sources of water, sources of knowledge Wiegandt, Ellen text ne Dordrecht Springer c2008 2008 monographic eng

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ix, 384 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. Framing the study of mountain water resources : an introduction / Ellen Wiegandt -- "Water towers"-- a global view of the hydrological importance of mountains / Daniel Viviroli and Rolf Weingartner -- History of irrigation and water control in China's Erhai catchment : mitigation and adaptation to environmental change / Darren Crook ... [et al.] -- Scarcity, equity, and transparency : general principles for successfully governing the water commons / Paul Trawick -- From principles to action : incentives to enforce common property water management / Ellen Wiegandt -- Hydroelectric resources between state and market in the Alpine countries / Franco Romerio -- Box : example of water rights : concessions in the Valais, Switzerland / Eric Wuilloud -- Crans-Montana : water resources management in an alpine tourist resort / Christophe Clivaz and Emmanuel Reynard -- Water value, water management, and water conflict : a systematic approach / Franklin M. Fisher -- Evolutionary explanations of Syrian-- Turkish water conflict / Serdar S. Güner -- Water use and risk : the use of prospect theory to guide public policy decision-making / Raymond Dacey -- Disasters, development, and glacial lake control in twentieth-century Peru / Mark Carey -- Wetlands and indigenous knowledge in the highlands of Western Ethiopia / Alan Dixon -- New ancient water mill : remembering former techniques / Michel Dubas -- Water-related natural disasters : strategies to deal with debris flows : the case of Tschengls, Italy / Walter Gostner ... [et al.] -- Flood volume estimation and flood mitigation : Adige River basin / Salvatore Manfreda and Mauro Fiorentino -- Hydrological assessment for selected karstic springs in the mountain regions of Bulgaria / Tatiana Orehova and Elena Kirilova Bojilova -- Water and mountains, upstream and downstream : analyzing unequal relations / Urs Luterbacher and Dushen Mamatkanov -- Creating a policy environment for sustainable water use / Katrina Schoengold and David Zilberman specialized edited by Ellen Wiegandt Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-379) and index Water-supply Mountains Hydrologic cycle Water resources development 140206747X 9781402067471 UMP 090817 20251117150444.0 vtls000041536