Managing Water Resources, Past and Present Linacre Lectures Series

A multi-disciplinary analysis of the evolution of water politics and policy by an international team of distinguished experts. Water management in the Middle Ages in Europe, its evolution in the USA, the elaboration of the European Water Framework Directive, the British experience of water management, the over-exploitation of African aquifers, and the evolution of the water situation in Southern Africa are all examined. This volume underlines the fact that only an integrative and interdisciplinary understanding can lead to genuinely improved water management practices that will not benefit some social groups at the expense of others.

Julie Trottier: Introduction, 1.: W. M. Edmunds: Silent Springs: Groundwater Resources Under Threat, 2.: Peregrine Horden: Water in Mediterranean History, 3.: Martin Reuss: The Development of American Water Resources: Planners, Politicians, and Constitutional Interpretation, 4.: Ian Byatt: Managing Water for the Future: The Case of England and Wales, 5.: Maria Kaika: Water for Europe: The Creation of the European Water Framework Directive, 6.: Stefano Burchi: Water Laws for Water Security in the Twenty-First Century, 7.: Julie Trottier: Water and Conflicts, Hobbes. Part 5: Ibn Khaldun. The Real Clash of Civilizations?, 8.: Peter Ashton: Water and Development: A Southern African Perspective, Index