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Water resources and inter-riparian relations in the Nile basin : the search for an integrative discourse / Okbazghi Yohannes.
- 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
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780791478547
- 0791478548
- 9781435658806
- 1435658809
- OCLC:
- 237800132
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