River Basin Management in the Twenty-First century, Understanding People and Place

This book is written by leading authorities on the current and latent issues relating to river basin management and brings to the reader an up to date analysis and provides a window into this important subject. A key aspect of the work is that of achieving balance. Technical approaches can address some issues such as hydropower generation, flood mitigation, provision of water for irrigated agriculture to feed burgeoning populations, recreation and navigation, etc, but balancing these is the negotiated outcome of social processes. Ultimately it is these social processes that are the hard part, and often the stumbling block, for improving river basin management.