Governing the freshwater commons : lessons from application of the trilogy of governance tools in Australia and the Western United States / Barbara Cosens. Darren Sinclair -- Unwinding of water reform in the Murray-Darling Basin : a cautionary tale for transboundary river systems / Emma Carmody -- Multi-jurisdictional water governance in Australia : muddle or model? / Bradley C. Karkkainen -- Environmental water transactions and innovation in Australia / Katherine Owens -- Water entitlements as property : a work in progress or watertight now? / Janice Gray, Louise Lee -- Regulatory and economic instruments : a useful partnership to achieve collective objectives? / Adam Loch, C. Dionisio Perez-Blanco, Dolores Rey, Erin O'Donnell, David Adamson -- Water markets and regulation : implementation, successes and limitations / Cameron Holley, Darren Sinclair -- Public participation in water resources management in Australia : procedure and possibilities / Bruce Lindsay -- Governance solution to Australian freshwater law and policy / Jennifer McKay -- Lessons from Australian water reforms : Indigenous and environmental values in market-based water regulation / Elizabeth Macpherson, Erin O'Donnell, Lee Godden, Lily O'Neill -- Regulating cumulative impacts in groundwater systems : global lessons from the Australian experience / Rebecca Louise Nelson -- Compromising confidence? : water, coal seam gas and mining governance reform in Queensland and Wyoming / Poh-Ling Tan, Jacqui Robertson -- Governing the freshwater commons : lessons from application of the trilogy of governance tools in Australia and the Western United States / Barbara Cosens.
Summary:
"This book identifies the most effective water policy tools and innovations, and the circumstances that foster their successful implementation by taking a comparative look at a world-leading laboratory of water law and governance: Australia. In particular, the book analyses Australia's 20-year experience implementing a hybrid governance system of markets, hierarchical regulation, and collaborative integrated water planning. Australia is acknowledged as a world leader in water governance reform, and an examination of its relatively mature water law and governance system has great significance for many international academics and jurisdictions. This book synthesises practical lessons and theoretical insights from Australia, as well as recommendations from comparative analysis with countries such as the United States to provide useful guidance for policymakers and scholars seeking to apply water instruments in a wide range of policy contexts. The book also advances our understanding of water and broader environmental governance theory and is a valuable reference for scholars, researchers and students working in law, regulation and governance studies especially in the field of water and environmental law"--Back cover.
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