Table of Contents: Society - Water

Society - Water - Technology : A Critical Appraisal of Major Water Engineering Projects.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hüttl, Reinhard F.
Other Authors:	Bens, Oliver., Bismuth, Christine., Hoechstetter, Sebastian.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2015.
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Water Resources Development and Management Series
Subjects:	Electronic books.
Online Access:	Click to View

Table of Contents:

Intro
Contents
Contributors
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
Part I: Context and Objectives
Chapter 1: Introduction: A Critical Appraisal of Major Water Engineering Projects and the Need for Interdisciplinary Approaches
1.1 Ecological Challenges, Social and Economic Opportunities: The Multiple Facets of Major Water Engineering Projects
1.2 Interdisciplinary Research on Water Resources
1.3 The Interdisciplinary Research Tradition of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
1.4 Aims and Working Structure of the Interdisciplinary Research Group Society - Water - Technology
1.5 Acknowledgements
1.6 Members of the Interdisciplinary Research Group Society - Water - Technology
Chapter 2: Water Ethics - Orientation for Water Conflicts as Part of Inter- and Transdisciplinary Deliberation
2.1 Objectives and Approach
2.2 The Value of Water in Different Cultures
2.2.1 Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
2.2.2 Western Modernity
2.2.3 The Need for Water Ethics Beyond Value Assignment
2.3 Water Ethics
2.3.1 Review of the Literature on Water Ethics
2.3.2 Subjects of Water Ethics
2.3.3 Substantial and Procedural Aspects of Water Ethics
2.3.3.1 Human Right to Water and Sanitation
2.3.3.2 Sustaining Ecosystem Functions
2.3.3.3 Responsible Use of Water
2.3.3.4 Participatory Water Governance
2.4 Cultural and Social Preconditions of the Ethical Discourse
2.5 Water Conflicts
2.6 Water Ethics and Specific Water Conflicts
References
Part II: Major Water Engineering Projects - Challenges, Problems, Opportunities
Chapter 3: Major Water Engineering Projects: Definitions, Framework Conditions, Systemic Effects
3.1 Definition of Major Water Engineering Projects - A Proposal
3.2 Water Technologies - Uses and Functions
3.2.1 Water Storage.
3.2.2 Water Distribution
3.2.3 Water Use
3.3 Principles, Trends and Framework Conditions of Major Water Engineering Projects
3.4 An Evaluation Framework of MWEPs
References
Chapter 4: A Global View on Future Major Water Engineering Projects
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Major Engineering Projects in the Water Sector
4.2.1 Interbasin Water-Transfer Projects
4.2.2 Navigable Waterways
4.2.3 Hydropower Mega Dams
4.2.4 Large-Scale Restoration Projects
4.3 Discussion
References
Chapter 5: Neglected Values of Major Water Engineering Projects: Ecosystem Services, Social Impacts, and Economic Valuation
5.1 Controversial Discussions About Benefits and Costs of Major Water Engineering Projects
5.2 The Emergence of Major Water Engineering Projects Worldwide: Large Dams on the Advance
5.3 Making Ecosystem Services and Distributional Concerns Visible and Incorporating Them into Decision Making
5.3.1 The Concept of Total Economic Value
5.3.2 Ecological Trade-Offs
5.3.3 Social Conflicts
5.3.4 Potential and Limits of Economic Analysis
5.4 Concluding Remarks
References
Chapter 6: Water Governance: A Systemic Approach
6.1 Introduction
6.2 System Theory Revisited
6.3 The Governance Approach
6.4 Dealing with Complexity
References
Chapter 7: Research in Two Case Studies: Irrigation and Land Use in the Fergana Valley and Water Management in the Lower Jordan Valley
7.1 Selection of the Case Studies: A Wide Spectrum of Socio-Economic and Ecological Framework Conditions
7.2 The Fergana Valley
7.3 The Lower Jordan River Basin and the Red Sea-Dead Sea Conveyance Project
7.4 Significance and Exemplary Importance of the Case Studies
References
Part III: The Fergana Valley - Uzbekistan's Hydro-Agricultural System Between Inertia and Change.
Chapter 8: Between Multiple Transformations and Systemic Path Dependencies
8.1 Post-Soviet Transformation as a Multi-dimensional, Long-Term Process
8.2 Transformation and Path Dependencies in Fergana Valley's Post-Soviet Agriculture
8.3 Transformation and Path Dependencies in Fergana Valley's Post-Soviet Irrigation System
8.4 Researching the Fergana Valley: Tasks and Topics
References
Chapter 9: From Upscaling to Rescaling: Transforming the Fergana Basin from Tsarist Irrigation to Water Management for an Independent Uzbekistan
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Salient Features of Fergana's Irrigation System
9.3 Historical Setting of Tsarist Plans to Utilise Central Asian Water Resources to Large-Scale Soviet Irrigation in the Fergana Valley
