Water co-management [electronic resource] / editors, Velma I. Grover, Gail Krantzberg.

"A science publishers book."

"Centre for Engineering and Public Policy" printed as "Centre for Engineered and Public Policy" on title page.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Co-management : principles and complexities / Velma I. Grover and Gail Krantzberg -- 2. Sustainable development and the water energy nexus / George Nasr -- 3. Working toward co-management of the Raccoon River Watershed in Iowa : the role of civil society / Cornelia Butler Flora and Michael Delaney -- 4. An analysis of public participation in the Lake Ontario : St. Lawrence River study / Gemma Carr, Daniel P. Loucks and G�unter Bl�oschl -- 5. Managing a multi-objective, bi-national study on rationalizing the state of Upper Great Lakes water levels and the development of improved regulation plans / Syed M.A. Moin -- 6. Towards community-based management of water resources : a critical ethnography of lake and groundwater conservation in Pushkar, India / Christina A. Joseph -- 7. Governance reform to secure resilience in the nearshore waters of the Great Lakes Basin / Gail Krantzberg -- 8. Co-generated knowledge for co-management of a mobile resource : Anishinabek/Ontario fisheries resource centre / Tom Whillans, Cliff Meness and Ed Desson -- 9. Taking the "co" out of "co-management" the delegitimization of fishing communities on Lake Victoria, E. Africa / Ted Lawrence -- 10. Barriers and opportunities to adaptive co-management of the Tisza River Basin in Hungary / B�ela Borsos ... [et al.] -- 11. Co-management of water resources in a high density environment as a stimulus for sustainable regional development / Cheryl de Boer and Hans Bressers -- 12. Irrigation water co-management in the Limar�i River Basin, Chile / Alejandro Le�on Stewart and Rodrigo Fuster G�omez -- 13. Adaptive co-management and learning : developments in coastal management in the Netherlands from 1985 to 2010 / Leon M. Hermans, Scott W. Cunningham and Jill H. Slinger -- 14. The roles of knowledge in the emergence of co-management initiatives for transboundary groundwaters : the case of the G�en�evois Aquifer / Martin Walter -- 15. Guarani aquifer co-management and the Brazilian experience / Pilar Carolina Villar -- 16. Institutional dynamics of Khorezmian water management on the farmer level in Uzbekistan : from ancient practices to the present situation / Darya Hirsch.

"Co-management is a highly dynamic, evolving, adaptive, and forward looking process. This edited volume covers theoretical background and includes supporting lessons learnt from field experiences. The book has case studies from both North and South America (co-management of fisheries, resilience in near-shore waters of the Great Lakes basin, water level management in Lake Ontario, and case studies from Chile and Brazil), Europe (Tisza river, coastal management and examples of rivers from the Netherlands and from Uzbekistan), Africa (Lake Victoria) and Asia (Pushkar Lake in India)"-- Provided by publisher.

Also available in print edition.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.