The institutional arrangements for water management in the 19th and 20th centuries / L'organisation institutionnelle de la gestion de l'eau aux XIXe et XX sic̀ˆles / sous la direction de Jos C.N. Raadschelders. Oganisation institutionnelle de la gestion de l'eau aux XIXe et XXe siecles edited by Jos C.N. Raadschelders = - Amsterdam : IOS Press, c2005. - x, 237 p. ; 25 cm. - Cahier d'histoire de l'administration ; no 8 International Institute of Administrative Sciences monographs, v. 24 1382-4414 ; .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface / Fresh water management as collective action in time : a multi-dimensional and multi-level challenge of governance in an inter-disciplinary context / German administrations and water issues in history / Water management in the Netherlands in the 19[superscript th] and 20[superscript th] centuries / Water management in the UK : public utility, private ownership and state regulation / La gestion de l'eau en Belgique aux XIX[superscript e] et XX[superscript e] siecles : Enjeux et acteurs / Water management in Spain : ecological and economic foundations of institutional change / Institutions, resources and consumption in Italy during the 19[superscript th] and 20[superscript th] centuries / Water management in Greece : an historical approach / Managing scarcity : water policy administration in the American West / Canada's water management system : economic development and institutional paralysis / This "indispensable article" : the administration of water in Australia / La Commission centrale pour la navigation du Rhin aux XIX[superscript e] et XX[superscript e] siecles / Water-management for multiple purposes through flexible institutional arrangements : comparative, theoretical and normative observations / Fabio Rugge -- Jos C. N. Raadschelders -- Stefan Fisch -- Frits M. van der Meer -- Gavin Drewry -- Jean-Marie Yante -- Gregorio Nunez -- Giorgio Bigatti and Paolo Ferrari -- Denis Moschopoulos -- Peri E. Arnold -- Ken Rasmussen -- Ross Curnow and Roger Wettenhall -- Bernd Wunder -- Jos C. N. Raadschelders.


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