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Negotiating for Water Resources - Bridging Transboundary River Basins (Hardcover)
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Negotiating for Water Resources - Bridging Transboundary River Basins (Hardcover)
Series: Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management
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Over 90 per cent of the world population lives in countries that
share a river basin with others. Freshwater resources are scarce
and different nations, actors and users compete for limited
resources in transboundary river basins; often conflicting with
each other. Water is a resource with no substitute: it cannot be
secured in sufficiently large quantities through long-distance
trade deals; and, due to the interconnectivity of the hydrological
system, the actions of one country in its water management have a
direct bearing on the interests of neighbouring countries. For
instance, in the Mekong River Basin, current hydropower and
navigation developments in certain countries impact on traditional
sources of income such as fisheries, and rice production in others.
These kinds of changes in water use have given rise to conflict
between countries in that region and others, but have also led, in
some cases, to greater cooperation. The past few decades have seen
a number of new agreements about the sharing of river resources and
cooperation between riparian states. Negotiating for Water
Resources explores the drivers of conflict and cooperation between
states in transnational river basins. Drawing on extensive
fieldwork and interviews on the Mekong, Danube and La Plata River
Basins, the book provides a three level analysis across three case
studies, including the regional framework (EU, ASEAN and Mercosur),
the River Basin Organisations (ICPDR, MRC and CIC) and the
micro-level. The key question of the book is: To what extent do
power asymmetries prevent or inhibit cooperation between riparian
states over water resources? This is linked to the question of how
institutions contribute to mitigate competition for natural
resources and how states interact in a multilateral arena. Overall,
the book argues that cooperation in transboundary river basins is
possible even where there are asymmetric power relations,
challenging realist assumptions about competition and conflict over
resources.
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