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The management of water resources across boundaries, whether
sub-national or international, is one of the most difficult
challenges facing water managers today. The upstream exploitation
or diversion of groundwater or rivers can have devastating
consequences for those living downstream, and transboundary rivers
can provide a source of conflict between nations or states,
particularly where water resources are scarce. Similarly, water
based-pollution can spread across borders and create disputes and a
need for sound governance. This book is the first to bring together
in a concise and accessible way all of the main topics to be
considered when managing transboundary waters. It will raise the
awareness of practitioners of the various issues needed to be taken
into account when making water management decisions and provide a
practically-based overview for advanced students. The authors show
clearly how vital it is to cooperate effectively over the
management of shared waters to unlock their contribution to
regional sustainable development. The book is largely based on a
long-running and tested international training programme, run by
the Stockholm International Water Institute and Ramboll Natura, and
supported by the Swedish International Development Co-operation
Agency (Sida), where the respective authors have presented modules
on the programmes. It addresses issues not only of conflict, but
also of managing power asymmetries, benefit-sharing, stakeholder
participation, international water law, environmental water
requirements and regional development. It will be particularly
useful for those with a background in hydrology or engineering who
wish to broaden their management skills.
Climate change has an impact on the ability of transboundary water
management institutions to deliver on their respective mandates.
The starting point for this book is that actors within
transboundary water management institutions develop responses to
the climate change debate, as distinct from the physical phenomenon
of climate change. Actors respond to this debate broadly in three
distinct ways - adapt, resist (as in avoiding the issue) and
subvert (as in using the debate to fulfil their own agenda). The
book charts approaches which have been taken over the past two
decades to promote more effective water management institutions,
covering issues of conflict, cooperation, power and law. A new
framework for a better understanding of the interaction between
transboundary water management institutional resilience and global
change is developed through analysis of the way these institutions
respond to the climate change debate. This framework is applied to
six river case studies from Africa, Asia and the Middle East
(Ganges-Brahmaputra, Jordan, Mekong, Niger, Nile, Orange-Senqu)
from which learning conclusions and policy recommendations are
developed.
Climate change has an impact on the ability of transboundary water
management institutions to deliver on their respective mandates.
The starting point for this book is that actors within
transboundary water management institutions develop responses to
the climate change debate, as distinct from the physical phenomenon
of climate change. Actors respond to this debate broadly in three
distinct ways - adapt, resist (as in avoiding the issue) and
subvert (as in using the debate to fulfil their own agenda). The
book charts approaches which have been taken over the past two
decades to promote more effective water management institutions,
covering issues of conflict, cooperation, power and law. A new
framework for a better understanding of the interaction between
transboundary water management institutional resilience and global
change is developed through analysis of the way these institutions
respond to the climate change debate. This framework is applied to
six river case studies from Africa, Asia and the Middle East
(Ganges-Brahmaputra, Jordan, Mekong, Niger, Nile, Orange-Senqu)
from which learning conclusions and policy recommendations are
developed.
The management of water resources across boundaries, whether
sub-national or international, is one of the most difficult
challenges facing water managers today. The upstream exploitation
or diversion of groundwater or rivers can have devastating
consequences for those living downstream, and transboundary rivers
can provide a source of conflict between nations or states,
particularly where water resources are scarce. Similarly, water
based-pollution can spread across borders and create disputes and a
need for sound governance. This book is the first to bring together
in a concise and accessible way all of the main topics to be
considered when managing transboundary waters. It will raise the
awareness of practitioners of the various issues needed to be taken
into account when making water management decisions and provide a
practically-based overview for advanced students. The authors show
clearly how vital it is to cooperate effectively over the
management of shared waters to unlock their contribution to
regional sustainable development. The book is largely based on a
long-running and tested international training programme, run by
the Stockholm International Water Institute and Ramboll Natura, and
supported by the Swedish International Development Co-operation
Agency (Sida), where the respective authors have presented modules
on the programmes. It addresses issues not only of conflict, but
also of managing power asymmetries, benefit-sharing, stakeholder
participation, international water law, environmental water
requirements and regional development. It will be particularly
useful for those with a background in hydrology or engineering who
wish to broaden their management skills.
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