Water : a source of conflict or cooperation? / editor, Velma I. Grover.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grover, Velma I.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water-supply--Management.

Water-supply.

Water-supply--Government policy.

Water resources development.

Water rights.

Conflict management.

Physical Description:

x, 360 pages : maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Enfield, N.H. : Science Publishers, [2007]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction / Velma I. Grover

Water wars? : conflict, cooperation, and negotiation over transboundary water / Shlomi Dinar

Conflicts in shared river basins / Nils Peter Gleditsch, Håvard Hegre and Hans Peter Wollbæk Toset

Water conflicts in China / Desheng Hu

Disputes over water, natural resources and human security in Bangladesh : toward a conflict analysis framework / Irna van der Molen and Atiq Rahman

The hydropolitics of cooperation : South Africa during the cold war / Anthony Turton

Competition for limited water resources in Botswana / Umoh T. Umoh, Santosh Kumar, Piet K. Kenabatho and Imoh J. Ekpoh

Water conflict in West Africa : the Niger River Basin experience / Umoh T. Umoh, Imoh J. Ekpoh and Santosh Kumar

River development and bilateral cooperation : Lesotho Highlands Water Project case study / Naho Mirumachi

Water : an essential commodity yet a potential source of conflict with special reference to Australia / Syed U. Hussainy and Santosh Kumar

Enhancing sustainability in river basin management through conflict resolution : comparative analysis from the U.S. and South Korea / Young-Doo Wang, William James Smith, Jr., John Byrne, Michael Scozzafava and Joon-Hee Lee

International Joint Commission : a model of cooperation in the Great Lakes Region / Velmi I. Grover and Haseen Khan

Water in the Pacific Islands : case studies from Fiji and Kiribati / Eberhard Weber.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

157808511X

9781578085118

OCLC:

145554552