Author: United States. Water Resources Policy CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
A Twenty-First Century US Water Policy
Author: Juliet Christian-SmithPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199859450
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
It is zero hour for a new US water policy! At a time when many countries are adopting new national approaches to water management, the United States still has no cohesive federal policy, and water-related authorities are dispersed across more than 30 agencies. Here, at last, is a vision for what we as a nation need to do to manage our most vital resource. In this book, leading thinkers at world-class water research institution the Pacific Institute present clear and readable analysis and recommendations for a new federal water policy to confront our national and global challenges at a critical time. What exactly is at stake? In the 21st century, pressures on water resources in the United States are growing and conflicts among water users are worsening. Communities continue to struggle to meet water quality standards and to ensure that safe drinking water is available for all. And new challenges are arising as climate change and extreme events worsen, new water quality threats materialize, and financial constraints grow. Yet the United States has not stepped up with adequate leadership to address these problems. The inability of national policymakers to safeguard our water makes the United States increasingly vulnerable to serious disruptions of something most of us take for granted: affordable, reliable, and safe water. This book provides an independent assessment of water issues and water management in the United States, addressing emerging and persistent water challenges from the perspectives of science, public policy, environmental justice, economics, and law. With fascinating case studies and first-person accounts of what helps and hinders good water management, this is a clear-eyed look at what we need for a 21st century U.S. water policy.
A Water Policy for the American People
Author: United States. Water Resources Policy CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
A water policy for the American people; general report
Author: United States. Water Resources Policy CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hydraulic engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
A Water Policy for the American People
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
A Water Policy for the American People: Water resources law
Author: United States. Water Resources Policy CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
A Water Policy for the American People: Ten rivers in America's future
Author: United States. Water Resources Policy CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
A Water Policy for the American People; the Report of the President's Water Resources Policy Commission
Author: United States. Water Resources Policy CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hydraulic engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
A Water Policy for the American People: General report
Author: United States. Water Resources Policy CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Water Rights in the United States: A Guide Through the Maze
Author: Charles R PorterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Transforming Rural Water Governance
Author: Sarah T RomanoPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816538077
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
The most acute water crises occur in everyday contexts in impoverished rural and urban areas across the Global South. While they rarely make headlines, these crises, characterized by inequitable access to sufficient and clean water, affect over one billion people globally. What is less known, though, is that millions of these same global citizens are at the forefront of responding to the challenges of water privatization, climate change, deforestation, mega-hydraulic projects, and other threats to accessing water as a critical resource. In Transforming Rural Water Governance Sarah T. Romano explains the bottom-up development and political impact of community-based water and sanitation committees (CAPS) in Nicaragua. Romano traces the evolution of CAPS from rural resource management associations into a national political force through grassroots organizing and strategic alliances. Resource management and service provision is inherently political: charging residents fees for service, determining rules for household water shutoffs and reconnections, and negotiating access to water sources with local property owners constitute just a few of the highly political endeavors resource management associations like CAPS undertake as part of their day-to-day work in their communities. Yet, for decades in Nicaragua, this local work did not reflect political activism. In the mid-2000s CAPS’ collective push for social change propelled them onto a national stage and into new roles as they demanded recognition from the government. Romano argues that the transformation of Nicaragua’s CAPS into political actors is a promising example of the pursuit of sustainable and equitable water governance, particularly in Latin America. Transforming Rural Water Governance demonstrates that when activism informs public policy processes, the outcome is more inclusive governance and the potential for greater social and environmental justice.