Shared watercourses and water security in South Asia : challenges of negotiating and enforcing treaties / by Salman M.A. Salman and Kishor Uprety.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salman, Salman M. A., 1948- author.

Uprety, Kishor, 1958- author.

Series:

Brill research perspectives. International water law

International water law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water security--South Asia.

Water security.

Water resources development--South Asia.

Water resources development.

Water-supply--Political aspects--South Asia.

Water-supply.

Water-supply--South Asia--International cooperation.

International rivers--South Asia.

International rivers.

Water-supply--International cooperation.

Water-supply--Political aspects.

International cooperation.

South Asia.

Physical Description:

viii, 100 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

Summary:

The monograph discusses the various challenges facing shared water resources in South Asia, and the response of most these countries, presented in their calls for water security. Consequently, negotiating new transboundary water treaties amongst South Asia's riparian countries has become a daunting task, and enforcing existing ones remains a real challenge.

Contents:

1.1 The Concept of Water Security p. 2

1.1.1 The Global Spread of the Concept p. 3

1.1.2 Challenges of Operationalizing the Concept p. 4

1.1.3 Theorizing Water Security in South Asia p. 7

1.2 The Geopolitical Setting of South Asia's Shared Watercourses p. 8

1.3 Roadmap of the Monograph p. 9

Part 2 South Asia's Treaty Practice on Shared Watercourses p. 10

2.1 Regimes for Shared Watercourses in Force p. 11

2.1.1 The Indus River System p. 11

2.1.1.1 Road to the Indus Waters Treaty p. 13

2.1.1.2 Salient Features of the Indus Waters Treaty p. 14

2.1.1.3 Governance and Dispute Resolution p. 17

2.1.1.4 Role of the World Bank in the Indus Waters Treaty Negotiations and Conclusion p. 20

2.1.1.5 Unique Features of the Indus Waters Treaty p. 25

2.1.1.6 Dispute Resolution Mechanisms Tested p. 26

2.1.1.7 Effects of the Indus Waters Treaty on National Water Governance p. 45

2.1.1.8 Partial Observations p. 48

2.1.2 The Ganges River System p. 49

2.1.2.1 India-Bangladesh Regime for the Ganges River p. 50

2.1.2.2 India-Nepal Treaty Regimes on Shared Watercourses p. 60

2.1.2.3 Partial Observations p. 65

2.2 Regimes for Shared Watercourses under Discussion p. 66

2.2.1 The Teesta River Dynamics p. 66

2.2.1.1 The Teesta River Regime p. 66

2.2.1.2 Problems and Parleys in India-Bangladesh Water Relations p. 67

2.2.2 The Brahmaputra Basin Dynamics p. 68

2.2.2.1 China-India Water Relations p. 69

2.2.2.2 China-Bhutan-Bangladesh Water Relations p. 72

2.2.2.3 Bhutan-India Waters Relations p. 73

2.2.3 Partial Observations p. 75

2.3 Riparians' Perspectives on Water and Benefit Sharing p. 75

Part 3 South Asia and the United Nations Watercourses Convention p. 77

3.1 South Asia's General Malaise about International Water Law p. 79

3.2 Countries' Specific Concerns over the UN Watercourses Convention p. 80

Part 4 Conclusion: 'Cooperation'-South Asia's Missing Pillar p. 83.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9004385045

9789004385047

OCLC:

1043594650

Publisher Number:

99978413230