Water Institutions: Policies, Performance and Prospects (eBook)

Preface 5
Contents 8
List of Contributors 11
Water Allocation and Management in Hawaii: A Case of Institutional Entropy 12
1.1 Introduction 12
1.2 Institutions: An Overview 12
1.3 Institutional Entropy 14
1.4 Hawaii’s Water Institutions: An Evolutionary Perspective 15
1.5 Performance of Hawaii’s Water Institutions: A Case Study 23
1.6 Hawaii’s Water Institutions: A Case of Institutional Entropy 29
1.7 Future Directions 30
1.8 References 32
Institutions for Resources Management: A Case Study from Sri Lanka 35
2.1 Introduction 35
2.2 Public and Private Institutions 36
2.3 Analysis of a Sri Lankan Institution 40
2.4 Concluding Remarks 55
2.5 References 56
Water Institutions in India: Structure, Performance, and Change 58
3.1 Introduction 58
3.2 Objectives and Scope 59
3.3 Analytical Framework 59
3.4 Water Institutional Environment: An Overview 63
3.5 Water Institutional Structure: A Macro Perspective 65
3.6 Water Institutional Structure: Micro Perspective 76
3.7 Evaluating the Performance of Water Institutions 80
3.8 Institutional Change: Nature, Extent, and Causes 83
3.9 Concluding Remarks 88
3.10 References 89
Uphill Flow of Reform in China’s Irrigation Districts 92
4.1 Introduction 92
4.2 Locating the Irrigation Districts in Contemporary China 92
4.3 Recent History and the Disenabling Environment 95
4.4 Reform Initiatives 100
4.5 Interpretation and Meanings 106
4.6 Acknowledgments 107
4.7 References 107
Institutions for Water Management in Mexico 110
5.1 Introduction 110
5.2 River Basin Commissions, 1946-1986 111
5.3 Factors which influenced the performance of the river basin commissions 129
5.4 Recent regional approach to water policies and institutions 133
5.5 Concluding Remarks 136
5.6 Acknowledgements 138
5.7 References 138
Water Institutions in the Middle East 142
6.1. Introduction 142
6.2 The Beginnings of Water Institutions 142
6.3 Islam and Water 144
6.4 Modern Water Institutions 146
6.5 National Case Studies 147
6.6 Overall Assessment of Water Institutions in the Middle East 161
6.7 References 163
Institutions in South African International River Basins 165
7.1 Introduction 165
7.2 The Southern African Hydropolitical Complex 165
7.3 History of Development in the South African Water Sector 168
7.4 An Assessment of Post-Apartheid Institutional Development 175
7.5 Concluding Remarks 179
7.6 References 179
Property Rights, Water Rights and the Changing Scene in Western Water 186
8.1 Introduction 186
8.2 The Definition and Evolution of Property Rights 186
8.3 “Optimising” the Property Rights System 187
8.4 The Evolution of Western U.S. Water Rights 189
8.5 The Need for Change in Western U.S. Water Administration 191
8.6 Specific Steps 193
8.7 References 195
Finding a Modern Role for the Prior Appropriation Doctrine in the American West 198
9.1 Introduction 198
9.2 The Prior Appropriation Doctrine 199
9.3 Flaws in Principle and in Application 200
9.4 A Modern Role for the Prior Appropriation Doctrine 207
9.5 Concluding Remarks 209
9.6 References 209
Index 212