Raging Waters : China, India, Bangladesh, and Brahmaputra River Politics / Nilanthi Samaranayake, Satu Limaye, and Joel Wuthnow.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Samaranayake, Nilanthi, author.

Limaye, Satu P., author.

Wuthnow, Joel, author.

Contributor:

Marine Corps University (U.S.). Press, publisher.

CNA Corporation, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water security--Brahmaputra River.

Water security.

Water-supply--Political aspects--Brahmaputra River.

Water-supply.

Water resources development--Political aspects--Brahmaputra River.

Water resources development.

Water resources development--Political aspects.

Water-supply--Political aspects.

Brahmaputra River Watershed--Political aspects.

Brahmaputra River Watershed.

Water rights (International law).

Asia--Brahmaputra River.

Asia--Brahmaputra River Watershed.

Physical Description:

xvii, 125 pages : color maps ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

China, India, Bangladesh, and Brahmaputra River politics

Place of Publication:

Quantico, Virginia : Marine Corps University Press ; Arlington, VA : CNA Corporation, 2018.

Summary:

"Water scarcity is a difficult but important subject to address. Lectures on the topic usually begin with a complex diagram mapping the large number of issue areas that illustrates how vitally important water is to every facet of human existence. However, another message becomes apparent to students: water scarcity is an expansive topic and therefore theoretically problematic. From the start complications arise due to the pervasive nature of water. Water underwrites human life, so how can we begin to discuss it in isolation from other variables? Does water scarcity cause conflict or does conflict cause water scarcity? Is water scarcity due to a lack of availability or to ineffective allocation? Are the problems solved by building more infrastructure or does the spread of infrastructure lead to more water exploitation? Unfortunately, the best answer to most of these questions is: "it depends." Water scarcity is subject to a wide variation of conditions, depending on the uniqueness of each geographical area. Case studies, such as those used in Raging Waters: China, India, Bangladesh, and Brahmaputra River Politics are vitally important to understanding the broader impacts across a basin, but the ubiquitous nature of water confounds research efforts."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Water Power, Water Worries : China's Goals and Challenges as the Brahmaputra's Uppermost Riparian / Joel Wuthnow

Upstream, Downstream: Reflections on India's Riparian Relationships on the Brahmaputra / Satu Limaye

Bangladesh : The Strongest Advocate of Basin-Wide Management / Nilanthi Samaranayake

Conclusion.

Notes:

"A joint publication of CNA and Marine Corps University Press."

Print format not distributed to depository libraries.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Samaranayake, Nilanthi. Raging waters.

ISBN:

9781732003002

1732003009

OCLC:

1047577419