| Country/region |
Transition analyzed |
Source |
| |
|
|
Substantive transitions |
|
| United States |
Transition from single purpose
to integrated water resources management |
Ingram and Lejano (2009) |
| China |
Transition from hydraulic paradigm
to ecosystem-based water management |
te Boekhorst et al. (2010) |
| Thailand |
Transitions from:
- diversion in wet seasons only to all year-round irrigation
- giving priority to farming to giving priority to urban
and industrial users
- emphasis on consumable quantities of water to the service-rendering
quality of water
|
Lebel et al. (2009) |
| Australia |
Transitions from:
- economic water use only to environmental water allocation
- unregulated to regulated ground water use
|
Hughes and McKay (2009) |
| South Africa |
Transition from extraction and
pollution of mining water to pollution prevention |
Turton (2009) |
| Hungary |
Transition from hydraulic paradigm
to ecosystem-based river management |
Werners et al. (2010) |
| Spain |
Transition from supply-based water
management to demand management |
Font and Subirats (2010) |
| Germany |
Transitions from a traditional
technocratic safety discourse to an ecological risk perspective |
Becker (2009) |
| The Netherlands |
Transition from hydraulic paradigm
(construction of dams and dikes) to space for the river and
river restoration |
Huitema and Meijerink (2009b) |
|
Governance transitions |
|
| Mexico |
Privatization (creation of water
markets, introduction of water pricing), decentralization,
introduction of participatory governance (establishment of
water user associations) |
Wilder (2010) |
| India |
Decentralization, introduction
of participatory governance (establishment of water user associations) |
Narain (2009) |
| Indonesia |
Decentralization, introduction
of participatory governance (establishment of water user associations) |
Bhat and Mollinga (2009) |
| Tanzania |
Privatization, decentralization,
introduction of participatory governance (establishment of
water user associations) |
Goldin and Kibassa (2009) |
| European Union |
Marketization (introduction principles
of full cost recovery and water pricing), introduction of
participatory governance (public participation, stakeholder
participation) |
Partzsch (2009) |
| Turkey |
Privatization of water services,
decentralization, introduction of participatory governance
(establishment of water user associations) |
Kibaroglu et al. (2009) |
| Sweden |
Transition from non-adaptive towards
adaptive institutions |
Olsson and Galaz (2009) |