tailieunhanh - Representation and Decision-Making in Environment Planning with Emphasis on Energy Technologies

Water resources could in principle be managed by several users as common property resources. In the absence of effective mechanisms for co-management at the watershed or river-basin level, however, water resources often become open access. Conflicts often arise between upstream and downstream users. Irrigators at the tail end of a large irrigation system may have the formal right to water, but their share may be taken by farmers near the head of the system, who may even have switched to higher value and more water consumptive crops through collusion with irrigation officials. Access to finance and technology, . the ability to pump water from aquifers or. | ị UNESCO Bangkok Regional Unit for Social and Human Sciences in Asia and the Pacific United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization Representation and Decision-Making in Environment Planning with Emphasis on Energy Technologies Ethics and Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific ECCAP Project Working Group 4 Report Representation and Decision-Making in Environment Planning with Emphasis on Energy Technologies Raine Boonlong Carol Farbotko Claire Parfondry Colum Graham Darryl Macer Published by UNESCO Bangkok Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education Mom Luang Pin Malakul Centenary Building 920 Sukhumvit Road Prakanong Klongtoey Bangkok 10110 Thailand UNESCO 2011 All rights reserved ISBN 978-92-9223-355-6 Print version ISBN 978-92-9223-356-3 Electronic version The designations employed and the presentation of material throughout this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNESCO concerning the legal status of any country territory city or area or of its authorities or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The authors are responsible for the choice and the presentation of the facts contained in this book and for the opinions expressed therein which are not necessarily those of UNESCO and do not commit the Organization. Edited by Darryl . Macer Design Layout by Alessandra Blasi cover Darryl Macer Raine Boonlong and Sirisak Chaiyasook content Cover photo by Johannes Wienke Printed in Thailand SHS 10 OS .