Next Generation Water Governance

Auteur

Dr Cameron Holley is an Associate Professor at UNSW Law and is a manager of the Connected Waters Initiative Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, a leader of the UNSW Global Water Institute and a member of The National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training.

Dr Darren Sinclair is a research fellow at the Australian National University.

Texte du rabat

Aiming to identify the most effective tools and water governance innovations, and the circumstances that foster their successful implementation, this book examines some of the world's leading laboratories of non-urban water law and governance, evaluating the success of different governance forms, legal designs and institutional prescriptions.

Contenu

1. Introduction: the challenge of second-generation water and environmental issues

2. Aspiring to second generation water governance: the case studies

3. The reality of water trading

4. Collaboration and integrated planning: the role for law

5. Models of self-management: strengths and risks

6. Information and technology

7. The importance of compliance and enforcement

8. Conclusion: rethinking water governance