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1 online resource |
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Latin American political, economic, and security issues
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Latin American political, economic, and security issues.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
CHILE: ENVIRONMENTAL, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES; CHILE: ENVIRONMENTAL, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: THE WATER USERS ORGANIZATIONS IN CHILE; Abstract; Introduction; Water Management; The Chilean Case; The Water Rights in Chile; The Reallocation of Water Right: The Water Market; Role of the State and Individuals; Water Users Organizations (WUO); WUO Origin and Objectives; 1. Water Boards (Juntas de Vigilancia, JV); 2. Irrigation Associations (Asociaciones de Canalistas, AC); 3. Water Communities (CA) |
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Functioning of the WUOsThe Water Boards (Juntas de Vigilancia, JV); The Water Communities (Comunidades de Agua, CA); The Organizational Structure of the CA; Community Infrastructure; Organizational Dynamics in the CA; The WUOs and Climate Change; Challenges; 1. Strengthen the Knowledge, Information, and Connection between Actors; 2. Strengthening the Institutionality of the Water Rights; 3. Strengthen the WUOs: Increase Local Capacities and Empowerment; 4. Strengthening the Mechanisms for Conflict Resolution; 5. Strengthening the Related Institutional Framework; References. |
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Chapter 2: SUSTAINABLE WATER GOVERNANCE IN CHILE: FROM A SECTORAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO AN INTEGRATED ONE?Abstract; Introduction: Theoretical and Analytical Framework; Hydrology: Uneven Precipitation Distribution; Water Scarcity: Uneven Availability and Population Distribution; Water Quality: Natural Characteristics and Anthropogenic Contamination; Water Governance Singularities; Climate Change: Impacts on Watershed-BasedEcosystem Services; Climate Variability: Observed Climate Tendencies; Climate Change Projections; Climate Impacts; Water Governance: Historical Evolution. |
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Colonial Period (1595-1810)The First Years of Chilean Republic (1810-around 1908); Contemporary Period (1908-Present); Water Governance: Current Dynamic; Stage I (1981-1989): Water Code Essential Nature; Stage II (1989-2005): Starting Debate about Climate Change and IntegratedRiver Basin Management (IRBM); Stage III (2005 to the Present): A Turning Point in EnvironmentalGovernance in Chile; Water Governance: Current Institutional Landscape; Institutional Landscape of Priority Uses and Users with Water Rights; Institutional Landscape of Water Users in Transition. |
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Institutional Landscape of Users without Water RightsHow Does the IRBM Fit into the Current Water Institutional Landscape?; Reforming Water Governance in Chile: Current Strengths andRequiered Innovations; References; Chapter 3: WATERSHED MANAGEMENT: ITS SCOPE, A GENERAL ANALYSIS OF ITS SITUATION IN CHILE, AND ONE APPROACH TO DEAL WITH ITS INTEGRATING ENVIRONMENTAL, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES; Abstract; Introduction; On the Integrated Watershed Management Concept; Watersheds and the Evolution of the Integrated Management Concept; Why Integrated Watershed Management?; History of IWRM in Chile. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Natural resources -- Chile -- Management.
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Environmental policy -- Chile.
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Chile -- Social policy.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business. |
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NATURE -- Natural Resources. |
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Environmental policy |
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Natural resources -- Management |
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Social policy |
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Chile |
| Added Author |
Rivera Salazar, Diego.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chile Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publisher's, 2012. 9781622571840 (hardcover) (DLC) 2012020017 |
| ISBN |
9781622571925 ebook |
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1622571924 |
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9781622571840 hardcover |
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1622571843 |
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