Liquid Relations

by Roth, Dik; Boelens, Rutgerd; Zwarteveen, Margreet

• ISBN13: 9780813536750
• ISBN10: 0813536758
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-30
• Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr

Summary

Water management plays an increasingly critical role in national and international policy agendas. Growing scarcity, overuse, and pollution, combined with burgeoning demand, have made socio-political and economic conflicts almost unavoidable. Proposals to address water shortages are usually based on two key assumptions: (1) water is a commodity that can be bought and sold and (2) "states," or other centralized entities, should control access to water.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Abbreviations	p. ix
Legal Complexity in the Analysis of Water Rights and Water Resources Management	p. 1
Prescribing Gender Equity? The Case of the Tukucha Nala Irrigation System, Central Nepal	p. 21
Defending Indigenous Water Rights with the Laws of a Dominant Culture: The Case of the United States	p. 44
In the Shadow of Uniformity: Balinese Irrigation Management in a Public Works Irrigation System in Luwu, South Sulawesi, Indonesia	p. 66
Anomalous Water Rights and the Politics of Normalization: Collective Water Control and Privatization Policies in the Andean Region	p. 97
Complexities of Water Governance: Rise and Fall of Groundwater for Urban Use	p. 124
Special Law: Recognition and Denial of Diversity in Andean Water Control	p. 144
A Win-Some Lose-All Game: Social Differentiation and Politics of Groundwater Markets in North Gujarat	p. 172
Redressing Racial Inequities through Water Law in South Africa: Interaction and Contest among Legal Frameworks	p. 195
Routes to Water Rights	p. 215
Analyzing Water Rights, Multiple Uses, and Intersectoral Water Transfers	p. 237
Water Rights and Legal Pluralism: Beyond Analysis and Recognition	p. 254
References	p. 269
Notes on the Contributors	p. 293
Index	p. 299
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