Handbook on the Governance and Politics of Water Resources

Edited by Oliver Fritsch, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Policy, Law and Impact Assessment, School of Environmental and Conservation Sciences, Murdoch University, Australia and David Benson, Associate Professor in Environmental Politics, Policy and Governance, University of Exeter, Penryn, UK

• Contents:Part A: Water policy and principles1Introduction to the Handbook on the Governance and Politics of Water ResourcesOliver Fritsch and David Benson2Economic policy instruments in water governanceAlfonso Expósito and Julio Berbel3Regulatory approaches in water policy and governanceMorten Graversgaard4Public participation in water policy and governanceOliver Fritsch5Networks and coordination in water politics and governanceManuel Fischer, Martin Huber, Karin Ingold and Liliane Manny6Water governance and the issue of scale: whither river basin organizations? Nina Valin, Marith Lengkeek and Dave HuitemaPart B: Water sectors and policy integration7The role of communities in integrated water resource managementWietske Medema, Johanna Dipple, Julien Malard-Adam and Jan Adamowski8Water quality management and diffuse pollution: discussing the experimentalist governance of the EU Water Framework Directive Mark A. Wiering9Governing flood risk management: towards flood resilienceSteven A. Forrest10Delta governance and management: definitions, trends and casesEllen Minkman11The water-energy-food nexus: outlook on opportunities and challengesTamee R. Albrecht and Christopher A. Scott12Water governance, policy and climate adaptationJosselin Rouillard and David BensonPart C: Water governance and politics at national and regional scales13Amazon water: the misgovernance of hydropowerAntonio A. R. Ioris14Water governance and politics in Australia Andrew Ross and Cameron Holley15The politics of water governance in Central Asia: institutionalizing river basin managementJenniver Sehring, Bota Sharipova and Aliya Assubayeva16Water governance in China: the case of flood managementLei Xie17European Union water politics, policy and governanceBurçin Demirbilek and David Benson18Water governance and politics in IndiaChitresh Saraswat19Water governance in Latin AmericaClaudia Díaz-Combs, Ainhoa Mingolarra-Garaizar and Tom Perreault20Towards water security in Southeast Asia: the case of the Vietnamese Mekong deltaThong Anh Tran21Water policy in the United States: the Clean Water ActWilliam L. Andreen22Hydro-politicsShlomi DinarPart D: Water governance at the global scale23Multi-track water diplomacy: how political processes can foster cooperation over shared transboundary watercoursesSusanne Schmeier, Jenniver Sehring, Alyssa Offutt, Bota Sharipova and Mohd Faizee24Water diplomacy for addressing transboundary water management Animesh K. Gain25Selling excellence: hydrohubs and policy mobility in a neo-liberal world orderArda Bilgen and Farhad MukhtarovIndex

‘This Handbook is an essential contribution to the scholarly body of knowledge on the politics and governance of water resources. It gathers insights from leading scholars who provide inspiring and state-of-the-art insights into key aspects of water policy principles, instruments and governance arrangements across scales – from local to global – and spanning numerous regions. This volume is crucial reading for students and scholars, offering value perspectives for those studying water governance and aquatic resources from an interdisciplinary perspective.’