River Basin Management Planning in Indonesia: Policy and Practice

Publication | June 2016

Indonesia’s rapid economic growth, increasing populations, and trends in developing and urbanizing environments are leading to potential conflicts as more users claim the same water resources.

Price
  • US$29.00 (paperback)

This publication summarizes the strengths, challenges, opportunities, and risks characterizing the prospects for integrated water resources management in Indonesia. Integrated water resources management planning is essential for sustainable growth.

Understanding these conditions may provide decision makers with more insight to optimize the country’s water resources potential using available and state-of-the-art methodologies and tools for river basin planning. The publication discusses all aspects of basin planning based on experiences from one of Indonesia’s most complex and strategic river basins.

Contents

  • Tables, Figures, Boxes, and Maps
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Executive Summary
  • Introduction
  • Global and Indonesian Principles of Integrated Water Resources Management and Basin Water Resources Management Planning
  • Legal and Institutional Framework in Indonesia
  • Basin Planning Required in Indonesia
  • Methodology of Basin Planning in Indonesia
  • Experience in River Basin Planning in Indonesia
  • Suggestions for the Way Forward
  • Index

Additional Details

Type
Subjects
  • Environment
  • Natural resources conservation
  • Eco-efficiency
  • Governance and public sector management
  • Public administration, economic affairs, and policy
  • Water
  • Water Resource Management
Countries
  • Indonesia
Pages
  • 284
SKU
  • BKK157181
ISBN
  • 978-92-9257-387-4 (print)
  • 978-92-9257-388-1 (e-ISBN)

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