Water Resilience

This book synthesizes current knowledge and understanding of management and governance in the context of water resilience; advances theory through synthesis of research and experiences from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.  The book highlights the implications of theory and experience for innovation in practice and policy; and it explores frontiers and future research. The book further addresses the need for a consolidated, interdisciplinary approach to the theoretical advances and practical implications of water resilience for academics, resource managers, aid organizations, policy makers and citizens.    

Part I: Introduction.- Chapter 1. The Emergence of Water Resilience: an introduction.- Part II: Examining water systems through the lens of resilience.- Chapter 2. Water Policy and Governance in Transition: The EU Water Framework Directive.- Chapter 3. The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA)—California’s Prescription for Common Challenges of Groundwater Governance.- Chapter 4. Water Policy Reform for Sustainable Development in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia: Insights from Resilience Thinking.- Chapter 5. Reducing Nutrient Loading from Agriculture to Lake Ecosystems – Contributions of Resilience Principles.- Chapter 6. Reconfiguring water governance for resilient social-ecological systems in South America.- Part III: Exploring the conceptual boundaries and bridges of water resilience.- Chapter 7. Capacities for watershed resilience: persistence, adaptation, and transformation.- Chapter 8. Adaptive Governance in North American Water Systems:  a legal perspective on resilience and reconciliation.- Chapter 9. Cross-scale Governance for Urban Water Resilience in Bengaluru and Cape Town.- Chapter 10. Facing Change: Understanding Transitions of River Basin Policies Over Time.- Chapter 11. Conditions and Cautions for Transforming Ocean Governance.- Chapter 12. Extraordinary governance to avoid extraordinary events. Part IV: Conclusion.- Chapter 13. Charting a course for management and governance dimensions of water resilience.