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• Title:Sharing water in times of scarcity : guidelines and procedures in the development of effective agreements to share water across political boundaries / sponsored by Laws & Institutions Committee of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) of ASCE ; edited by Stephen E. Draper.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Draper, Stephen E.
  Environmental and Water Resources Institute (U.S.). Laws and Institutions Committee.
  
• Published/Created:Reston, Va. : American Society of Civil Engineers, ©2006.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KF5575 .S52 2006 (LC)
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Water rights--United States--States.
  Riparian rights--United States--States.
  Water rights (International law)
  Riparian rights.
  
• Description:viii, 156 p. ; 22 cm.
  
• Notes:This is part II of the final report of the Task Committee for the Shared Use of Transboundary Water Resources, SUTWR.
  Includes bibliographical references (pages 114-151) and index.
  
• ISBN:0784408467
  9780784408469
  
• Contents:Sect. 1. Foundation of effective water sharing
  1.1. Purpose and scope of the guidelines and procedures
  1.2. Distinctive characteristics of water
  1.3. Guiding principles for effective water sharing
  1.4. Goals and objectives of water sharing agreements
  1.5. Summary
  Sect. 2. Water sharing across political boundaries
  2.1. Obstacles to effective water sharing
  2.2. Negotiating the obstacles
  2.3. Integrated water resources management and water sharing
  2.4. international law of transboundary water sharing
  2.5. Summary
  Sect. 3. Resource assessments
  3.1. Geographical and political boundaries
  3.2. Assessment of water laws and policies
  3.3. Assessment of water sources
  3.4. Assessment of water demands
  3.5. Summary
  Sect. 4. Administration of agreements
  4.1. challenge
  4.2. historical record of international water sharing institutions
  4.3. historical record of American water sharing institutions
  4.4. Organizational design principles
  4.5. Choices in institutional design
  4.6. Model water sharing agreements
  4.7. Summary
  Sect. 5. Water allocation strategies
  5.1. Strategies for allocating water
  5.2. Adaptive management
  5.3. Summary.