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Irrigation
The management of irrigation systems is context-dependent, socially constructed, and technically uncertain. An example of complex social-ecological systems, irrigation deals with both the ecosystem uncertainty and the implementation of new technological systems and water management options. Issues to be addressed by irrigation systems at the global scale include: water productivity and food security, field operation and maintenance, spate irrigation in climate change scenarios, and vulnerability of environmental resources. This book provides examples of some of the current challenges faced by irrigation systems from technical and social perspectives. The book offers an easy-to-follow format focused on different case studies combining evidence-based solutions for increasing resilience and reducing vulnerability of irrigation systems in semi-arid and arid regions across the world.
Polycentric Water Governance in Spain
Increasing irrigation efficiency has been high on the political agenda in Spain for many years. However, the overarching aim to reduce agricultural water consumption has not been met so far. To explore this phenomenon, Nora Schütze investigates processes of coordination between the water and agricultural sector in three Spanish river basins in the context of the EU Water Framework Directive implementation. From the perspective of polycentric governance, she identifies multiple mechanisms which illustrate how and why actors interact in certain ways, and thus shows why environmental aims of the Water Framework Directive remain unachieved.
Land Squandering and Social Crisis in the Spanish City
The last two decades have been marked by intense and accelerated economic, political, and cultural processes that have affected urban spaces. These changes have occurred in different parts of cities (traditional centers, edges, peripheries) and at different levels of the urban system (large and medium-sized cities and in their respective areas of influence). Possibly the clearest expression of the spatial effects on cities can be perceived in their morphological transformations, their territorial dimensions, or in their social problems. Until 2008, urban–territorial processes were a reflection of the logic and inconsistencies of an expansive economic context and of a structural context tha...
The Role of Government in Water Markets
While water is an increasingly scarce resource, most existing methods to allocate it are neither economically nor environmentally efficient. In these circumstances, water markets offer developed countries a form of regulatory response capable of overcoming many of the shortcomings of current water management. The debate on water markets is, however, a polarized one. This is mostly a result of the misunderstanding of the roles played by governments in water markets. Proponents mistakenly portrayed them as leaving governments, for the most part, out of the picture. Opponents, in turn, understand commodification of water and administration by public agencies as incompatible. Casado Pérez argue...
Politiques de l'eau en milieu méditerranéen
Dans le domaine des politiques de l'eau, la péninsule Ibérique a hérité de son passé une culture de l'eau d'une extrême richesse, variable d'un espace à l'autre mais homogène à l'échelle régionale. Il s'y est substitué, vers la fin du XIXe siècle, une nouvelle culture qui a placé, entre les usagers et la ressource, des structures administratives d'État rendues nécessaires par le coût et l'ampleur des grands travaux hydrauliques à réaliser. Ces structures nouvelles, souvent efficaces mais bureaucratiques, furent aussi à l'origine d'une rupture complète avec les modes de fonctionnement technique et social antérieurs. Les liens anciens avec les territoires se sont distendu...
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Peterson's Graduate Schools in the U.S., 2008
Petersons compact guide is perfect for those who are seeking a graduate education. Abbreviated overviews of nearly 1,000 schools provide an array of possibilities in a variety of academic disciplinesfrom accounting to zoology. School listings by state or field of study. The latest information on enrollment, expenses, faculty, and more. Tips on finding the right program to suit every aspiration
Los límites del territorio
El territori ha recuperat un nou protagonisme. Ara, afortunadament, és molt més que un simple suport físic o contenidor d'activitats. El territori és entès com a recurs, patrimoni, referent identitari, paisatge cultural, bé públic o espai de solidaritat. Però els canvis són de tanta envergadura que en desconeixem la magnitud dels impactes a mitjà termini. Interrogants, desafiaments, amenaces i oportunitats que obliguen a afrontar processos d'una manera més participada, més pròxima, i tractant d'imaginar solucions consensuades a mitjà termini entre tots els actors implicats. Moltes d'aquestes qüestions, referides al País Valencià, es presenten en aquest treball col·lectiu que recull els quatre darrers números monogràfics publicats pel diari 'El País' Comunitat Valenciana amb motiu de la celebració del 9 d'Octubre, i que ara s'editen incloent-hi dues contribucions inèdites en forma de pròleg i d'epíleg.
