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Water resources and inter-riparian relations in the Nile basin : the search for an integrative discourse / Okbazghi Yohannes.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Yohannes, Okbazghi.
Series:
SUNY series in global politics.
SUNY series in global politics
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Water-supply--Nile River Watershed--Management.
Water-supply.
Water-supply--Political aspects--Nile River Watershed.
Regional planning--Nile River Watershed.
Regional planning.
Riparian areas--Political aspects--Africa.
Riparian areas.
Food supply--Africa.
Food supply.
Nile River Watershed--Environmental conditions.
Nile River Watershed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (270 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Albany : State University of New York Press, c2008.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Argues for new water policies in the Nile River Basin.
Contents:
Intro
Water Resources and Inter-Riparian Relations in the Nile Basin
Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Toward a Provisional Understanding
Framing the Challenges
The Demographic Challenge
The Economic Challenge
The Hydrological and Ecological Challenge
Urbanization, Pollution, and the Challenge of Clean Water
The Governance Challenge
The Neoliberalist Challenge
Conclusion
2. Egypt: Gift of the Nile
The Elusive Quest for Food Security and the Modernization Imperatives
After Modernization
The Puzzle
3. The Sudan: A Hydrographic Bridge?
The Beginnings
An Arab "Breadbasket"?
The Politics of Internal Governance
The Sudd and the Jonglei Canal:Twin Crimes Against Nature and Society
4. Ethiopia: Land of the "Blue Gold"
The Hydrological Context
The Eritrean Dimension of Nile Waters
5. The Middle Nile "Squatters"Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda
The Historical Context
Aquatic Resources and the Search for More Food Security
6. The Uppermost Riparian States: Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo
Problematizing Watershed Integrity
The Ethnography of Hydrology and Food Security
7. Thinking about the Future
Toward an Integrative Epistemology and Regional Authenticity
Toward a Nile Family of Nations
Toward Holistic Economies
Toward a Politics of Self-Reliance
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780791478547
0791478548
9781435658806
1435658809
OCLC:
237800132

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