9.4 Geographical Rescaling After Independence
9.5 Persistence and Change Within Uzbekistan's Water Management
References
Map References
Chapter 10: Irrigation Infrastructure in Fergana Today: Ecological Implications - Economic Necessities
10.1 Introduction
10.2 General Overview of Fergana Valley
10.2.1 Geography (Geomorphological Structure)
10.2.2 Climate
10.2.3 Demography
10.2.4 Land Use and Agricultural Production
10.3 Water Resources Management in the Fergana Valley
10.3.1 Hydrological Characteristics
10.3.2 Irrigation Network
10.3.3 Collector-Drainage Network
10.3.4 Management Structures
10.3.5 Agricultural Water Use
10.4 Ecological Impact of Water Management and Irrigation Practices
10.5 Economical Necessities to Maintain Irrigation Infrastructures
10.5.1 Water Productivity
10.6 Conclusions
References
Chapter 11: Where Water Meets Agriculture: The Ambivalent Role of Water Users Associations
11.1 WUAs in the Global Discourse on Integrated Water Resources Management.
11.2 WUAs as Building Blocks of Irrigation Management in the Fergana Valley
11.2.1 Early Origins of WUAs
11.2.2 Organisational Structure of WUAs
11.2.3 Spatial Reform of WUAs
11.2.4 Current Status of WUAs
11.3 Fergana Valley's WUAs in Practice
11.3.1 Practices of Representation
11.3.2 Practices of Leadership
11.3.3 Practices of Regulation
11.3.4 Practices of Education
11.4 WUAs as Models for Emulation?
References
Chapter 12: Theory, the Market and the State: Agricultural Reforms in Post Socialist Uzbekistan Between Economic Incentives and Institutional Obstacles
12.1 Introduction: The Need to Price Water Resources in the Fergana Valley
12.2 Some Economics of Water Pricing
12.2.1 What Are the Full Costs of Water and Its Services?
12.2.2 Who Should Bear the Full Costs of Water Services?
12.3 Political and Institutional Obstacles
12.3.1 Protection of the Agricultural Sector
12.3.2 No Freedom for Individual Choice
12.3.3 Lack of Clearly Defined Water Rights and Unclear Role of Water Users Associations
12.4 Concluding Remarks
References
Part IV: The Lower Jordan Valley - The Red Sea-Dead Sea Conveyance Project and Its Complex History
Chapter 13: Water Resources, Cooperation and Power Asymmetries in the Water Management of the Lower Jordan Valley: The Situation Today and the Path that Has Led There
13.1 Water Resources of the Lower Jordan Basin
13.1.1 Water Uses and Water Abstractions
13.1.2 Water Balance
13.1.3 Environmental Consequences of Current Water Uses
13.1.4 Climate and Demography
13.1.5 Proposed Strategies
13.2 History of Water Conflicts, Cooperation and Treaties
13.2.1 The Johnston Plan
13.2.2 The Agreement Concerning the Utilisation of the Yarmuk Waters
13.2.3 The Peace Treaty Between Israel and Jordan
13.2.4 The Oslo II Agreement.
13.2.5 The Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Study Programme
13.2.6 The Water Swap Memorandum of Understanding
13.3 Conclusions
References
Chapter 14: Reclaiming the Dead Sea: Alternatives for Action
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Water Scarcity in the Jordan River Basin
14.3 Water Conveyance from the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
14.3.1 Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance
14.3.2 Mediterranean Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance
14.3.3 Southern Route (Ashkelon → Qumran)
14.3.4 Northern Route (Atlit → Naharayim-Bakura → Dead Sea)
14.4 Dead Sea Reclamation Based on Recycled Water
14.5 How to Cover the Cost of Dead Sea Reclamation?
14.6 Concluding Comments
References
Chapter 15: Jordan's Shadow State and Water Management: Prospects for Water Security Will Depend on Politics and Regional Cooperation
15.1 Defining the Problem
15.1.1 Demand Exceeds Supply
15.1.2 Unpredictable Transboundary Flows
15.1.3 Governance Shortcomings
15.1.3.1 Reducing Unsustainable Highlands Groundwater Abstraction
15.1.3.2 Encouraging Efficient Water Use
15.1.3.3 Reducing Non-Revenue Water (NRW)
15.1.3.4 Reforming Water Institutions
15.2 The Shadow State
15.2.1 The Politics of Co-option
15.2.2 Politics of Water
15.2.2.1 Northern Highlands
15.2.2.2 Southern Highlands
15.2.2.3 Resilience of the Shadow State
15.3 Proposed Actions
15.3.1 Building Water Security Through Political Reforms
15.3.2 National and Regional Solutions
15.3.2.1 Transforming the Water Sector
15.3.2.2 Exploiting Scope for Indispensable Demand and Supply-Side Efficiency Measures
Non-Revenue Water Reduction
Cross-sector Highlands Water Strategy
Wastewater Reuse
15.3.2.3 Pursuing Affordable Regional Desalination
15.3.2.4 Intensifying Regional Diplomacy to Manage Shared Resources.
Laying Foundations for a Regional Water Authority.

Society - Water - Technology : A Critical Appraisal of Major Water Engineering Projects.

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