Water, Power and Identity: The Cultural Politics of Water in the Andes (Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management)

Synopsis

This Book Addresses Two Of The Major Issues In Current Natural Resource Management Policies. The First Is The Complex And Conflicting Relationship Between Local, On-the-ground Natural Resource Management Communities And National And International Policy-making Institutions And Elites. The Second Issue Is How To Govern, Manage And Distribute Water Resources In Contexts Of Growing Water Scarcity, Natural Resource Degradation, Shifting Policies And Identities, And Intensifying Local-global Relationships. The Book Elaborates On The Case Of The Andean Countries And Their Water Control Communities, Policies, Laws, And Multi-scale Relationships-- Rutgerd Boelens. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.