Community-Based Water Law and Water Resource Management Reform in Developing Countries

by B. Van Koppen, M Giordano, John Butterworth

The lack of sufficient access to clean water is a common problem faced by communities, efforts to alleviate poverty and gender inequality and improve economic growth in developing countries. While reforms have been implemented to manage water resources, these have taken little notice of how people use and manage their water and have had limited effect at the ground level. On the other hand, regulations developed within communities are livelihood-oriented...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845933265
• ISBN13: 9781845933265
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Cabi
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.6"