AJBE Volume 1 (April 2002)

AJBE Volume 1 (April 2002)

Preface
Water Management – Policy, Research, Community and Business

Robert L. Wallis ………………….……………………………………….………………… 2

 

Research Papers

Physical Change of Lake Biwa and Its Consequences

Shuichi Endoh ……………………….…………………….…..…………………………… 3

The Need for Effective Information Exchange between Knowledge Generators and

Knowledge Users in Water Management

Brad Mitchell and Anne Wallis ……….……….…………………………………………… 8

Water Quality Techniques and Analysis: Teaching Activities for Philippine Schools and Communities

Merle C. Tan and Elma A. Tamura …………………………….………………………….. 28

Environmental Studies on the Ashimori River in Okayama City, Japan

Masanobu Tara ………………….…………………………………………………………. 34

Regional Policy Processes and Water Related Management Issues

Kevin O’Toole ……………………………………..………………………………………. 37

Water Resource Management and Inclusive Democracy: A Case Study of the Environmental

NGO Movement and Its Role in Shiga Prefecture

Manabu Kondo …………………………………..………………………………………… 45

Industry and Water Management in Shiga Prefecture

Akihisa Mori ……….………..………………………..…………………………………… 59

Water Management Policy in Lake Biwa Basin and Local Government Finance

Keishi Tadatomo ……………………………..………………………………………..…… 72