Effective lake basin management institutions: lessons from African lakes.

Weak or non-existent institutions are often cited as a major constraint facing management of many lake basins in Africa. By their nature lake basins cut across many sectoral and jurisdictional interests and therefore it is always the case that management of the basins is affected by actions within the various sectors and jurisdictions. Because of the complex nature of issues within lake basins, authority over management of lake basins is dispersed among several institutions, with no single institution having overall authority. Under these circumstances, a major challenge in lake basin management is how to ensure effective coordination among the various players. This paper reviews the situation of lake basin management at eight African lake basins and draws important lessons about lake basin management institutions. It is noted that fragmented approaches, lack of coordination across sectors, and lack of monitoring and enforcement are major institutional weaknesses. Also, it is observed that political will and commitment are essential for the management of African lake basins.     

Prospects for successful introduction of pisciculture to reservoirs intended for water-power generation

Successful introduction of pisciculture to reservoirs by the method of migratory fish-farm pasturing is described. __________ Translated from Gidrotekhnicheskoe Stroitel’stvo, No. 9, September 2007, pp. 36–40.     

WINDOW ON EASTERN EUROPE: Ethical Perceptions of Polish Business Students

An experienced educationalist comments on the views of top Polish business students on ethics in public life, government and business in modern Poland. The author is Wicklander Professor of Professional Ethics at DePaul University, Chicago, and also served recently as Visiting Fulbright Professor at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. He is currently President of the Society of Business Ethics in the USA.     

Updated Characteristics of Torrential Pools

Power Technology and Engineering - Advanced methods for determining the hydrological and geomorphological characteristics of torrential pools, which are important for the design of reliable and...     

Results of Processing Data from the Automated Seismometric Monitoring System of the Zeya HPP

Power Technology and Engineering - The results of processing annual data of the automated seismometric monitoring system (ASMS) of the Zeya HPP are presented. They are compared with the results of...     

High-Speed Semiconductor Voltage Regulators for On-Load Distribution Network Transformers

Power Technology and Engineering - The paper presents the results of developing a high-speed semiconductor transformer voltage regulator (STVR) intended for a real-time voltage regulation of 0.4 kV...     

Correspondence of the scheme and method of calculating the stability factor

The use of the main methods of calculating K_c in practice guarantees an accuracy of the calculation within