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3. Water As A Resource
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Mageed (1985) attributed failure in the Nile basin to develop integration to the failure of riparian states. Rapid population growth and increasing demands for irrigation waters are straining this rigid pattern of resource allocation within the Colorado basin which are founded on a series of international treaties on permissible abstractions and minimum acceptable flows (Gaylord 1985). In the absence of a powerful international basin management organisation, and little sign of true integration, the political structure of this basin prevents even responsive adjustments to demographic changes through resource re-allocations.
Examples of poorly integrated river basin management can be identified in both developed and developing nations
Mageed (1985) attributed failure in the Nile basin to develop integration to the failure of riparian states. Rapid population growth and increasing demands for irrigation waters are straining this rigid pattern of resource allocation within the Colorado basin which are founded on a series of international treaties on permissible abstractions and minimum acceptable flows (Gaylord 1985). In the absence of a powerful international basin management organisation, and little sign of true integration, the political structure of this basin prevents even responsive adjustments to demographic changes through resource re-allocations.
Are you aware of examples of poorly integrated river basin management?