Integrated Water Resources Management: A Reassessment

Biswas, Asit K

dc.contributor.author	Biswas, Asit K
dc.date.accessioned	2020-11-03T20:50:01Z
dc.date.available	2020-11-03T20:50:01Z
dc.date.issued	2004
dc.identifier.citation	Asit K. Biswas (2004) Integrated Water Resources Management: A Reassessment, Water International, 29:2, 248-256, DOI: 10.1080/02508060408691775	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060408691775
dc.identifier.uri	${sadil.baseUrl}/handle/123456789/59
dc.description	10 p. includes bibliographical references	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The concept of integrated water resources management (IWRM) has been around for some 60 years. It was rediscovered by some in the 1990s. While at a first glance, the concept of IWRM looks attractive, a deeper analysis brings out many problems, both in concept and implementation, especially for meso- to macro-scale projects. The definition of IWRM continues to be amorphous, and there is no agreement on fundamental issues like what aspects should be integrated, how, by whom, or even if such integration in a wider sense is possible. The reasons for the current popularity of the concept are analyzed, and it is argued that in the real world, the concept will be exceedingly difficult to be made operational.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	International Water Resources Association	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	IWRA, Water International, Volume 29, Number 2, June 2004;
dc.subject	integrated water resources management	en_US
dc.subject	IWRM	en_US
dc.subject	water resources paradigm	en_US
dc.subject	efficient water management	en_US
dc.title	Integrated Water Resources Management: A Reassessment	en_US
dc.title.alternative	A Water Forum Contribution	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US