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Promoting Sustainable River Basin Governance — Crafting Japan-U.S. Water Partnerships in China

No.28

Spot Survey

Edited by Jennifer L.Turner and Kenji Otsuka
March 2005

Executive Summary pdf (972KB)

Introduction pdf (606KB)

Part 1 State of River Basin Management Institutions
Chapter 1
River Governance Structure in China: A Study of Water Quantity/Quality Management Regimes pdf (650KB) / Wang Yahua


Chapter 2
Conservation of the Waterfront Environment along Japan's Rivers: Institutions and Their Reforms of River Basin Management pdf (572KB) / Naoki Kataoka


Chapter 3
Sustainable Water Resources Management in the United States: Use of River Basin Commissions to Promote Economic Development, While Protecting the Environment and Improving Community Quality pdf (2.3MB) / Carol R. Collier


Part 2 Institutional and Economic Approach to Sustainable River Basin Governance
Chapter 4
China as Basin Country of International Rivers pdf (617KB) / Mikiyasu Nakayama


Chapter 5
Economies of Scale & Scope in River Basin Management pdf (632KB) / Gary Wolff


Chapter 6
Irrigation and River Basin Management in Japan: Toward Sustainable Water Use pdf (697KB) / Nanae Yamada


Chapter 7
Evaluating Cost Sharing for Sustainable River Basin Management: Case Studies in Netherlands and Japan pdf (1.4MB) / Kaori Fujita


Part 3 Public Participation and River Basin Governance
Chapter 8
Bridge Over Troubled Waters: The Role of the News Media in Promoting Public Participation in River Basin Management and Environmental Protection in China pdf (637KB) / Hu Kanping with Yu Xiaogang


Chapter 9
Essentials of Stakeholder Participation in the Wise Use of Wetlands: Good Practices of Two Lagoons in Japan and India pdf (883KB) / Reiko Nakamura


Chapter 10
Fostering a Stewardship Approach to Water Resources Management pdf (693KB) / Richard Volk


Appendix pdf (987KB)