TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hirji, Rafik
AU  - Davis, Richard
TI  - Environmental flows in water resources policies, plans, and projects : findings and recommendations
SN  - 0821379402
U1  - 333.9106 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - World Bank International Bank for Reconstruction & Devep.
KW  - Construction industry--Management
KW  - Water resources development--Environmental aspects
KW  - Water-supply--Management
KW  - Environmental policy
KW  - Integrated water development
KW  - Rural development
KW  - India
N1  - CONTENTS Foreword  ix About the Authors  xi Acknowledgments  xii Abbreviations  xvii Overview  1 Environmental Flows: Science, Decision Making, and Development Assistance 2 Environmental Flow Implementation Case Studies  4 Mainstreaming Implications  6 Notes  9 PART  I Context and Rationale CHAPTER  1 Introduction  13 The World Bank and Environmental Flows  17 Objectives of the Report  20 Methodology  21 Organization of Report  22 Notes  22 PART  II Environmental Flows: Science, Decision Making, and Development Assistance CHAPTER  2 Environmental Flows in Water Resources Decision Making  27 Water-Dependent Ecosystem Services  31 Environmental Flows: Adoption and Methods  33 Environmental Flows and Decision Making  34 Environmental Flows in Policies, Plans, and Projects  37 Environmental Flows, IWRM, and Environmental Assessment  38 Notes  40 CHAPTER  3 Environmental Flows and the World Bank  41 Country Water Resources Assistance Strategies  43 Bank-Netherlands Water Partnership Program  49 World Bank Safeguard Policies  55 Partner Agency Collaboration  55 Notes  58 PART  III Case Studies of Environmental Flow Implementation CHAPTER  4 Case Study Assessment  61 Good-Practice Criteria  61 Institutional Drivers  62 CHAPTER  5 Policy Case Studies: Lessons  67 Assessment of Effectiveness  67 Institutional Drivers  77 Summary of Policy Lessons  79 Notes  82 CHAPTER  6 Basin Plan Case Studies: Lessons  83 Assessment of Effectiveness  83 Institutional Drivers  90 Summary of Plan Lessons  92 Note  92 CHAPTER  7 Project Case Studies: Lessons  93 Assessment of Effectiveness  99 Institutional Drivers  110 Summary of Project Lessons  115 Note  116 PART  IV Mainstreaming  Implications CHAPTER  8 Achievements and Challenges  119 Scientific Achievements  120 Integrating Environmental Flows into Decisions  124 Plan Achievements  124 Infrastructure Projects  125 Notes  128 CHAPTER  9 Framework for Mainstreaminq Environmental Flows  129 The Way Forward  129 A Framework for Bank Action  132 PART  V Appendixes APPENDIX A: The Brisbane Declaration  139 APPENDIX B: Infrastructure Design Features for Environmental Flows from Dams 143 APPENDIX C: Background to Environmental Flows  149 APPENDIX D: Water Environmental Issues in Country Water Resources Assistance Strategies  155 APPENDIX E: Environmental Flow Programs of International Development Organizations and NGOs  165 References  177 Index  183
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