Incentives and Instruments for Sustainable Irrigation - Hardcover

Editor: H Bjornlund

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1845644069 ISBN 13: 9781845644062

Publisher: WIT Press, 2010

Synopsis

This book looks at Sustainable Irrigation in a holistic way, considering the multidisciplinary objectives of sustainable agriculture, sustainable water management, sustainable water infrastructure, sustainable irrigation communities and a sustainable environment, the need to reallocate water between competing users, and the need for water and food security in an environment of scarcity. It does this by accepting the links between these objectives, and the need to change behavior and perceptions when it comes to water and how water is used. It does not treat sustainable irrigation as a fixed defined endpoint, but rather as a locally defined and constantly changing objective. It provides a comprehensive discussion of the importance of institutions and governance to guide this process and then provides examples from around the world showing how incentives and instruments have been introduced to support this development, how successful they have been and what the factors have promoted or impeded the successful outcomes.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Henning Bjornlund is an Associate Research Professor at the the Centre for Regulation and Market Analysis at the University of South Australia. He is also an Associate Professor at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta,Canada where he holds a Canadian Research Chair in Water and the Economy.

Edition details

• Publisher: WIT Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845644069
• ISBN 13: 9781845644062
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: H. Bjornlund