Water for a Changing World: Developing Local Knowledge and Capacity (UNESCO-IHE Proceedings)

Hardcover, xii + 305 pages, NOT ex-library. A clean copy with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Wear to the tip of lower outer corner of a portion of leaves, a crease in lower corner of page 288 onwards (last three leaves with a straightened corner fold). Published without a dust jacket. -- This collection of papers represents the outcomes of the International Symposium held in Delft, The Netherlands, on June 13-15, 2007, at the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education. The papers discuss how to contribute to the sustainability of effective international development and water management with a digest of lessons learned on local knowledge and capacity development. Authors expose recent research, strategies and policy positions. Water for a Changing World starts with an introduction and overview of the water resources and the water supply and sanitation sectors in developing countries and worldwide. Topics of these reviews are water security, environmental integrity, the newest earth system science technologies, integrated urban water management, and the global-local nexus of water governance. The second part presents positions on catalyzing and disseminating knowledge and capacity development in response to the current challenges and opportunities. It consists of a variety of papers on theory and analysis of capacity development, methods and case studies, and policy positions. The authors represent a diverse and representative group of prominent actors, practitioners and academics within the water, sanitation and development sectors. -- Contents: Background - Purpose and Structure of the Proceedings; Knowledge and Capacity Development (KCD) as Tool for Institutional Strengthening and Change; Symposium Conclusions and Recommendations: Water for a Changing World: Developing Local Knowledge and Capacity; A Sector Analysis - Water Security: What Does It Mean, What May It Imply?; Environmental Integrity of Freshwater Resources; Water for a Crowded Planet: an Emerging Global Challenge for Earth System Science and Technology; Challenges for Urban Water Supply and Sanitation in Developing Countries; Glocal Water Governance: Controversies and Choices; Knowledge and Capacity Development - Capacity and Capacity Development: Breaking Down the Concepts and Analyzing the Processes; Thinking Out of the Ordinary: Promoting Knowledge Generation and Research on Water; Challenges in Knowledge and Capacity Enhancement: A Southern Perspective; Role of Knowledge Generation at UNESCO-IHE: Past-present-future; Capacity Challenges on the Path Towards Water Security; Water Knowledge Networking: Partnering for Better Results; Enhancing Nations' Capacity: From Theory to Practice. The Role of the World Bank Institute; Toward Good Water Governance: Knowledge is Power?; A Negotiated Approach in Ensuring Use of Local Knowledge and Capacity for Water Resources Management; Knowledge Modelling for the Water Sector: Transparent Management of Our Aquatic Environment; Innovative Education: Integrating a New Educational Concept and E-learning; Knowledge Transfer and Sharing at UNESCO-IHE: The Next 25 Years; African Experiences: Learning and Success; Closing Speech for "Water for a Changing World: Enhancing Local Knowledge and Capacity" by His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange.