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1 online resource |
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Routledge library editions. welfare and the state |
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Earthscan studies in water resource management.
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| Contents |
Introduction : theorizing the boomerang effect / Larry Swatuk, Lars Wirkus, Florian Krampe, Bejoy K. Thomas, Luis Paulo Batista da Silva -- Nothing's always perfect : lessons from the Three Gorges Dam / Bojian Zhang, Chieh Cheng,Yuye Li, Zhe Zhang and Larry Swatuk -- Four countries one aquifer : the Guarani Aquifer and the duty to cooperate / Kadra Rayale, Kaylia Little, Mary Crawford and Larry Swatuk -- Shifting waters : changing water discourses and the Farakka Barrage / Rija Rasul, Stephen Little, Tom Stark, Zoya Khan and Larry Swatuk -- The Belo Monte Dam : from local protest to national boomerang effect / Jason Durst, Liam Neumann, Ana Smith and Larry Swatuk -- An assessment of UN-REDD in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam / Laura Maxwell, Vidya Nair, Stephanie Solomon and Larry Swatuk -- "We have the right to do anything we like" : the boomerang effects of the Illisu Dam / Sonya Deborah Krause, Frances Delaney, Ricarda Ines Konwiarz and Larry Swatuk -- Can climate change challenges unite a divided Jordan River Basin / Nikita Shah, Lars Wirkus and Larry Swatuk -- A gendered analysis of integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) as a strategy for strengthening adaptive capacity in Ghana's Tolon District / Alhassan Lansah Abdulai and Sebastiaan Soeters -- Unintended consequences of dams and water security : an insight into women's vulnerability and the spread of malaria in Ethiopia / Romy Buchner, Mridula Nair, Barbara Pinto and Larry Swatuk |
| Summary |
In line with COP21 agreements, state-led climate change mitigation and adaptation actions are being undertaken to transition to carbon-neutral, green economies. However, the capacity of many countriesfor action is limited and may result in a 'boomerang effect', defined as the unintended negative consequences of such policies and programmes on local communities and their negative feedbacks on the state. To avoid this effect, there is a need to understand the policy drivers, decision-making processes, and impacts of such action, in order to determine the ways and means of minimizing negative effects and maximizing mutually beneficial policy outcomes. This book directly engages the policy debates surrounding water resources and climate actions through both theoretical and comparative case studies. It develops the 'boomerang effect' concept and sets it in relation to other conceptual tools for understanding the mixed outcomes of state-led climate change action, for example 'backdraft' effect and 'maldevelopment'. It also presents case studies illustrative of the consequences of ill-considered state-led policy in the water sector from around the world. These include Africa, China, South Asia, South America, the Middle East, Turkey and Vietnam, and examples of groundwater, hydropower development andforest hydrology, where there are often transboundary consequences of a state's policies and actions. In this way, the book adds empirical and theoretical insights to a still developing debate regarding the appropriate ways and means of combating climate change without undermining state and social development |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Water resources development -- Case studies
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Water-supply -- Case studies
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Water security -- Case studies
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Dams -- Environmental aspects -- Case studies
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
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Dams -- Environmental aspects
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Water resources development
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Water security
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Water-supply
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Swatuk, Larry A. (Larry Anthony), 1957- editor.
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Wirkus, Lars, editor.
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| LC no. |
2020692146 |
| ISBN |
9781315149806 |
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131514980X |
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9781351369411 |
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1351369415 |
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9781351369428 |
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9781351369404 |
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1351369423 |
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1351369407 |
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