Water institutions: Policies, performance and prospects Author Gopalakrishan C., Tortajada C., Biswas A. (eds.) Date 2005 Source IUCN (ID: MON-074251) Publisher | Place of publication Springer | New York, NY, USA ISBN 3-540-23811-5 Pages 210 p. Document type Serial/multi-volume work Language English Field of application International Country/Territory Sri Lanka, India, China, Mexico, South Africa, United States of America, United States of America Subject Water Keyword Freshwater resources management Institution River basin institution Abstract Contents: 1. Water ownership, allocation and management in Hawaii 2. Institutions for resources management: A case study from Sri Lanka 3. Water institutions in India: Structure, performance and change 4. Uphill flow of reform in China 's irrigation districts 5. Institutions for water management in Mexico 6. Water institutions in the Middle East 7. Institutions in South African international river basins 8. Property rights, water rights and the changing scene in western water 9. Finding a modern role for the Prior Appropriation Doctrine in the American west