated Resource Management has been applied to improve water management practices and processes in South and Southeast Asia.

Water As a Focus for Regional Development

Contributed articles; study conducted by Third World Centre for Water Management and Nippon Foundation. (view table of contents)

By Asit K. Biswas (editor), Cecilia Tortajada (editor) and Olcay Unver (editor)

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9780195657944 | Oxford Univ Pr, September 30, 2004, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Contributed articles; study conducted by Third World Centre for Water Management and Nippon Foundation.

Precio del agua y participacion publica-privada en el sector hidraulico/ Water Price and Public-Private Participation in the Hydraulic Sector

Product Description: Esta obra consta de doce ensayos de especialistas en el tema del agua en paises como Mexico, Chile, Espana y Argentina. En ellos se pueden encontrar elementos centrales en el debate de las tarifas del agua, las complejidades de su abasto y algunas experiencias de participacion publica y privada en su distribucion Se trata sin duda de una obra adecuada para investigadores, para quienes estan en un puesto de toma de decisiones publicas y para aquellos que intuimos que hay algun problema con el servicio del agua, pero aun no sabemos hasta donde llega y en que podemos ayudar...read more

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9789707014428 | Miguel Angel Porrua, March 1, 2004, cover price $38.95 | About this edition: Esta obra consta de doce ensayos de especialistas en el tema del agua en paises como Mexico, Chile, Espana y Argentina.

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