Overview
- Describes the limitations of the current NZ water management framework for water resources at sustainability limits
- Sets out the application of an alternative water management paradigm for Canterbury based on nested adaptive systems and collaborative governance
- Presents a sustainability framework of failure pathways and sustainability strategies that can be applied to the sustainable management of natural resources
- Provides a detailed analysis of water management in Canterbury and the changes needed to achieve sustainable management
- Demonstrates how this framework can be applied to significant international water management issues
Part of the book series: Global Issues in Water Policy (GLOB, volume 19)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Institutional and Theoretical Framework
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Front Matter
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Sustainability Methods
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Implications for Water Management in the Canterbury Region
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Keywords
About this book
The book is designed to achieve two major purposes. The first is to describe the developments in water management policy in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand. The strategic approach, the collaborative engagement, and, the nested adaptive systems approach represent a paradigm shift in water management in New Zealand. The second is to delineate the sustainability framework that underpins the Canterbury approach. The framework is based on the concept of developing sustainability strategies to address critical failure pathways. While the focus of the book is on Canterbury, comparative applications of the framework to issues in other parts of New Zealand and international issues are proposed.
The book can be used in at least two ways. The first is the application of a sustainability framework to the management of water in Canterbury region. The second is the exposition of a sustainability framework that can be applied to the management of water in a region with the application to Canterbury as an illustrative case study.
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Water Management in New Zealand's Canterbury Region
Book Subtitle: A Sustainability Framework
Authors: Bryan R. Jenkins
Series Title: Global Issues in Water Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1213-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1212-3Published: 23 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1510-0Published: 07 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-94-024-1213-0Published: 06 January 2018
Series ISSN: 2211-0631
Series E-ISSN: 2211-0658
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXX, 524
Number of Illustrations: 47 b/w illustrations, 74 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Management, Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management, Sustainable Development, Public Policy, Natural Resources