Advances in Groundwater Governance

Karen G. Villholth, Alberto Garrido

• Part 1: Setting the scene1 Groundwater governance: rationale, definition, current state and heuristic framework Karen G. Villholth & Kirstin I. Conti2 Emergence and evolution of groundwater management and governance Marco García, Ebel Smidt & Jacobus J. de Vries3 Understanding groundwater governance through a social ecological system framework – relevance and limits Marta Rica, Olivier Petit & Elena López-Gunn4 Groundwater management: policy principles & planning practices Stephen Foster & John ChiltonPart 2: Key elements of groundwater governance5 Leadership and political will for groundwater governance: indispensable for meeting the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Alfred M. Duda6 Legal principles and legal frameworks related to groundwater Stefano Burchi7 Participation of stakeholders and citizens in groundwater management: the role of collective action Zachary Sugg & Edella Schlager8 Economic instruments, behaviour and incentives in groundwater management Phoebe Koundouri, Ebun Akinsete, Nikolaos Englezos, Xanti I. Kartala, Ioannis Souliotis & Josef Adler9 Cooperation and conflict resolution in groundwater and aquifer management W. Todd Jarvis10 Data, information, knowledge and diagnostics on groundwater Jac van der Gun11 Education and capacity development for groundwater resources management Viviana Re & Bruce Misstear12 Groundwater governance – impact of awareness-raising and citizen pressure on groundwater management authority in the United States Andrew Stone13 Assessing and monitoring groundwater governance Aziza Akhmouch & Delphine ClavreulPart 3: Integration and policy linkages beyond the local groundwater system14 Groundwater governance for poverty eradication, social equity and health Sean G. Furey15 Managing energy-irrigation nexus: insights from Karnataka and Punjab states in India Aditi Mukherji16 Steps towards groundwater-sensitive land use governance and management practices Daniel A. Wiegant & Frank van Steenbergen17 Linking groundwater and surface water: conjunctive water management Richard S. Evans & Peter Dillon18 Global food and trade dimensions of groundwater governance Arjen Y. Hoekstra19 Governance and management of transboundary aquifers Shaminder Puri & Karen G. Villholth20 Governing extractable subsurface resources and subsurface space Jac van der Gun & Emilio CustodioPart 4: Cases21 Groundwater governance in the Great Artesian Basin, Australia Rien A. Habermehl22 Institutions and policies governing groundwater development, use and management in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of India M. Dinesh Kumar23 Groundwater governance in the European Union, its history and its legislation: an enlightening example of groundwater governance Jean Fried, Philippe Quevauviller & Elisa Vargas Amelin24 Groundwater governance in the United States: a mosaic of approaches Sharon B. Megdal, Adriana Zuniga Teran, Robert G. Varady, Nathaniel Delano, Andrea K. Gerlak & Ethan T. Vimont25 Turning the tide – curbing groundwater over-abstraction in the Tosca-Molopo area, South Africa Paul Seward & Gabriel Stephanus du Toit van Dyk26 Governing groundwater in the Middle East and North Africa Region François Molle, Alvar Closas & Waleed Al-Zubari27 Perspectives on Guarani Aquifer Governance Luiz Amore28 Groundwater governance in São Paulo and Mexico metropolitan areas: some comparative lessons learnt Ricardo Hirata & Oscar Escolero

"[...] the book’s team has done a commendable job in wrapping up existing knowledge, broadening the discussion further and delineating gaps. The book will undoubtedly contribute to raising the much-needed awareness for groundwater governance and boosting its implementation.Recommended to those interested in the fascinating and complex topic of groundwater governance, particularly researchers, several chapters provide a wealth of synthesized information that can also serve as a useful source for academia. From the practical standpoint, professionals and practitioners aiming to address groundwater governance issues where political will for doing so exists should be able to find pragmatic solutions informed by the specific contexts of the concerned groundwater systems. The solutions - often reached through dialogue with stakeholders and their engagement - should target the materialization of improved governance as a dynamic process. Examples of such successful solutions are given; additionally, the book provides case studies that illustrate numerous options for improving groundwater governance in a given context, as examples of how the launch of the dynamic process can be facilitated."Dr. Mohamed Bazza, formerly Senior Water Resources Officer at FAO."Through 28 chapters, in the first book on this topic, Villholth et al. (2017) successfully capture the moment and momentum of groundwater governance research from concepts to application to synergies to international case studies. […….] Being interested in both policy and science, we found the book an enjoyable read, with some new-to-us terminology such as hydro-schizophrenia (something we are familiar with in Texas), ISD (invisible, slow, distributed), water endowment, groan zone, and hydro-hegemony. […….] But quibbles aside, this book is a great – and thorough – introduction to groundwater governance […..]"Robert E. Mace and Todd H. Votteler, in: Groundwater, Vol 57, No. 2, March-April 2019