Dividing the Waters

by Blomquist, William A.

• ISBN13: 9781558152106
• ISBN10: 1558152105
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-10-01
• Publisher: Ics Pr

Summary

Southern California has successfully managed its groundwater resources for the past thirty years through self-governing local institutions. "Dividing the Waters" show us how to put control of our natural resources back into the hands of the people.

Table of Contents

List of Maps
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
A Note from the Publisher
Foreword
Preface
They Prefer Chaos: Groundwater and Governance
Chaos or Order?	p. 3
Groundwater Basins: Their Value and Characteristics	p. 13
The Lay of the Land: Four Southern California Watersheds	p. 27
Water Development and Water Law in Southern California	p. 43
Institutional Design and Development: Eight Cases
Raymond Basin: Constituting Self-Governance in a Groundwater Basin	p. 73
West Basin: Simultaneous and Sequential Problem Solving in a Coastal Basin	p. 97
Central Basin: Developing a Polycentric Public Enterprise System in the Middle of a Watershed	p. 127
Main San Gabriel Basin: Adaptation, Innovation, and Learning	p. 159
The San Fernando Valley: Institutional Adaptation under Constraint	p. 189
The Mojave River Basins: High Desert Drama and Institutional Failure	p. 219
Orange County: Governing by District, Managing by Incentives	p. 245
Chino Basin: Basin Governance for Land Use Transition	p. 271
Why They Prefer "Chaos"
Evaluating Performance: Can "Chaos" Work?	p. 301
Institutional Development and Human Action	p. 319
Polycentricity, Entrepreneurship, and Performance	p. 339
Appendix 1 An Integrated Chronology of the Eight Cases	p. 365
Bibliography	p. 377
Index	p. 403
About the Author	p. 415
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