Overview
- Explores complex and dynamic interactive process in water governance in Asia
- Covers the cases from Japan, China, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, and India
- Sheds light on multi- and trans-disciplinary perspectives on water and environmental studies
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This book applies interactive perspectives, which have historically mainly been discussed in the context of Western European countries, to case studies on water governance in Asia. It examines how these perspectives can be used to reveal complex and dynamic interactions in water governance in Asia, and how interactions between policies and practices, as well as those between formal institutes and emerging informal institutes, come to pass. In two introductory chapters and seven case studies in Asia (two from China, and each one from Japan, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, and India), the book reveals the interactive forms currently emerging in Asia under hierarchical but often fragmented administrative systems.
In addition, it explores emerging hybrid forms of interactive governance, which bring together governmental and non-governmental actors, and discusses how the expected role of government and roles of non-governmental actors could be changed to solve problems in a more cooperative manner. In this context, researchers from outside the locality could play an important role, helping facilitate such forms of interactive governance.
The book offers extensive information on the essential features of interactive forms, and on the role of such transdisciplinary approaches, making it a valuable resource not only for scholars and university students, but also for policymakers and grass-roots practitioners directly involved in the interactive process of water governance.
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Book Title: Interactive Approaches to Water Governance in Asia
Editors: Kenji Otsuka
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2399-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-2398-0Published: 24 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-2399-7Published: 12 January 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 225
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 39 illustrations in colour
Topics: Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution, Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management, Hydrology/Water Resources, Environmental Management, Development and Sustainability, Governance and Government