Institutional and policy analysis of river basin management: the tarcoles river basin, Costa Rica (English)

This paper describes and analyzes the effort to institute river basin management in the Tárcoles basin of Costa Rica. Located in west-central Costa Rica, the Tárcoles basin represents 4.2 percent of the nation's total land area, but is home to half the nation's population and the metropolitan area of San José, the nation's capital and largest city. Water management issues include severe water pollution resulting from sewage, industrial waste discharges...

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Ballestero Vargas,Maureen;

Bhat,Anjali;

Blomquist,William;

Kemper,Karin Erika;
Document Date
2005/05/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS3612
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Costa Rica,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Institutional and policy analysis of river basin management: the tarcoles river basin, Costa Rica
Keywords
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Ballestero Vargas,Maureen; Bhat,Anjali; Blomquist,William; Kemper,Karin Erika.

Institutional and policy analysis of river basin management: the tarcoles river basin, Costa Rica (English). Policy Research working paper series ; no. WPS 3612 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/880311468247806417

Institutional and policy analysis of river basin management: the tarcoles river basin, Costa Rica (English)

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