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A River Flows Through It - A Comparative Study of Transboundary Water Disputes and Cooperation in Asia
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A River Flows Through It - A Comparative Study of Transboundary Water Disputes and Cooperation in Asia
Series: Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance
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A River Flows Through It: A Comparative Study of Transboundary
Water Disputes and Cooperation in Asia explores water disputes in
Asia and addresses the question of how states sharing a river
system can be incentivized to cooperate. Water scarcity is a major
environmental, societal, and economic problem around the world.
Increasing demand for water as a result of rapid economic
development, high population growth and density has depleted the
world’s water resources, leading to floods, droughts,
environmental disasters, and societal displacement. Shared river
basins are therefore often a source of tension and conflict between
states. In regions where relations between countries have
historically been conflictual, scarce river water resources have
exacerbated tensions and have even sparked wars. Yet, more often
than not, states sharing a river basin are able to come to some
form of agreement, whether they are far-reaching ones such as
water-sharing agreements or those that are more limited such as the
sharing of hydrological data. Why do riparian states cooperate,
especially when power asymmetries between upstream and downstream
countries are characteristic of transboundary river basins? How do
non-state actors affect the management of international rivers?
What are the conditions that facilitate or hinder cooperation? This
book wrestles with these questions by exploring water disputes and
cooperation in the major river systems in Asia, and by comparing
them with cases in Africa, Europe, and the United States. This book
will be of great value to scholars, students, and policymakers
interested in transboundary water disputes and cooperation,
hydro-diplomacy, and river activism. It was originally published as
special issues of Water International.
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Imprint: |
Routledge
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
First published: |
2021 |
Editors: |
Selina Ho
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Dimensions: |
246 x 174mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
240 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-367-63678-4 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-367-63678-6 |
Barcode: |
9780367636784 |
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