Water - A Source of Conflict or Cooperation? (Hardcover, illustrated edition)

This volume describes various scenarios of conflict and cooperation over water resources among stakeholders in a variety of settings. It discusses treaty making over international rivers, bilateral cooperation on river development between South Africa and Lesotho, the political economy of water supply in the Pacific Island region, the establishment of the Mekong River Commission in Southeast Asia, comparative river basin management in the United States and South Korea, and the International Joint Commission formed by Canada and the United States to resolve boundary water conflicts. The book also explores national domestic conflicts over water resources in Bangladesh and China, Cold War hydropolitics in Southern Africa, water management conflicts in the Niger River Basin of West Africa, and water as commodity and source of conflict in Australia.

General

Imprint:	Science Publishers,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2007
First published:	2007
Editors:	Velma I. Grover
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	372
Edition:	illustrated edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-57808-511-8
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > Sanitary & municipal engineering > Water supply & treatment > General
LSN:	1-57808-511-X
Barcode:	9781578085118

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