Stockholm International Water Institute » reference book http://www.siwi.org Water Wise World Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 A Vital Confluence of Individuals and Ideas – Twenty Years, Topics and Laureates of Influence at the World Water Week and the Stockholm Water Prize http://www.siwi.org/publication/a-vital-confluence-of-individuals-and-ideas-twenty-years-topics-and-laureates-of-influence-at-the-world-water-week-and-the-stockholm-water-prize/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/a-vital-confluence-of-individuals-and-ideas-twenty-years-topics-and-laureates-of-influence-at-the-world-water-week-and-the-stockholm-water-prize/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:46:35 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/a-vital-confluence-of-individuals-and-ideas-twenty-years-topics-and-laureates-of-influence-at-the-world-water-week-and-the-stockholm-water-prize/ Confluence: the geographic point where unique streams merge into a powerful new current.

For two decades in Stockholm, men and women from diverse backgrounds and interests have come together during World Water Week to exchange energy and content from their distinctive life journeys and to celebrate excellence through the Stockholm Water Prize.

Beneath a calm surface roils critical debate: What’s water’s value? Who owns priceless rain? How should we govern? A vigorous quest for answers yields unpredictable results. Concepts emerge such as hydrocide, hydrohegemony, ecohydrology or hydrosolidarity. Water turns blue, green or gray; gets hungry; and travels virtually.

What began in 1991 as a celebration of excellence and a meeting of ecologists and engineers has broadened to embrace psychology, economics, history, medicine, national security or trade law. In that inclusive spirit, this booklet gathers up and binds together twenty essential topics influenced by all who converged in Stockholm over 20 years: a vital confluence of individuals and ideas.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/a-vital-confluence-of-individuals-and-ideas-twenty-years-topics-and-laureates-of-influence-at-the-world-water-week-and-the-stockholm-water-prize/feed/ 0 Water – A Reflection of Land Use http://www.siwi.org/publication/water-a-reflection-of-land-use/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/water-a-reflection-of-land-use/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:25:45 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/water-a-reflection-of-land-use/ The purpose of this book is to help politicians understand water — the bloodstream of the biosphere and a necessity for life — and to explain and demystify the water cycle, its integrity and key processes. It contributes towards understanding the complex issue of the interaction between humans and their environment which is the origin of the natural resources that support human society and prosperity. This understanding will enable better decision-making and more successful action to cope with the situation.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/water-a-reflection-of-land-use/feed/ 0 Comparative Hydrology – An ecological approach to land and water resources http://www.siwi.org/publication/comparative-hydrology-an-ecological-approach-to-land-and-water-resources/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/comparative-hydrology-an-ecological-approach-to-land-and-water-resources/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:18:24 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/comparative-hydrology-an-ecological-approach-to-land-and-water-resources/ This textbook stresses the whole terrestrial part of the hydrological cycle, and gives as much attention to the return pathways of transpiration and groundwater flow as to stream flow. It is concerned also with the role of water as a solvent, and as a means of transport of sediment, nutrients and pollutants. While it is not a guidebook in the sense of recommending specific techniques or models, the text should provide guidance on the hydrologic processes which are likely to be critical in a particular environment.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/comparative-hydrology-an-ecological-approach-to-land-and-water-resources/feed/ 0 Transboundary Water Management: Principles and Practice http://www.siwi.org/publication/transboundary-water-management-principles-and-practice/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/transboundary-water-management-principles-and-practice/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:45:27 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/transboundary-water-management-principles-and-practice/ This book is the first to bring together in a concise and accessible way all of the main topics to be considered when managing transboundary waters. It will raise the awareness of practitioners of the various issues needed to be taken into account when making water management decisions and provide a practically-based overview for advanced students. The book is largely based on a long-running and tested international training programme, run by the Stockholm International Water Institute and Ramboll Natura, and supported by the Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency (Sida), where the respective authors have presented modules on the programmes. Read more here.

Contents and Authors of the Respective Chapters

• Foreword

• Contributors

1. Introduction: Setting the Scene for Transboundary Water Management Approaches
- Anton Earle, Stockholm International Water Institute
- Anders Jägerskog, Stockholm International Water Institute
- Joakim Öjendal, University of Gothenburg

Part I: Analytical Approaches to Transboundary Water Management

2. Why Negotiate? Asymmetric endowments and asymmetric power and the invisible nexus of water, trade and power that brings apparent water security
- Tony Allan, SOAS & Kings College, University of London, UK
- Naho Mirumachi, Kings College, University of London, UK

3. Power, Hegemony and Critical Hydropolitics
- Ana Cascão, SIWI
- Mark Zeitoun, University of East Anglia, UK

4. Getting Beyond the Environment-Conflict Trap: Benefit-Sharing in International River Basins
- Marwa Daoudy, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Part II: Transboundary Water Management Polity and Practice

5. International Water Law: concepts, evolution and development
- Owen McIntyre, University of Cork, Ireland

6. Aquifer Resources in a Transboundary Context: A Hidden Resource? – Enabling the Practitioner To ‘See It & Bank It’ for Good Use
- Shammy Puri and Willi Struckmeier, International Association of Hydrogeologists

7. Governance in Transboundary Basins – the Role of Stakeholders, Concepts and Approaches in International River Basins
- Nicole Kranz, Ecologic
- Erik Mostert, Delft University

8. Environmental Flows in Shared Watercourses: Review of Assessment Methods and Relevance in the Transboundary Setting
- Cate Brown, Southern Waters
- Jackie King, University of Cape Town

9. Managing Water Negotiations and Conflicts in Concept and in Practice
- Todd Jarvis and Aaron Wolf, Oregon State University

10. Identifying Business Models for Transboundary River Basin Institutions
- Jakob Granit, SIWI

Part III: Challenges and Opportunities

11. Sustainability of Transnational Water Agreements in the Face of Socio-Economic and Environmental Change
- Malin Falkenmark and Anders Jagerskog, SIWI

12. Enhanced Knowledge and Education Systems for Strengthening the Capacity of Transboundary Water Management
- Lena Salame and Pieter van der Zaag, UNESCO

13. Case studies of TWM Initiatives: 13 initiatives from various parts of the world
- Michael McWilliams

14. Towards a Conceptual Framework for Transboundary Water Management
- Anton Earle and Anders Jägerskog, SIWI
- Joakim Öjendal, University of Gothenburg

• Index

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