2Public Participation in Transboundary Water Management

Water is without doubt one of the most valuable natural resources and needs to be safeguarded for future generations. A large portion of the world’s freshwater resources lies within transboundary river basins: at present approximately 260 transboundary river basins exist, covering 45 percent of the...

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Main Authors: Nicole Kranz, Antje Vorwerk
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2007
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.565.6950
http://www.2007amsterdamconference.org/Downloads/AC2007_KranzVorwerk.pdf
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Summary:Water is without doubt one of the most valuable natural resources and needs to be safeguarded for future generations. A large portion of the world’s freshwater resources lies within transboundary river basins: at present approximately 260 transboundary river basins exist, covering 45 percent of the land surface of the earth (excluding Antarctica) (Wolf et al., 1999). In order to assure the preservation of