Water & Heritage:
Material, conceptual and spiritual connections
Edited by Willem J.H. Willems (✝) & Henk P.J. van Schaik | 2015
Water is vital for life, and its availability
has been a concern for mankind throughout the ages. Its presence has
always been ascertained in a variety of ways and the development of
human society everywhere is connected with various forms of water
management. Man also needed to manage water to find protection from its
dangers and the need for that is increasing. In the coming decades, the
impact of climate change is expected to intensify floods and droughts,
affect groundwater resources, raise sea levels, increase pollution and
enhance the frequency and magnitude of disasters. Societies around the
world are challenged to adapt to these threats to ensure water security,
economic prosperity and environmental and cultural sustainability.This book deals with the heritage of water management and the use that was made of water, as well as the impact of water management on heritage. An example of the former may be an ancient irrigation system in the Philippines or in the Middle East that still functions today, while the latter may reflect the importance of maintaining groundwater levels for the preservation of organic remains on archaeological sites or of wooden piles underneath standing buildings. In either case the papers in this book reflect the dynamic nature of water, and hence the equally dynamic relation between water management and heritage.
Community Based Water Management and Social Capital
by
Community Based Water Management and Social Capital provides scientific
understanding of community based water management and how to secure
responsible management to satisfy quality and quantity requirements. It
shows how community based water management can be synchronized with
public water service, by introducing the most recent field experiments
and theoretical studies in economics, social science, engineering, and
regional planning which include game theory, microeconomics,
econometric, statistics, social network analysis, social choice, and
micro finance. Six billion people in Asian countries suffer from water
scarcity throughout developing countries in Africa, Pacific Islands,
Central and South America and Central and Eastern Europe where they are
in short supply of public water service. Community Based Water
Management and Social Capital presents field experiments and theoretical
studies in economics, social science, engineering, and regional
planning to investigate important questions: • what motives people
involve in voluntary water management • what is the effect of
participatory approach in water management • how does social capital
work in the voluntary actions • what are key factors for effective
governance for water management with diverse actors - local people,
enterprise, and government • what is necessary for proper water
allocation • how to synchronize public water service with community
based water management. The book provides students, researchers,
practitioners and governments with a comprehensive account of the
current situation and perspectives on voluntary water management. It
delivers a new scientific understanding on sustainable water management
schemes and appropriate institutional social structures to secure
inalienable rights to access to water.
Community Based Water Management and Social Capital provides scientific
understanding of community based water management and how to secure
responsible management to satisfy quality and quantity requirements. It
shows how community based water management can be synchronized with
public water service, by introducing the most recent field experiments
and theoretical studies in economics, social science, engineering, and
regional planning which include game theory, microeconomics,
econometric, statistics, social network analysis, social choice, and
micro finance. Six billion people in Asian countries suffer from water
scarcity throughout developing countries in Africa, Pacific Islands,
Central and South America and Central and Eastern Europe where they are
in short supply of public water service. Community Based Water
Management and Social Capital presents field experiments and theoretical
studies in economics, social science, engineering, and regional
planning to investigate important questions: • what motives people
involve in voluntary water management • what is the effect of
participatory approach in water management • how does social capital
work in the voluntary actions • what are key factors for effective
governance for water management with diverse actors - local people,
enterprise, and government • what is necessary for proper water
allocation • how to synchronize public water service with community
based water management. The book provides students, researchers,
practitioners and governments with a comprehensive account of the
current situation and perspectives on voluntary water management. It
delivers a new scientific understanding on sustainable water management
schemes and appropriate institutional social structures to secure
inalienable rights to access to water.
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