Water diplomacy in action : contingent approaches to managing complex water problems / edited by Shafiqul Islam and Kaveh Madani.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Charles H. Maxson Fund.

Islam, Shafiqul, 1960- editor.

Madani, Kaveh, editor.

Series:

Anthem water diplomacy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water-supply--International cooperation.

Water-supply.

Water-supply--Political aspects.

Water-supply--Government policy.

Water-supply--Management.

Water resources development.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 319 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Anthem Press, 2017.

Summary:

Complex water problems cannot be resolved by numbers or narratives, Contingent and negotiated approaches are necessary for actionable outcome. In the face of a constantly changing array of interconnected water issues that cross multiple boundaries, the challenge is how to translate solutions that emerge from science and technology into the context of real-world policy and politics. Water Diplomacy in Action addresses this task by synthesizing two emerging ideas-complexity science and negotiation theory-to understand and manage risks and opportunities for an uncertain water future. Rooted in the ideas of complexity science and mutual gains negotiation, this edited volume shows why traditional systems engineering approaches may not work for complex problems, what emerging tools and techniques are needed and how these are used to resolve complex water problems. Book jacket.

Contents:

Complexity and contingency: understanding and managing complex water problems / Shafiqul Islam

Leveraging diplomacy for resolving transboundary water problems / Benjamin Pohl and Ashok Swain

Ten bankruptcy methods for resolving natural resource allocation conflicts / Mahboubeh Zarezadeh, Ali Mirchi, Laura Read, and Kaveh Madani

Flexible design of water infrastructure systems / Melanie Wong Turlington, Richard de Neufville, and Margaret Garcia

Extreme value analysis for modeling nonstationary hydrologic change / Aripta Mondal and P. P. Mujumdar

The water-food nexus and virtual water trade / Joel A. Carr and Paolo D'Odorico

A hybrid analytical approach for modeling the dynamics of interactions for complex water problems / Yosif Ibrahim and Shafiqul Islam

A call for capacity development for improved water diplomacy / Dena Marshall, Léna Salomé, and Aaron T. Wolf

Water complexity and physics guided data-mining / Udit Bhatia, Devashish Kumar, Evan Kodra, and Auroop R. Ganguly

The nature of enabling conditions of transboundary water management: learning from the negotiation of the Indus and Jordan Basin Treaties / Enamul Choudhury

Mediation in the Israeli-Palestinian water conflict: a practitioner's view / Patrick Huntjens

Risk distribution and the adoption of flexibility: desalination expansion in Qatar / Abdulla AlMisnad, Richard de Neufville, and Margaret Garcia

The grand Ethiopian renaissance dam: conflict and water diplomacy in the Nile Basin / Ronny Berndtsson, Kaveh Madani, Karin Aggestam, and Dan-Erik Andersson

Engaging stakeholders for water diplomacy: lessons for integrated water resources management / Bhadranie Thoradeniya and Basant Maheshwari

Strategic insights for California's delta conflict / Mohammad R. Moazezi, Kaveh Madani, and Keith W. Hipel

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charles H. Maxson Fund.

ISBN:

9781783084906

1783084901

9781783084937

1783084936

OCLC:

945648772

Publisher Number:

99979876854