International water security [electronic resource] : domestic threats and opportunities / edited by Nevelina I. Pachova, Mikiyasu Nakayama and Libor Jansky.

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9789280811506

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International water security [electronic resource] : domestic threats and opportunities / edited by Nevelina I. Pachova, Mikiyasu Nakayama and Libor Jansky.

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Pachova, Nevelina I.

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1 online resource (xii, 313 pages) : illustrations

Contents:

Introduction : from domestic to international water security / Libor Jansky, Mikiyasu Nakayama and Nevelina I. Pachova -- The Indus water dispute and its relation with domestic policies / Shuntaro Yamamoto -- Domestic issues in developing international waters in Lesotho : ensuring water security amidst political instability / Naho Mirumachi -- Domestic drivers of international water security on the Danube / Nevelina I. Pachova and Libor Jansky -- Transboundary cooperation vs. internal ambitions : the role of China and Cambodia in the Mekong region / Marko Keskinen, Katri Mehtonen and Olli Varis -- The role of domestic security in the functioning of the Lake Chad Basin Commission / Virpi Stucki and Madiodio Niasse -- People's encroachment onto Sudan's Nile banks and its impact on Egypt / Mahmoud El Zain -- Inter-basin water transfers as a technico-political option : Thai-Burmese projects on the Salween River / Bastien Affeltranger -- The implications of domestic security policy for international water issues in the context of "virtual" and "real" water : the Aral Sea and Mekong River basins / Mikiyasu Nakayama -- Water governance of the Mekong River Basin and Chinese national problems / Kayo Onishi -- Transboundary water issues in the Euphrates-Tigris River Basin : some methodological approaches and opportunities for cooperation / Aysegul Kibaroglu, Anthi D. Brouma and Mete Erdem -- The politics of security in the Okavango River Basin : from civil war to saving wetlands (1975-2002) : a preliminary security impact assessment / Jeroen F. Warner and Richard Meissner -- National sovereignty and human security : changing realities and concepts in international water management / Nevelina I. Pachova, Mikiyasu Nakayama and Libor Jansky.

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Subject Term:

Water-supply -- Management -- Political aspects.

Water resources development -- International cooperation.

Integrated water development.

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Pachova, Nevelina I.

Nakayama, Mikiyasu.

Jansky, Libor.

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2008

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Water is essential for all aspects of life. Managing water is a challenging task, particularly in shared water basins that host more than half of the world's population. National sovereignty and security considerations have long constrained the reasonable, equitable and sustainable utilization of international water courses. With post-Cold War democratization and globalization on the rise, domestic actors have an increasingly important role to play in national decision-making and traditional foreign policy debates. This change entails new threats but also presents new opportunities for ensuring international water security. This volume explores both these threats and opportunities through the presentation of case studies that analyze the multi-faceted and dynamic nature of the interplay between domestic and international water security. In so doing, a range of past, on-going and emerging international water disputes from the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe are examined. Well-known cases are revisited from new perspectives while new approaches are suggested as analytical frameworks and practical tools for understanding and coping with emerging security threats.

Summary

Managing water is a challenging task, particularly in the shared water basins that host more than half of the world's population. National sovereignty and security considerations have long constrained the reasonable, equitable, and sustainable use of international water courses. With democratization and globalization on the rise, domestic actors have an increasingly important role to play in national decisionmaking and traditional foreign policy debates. This change entails new threats but also presents new opportunities for ensuring international water security. This volume explores both these threats and opportunities. Using case studies, the authors analyze the multifaceted and dynamic nature of the interplay between domestic and international water security. The book examines a range of past, ongoing, and emerging international water disputes from the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Europe. Well-known cases are revisited from new perspectives while new approaches are suggested as analytical frameworks and practical tools for understanding and coping with emerging security threats.

Author Notes

Nevelina I. Pachova is program associate at the United Nations University's Vice Rectorate in Europe. Mikiyasu Nakayama is professor of the Institute of Environmental Studies at the Graduate School of Frontier Science, University of Tokyo. Libor Jansky is senior academic program officer at the United Nations University's Vice Rectorate in Europe.

Libor Jansky and Mikiyasu Nakayama and Nevelina I. PachovaShuntaro YamamotoNaho MirumachiNevelina I. Pachova and Libor JanskyMarko Keskinen and Katri Mehtonen and Olli VarisVirpi Stucki and Madiodio NiasseMahmoud El ZainBastien AffeltrangerMikiyasu NakayamaKayo OnishiAysegul Kibaroglu and Anthi D. Brouma and Mete ErdemJeroen F. Warner and Richard MeissnerNevelina I. Pachova and Mikiyasu Nakayama and Libor Jansky

Figures	p. vii
Tables	p. viii
Contributors	p. x
1 Introduction: From domestic to international water security	p. 1
Part I Treaties and institutions	p. 7
2 The Indus water dispute and its relation with domestic policies	p. 9
3 Domestic issues in developing international waters in Lesotho: Ensuring water security amidst political instability	p. 35
4 Domestic drivers of international water security on the Danube	p. 61
5 Transboundary cooperation vs. internal ambitions: The role of China and Cambodia in the Mekong region	p. 79
6 The role of domestic security in the functioning of the Lake Chad Basin Commission	p. 110
Part II Emerging security threats	p. 127
7 People's encroachment onto Sudan's Nile banks and its impact on Egypt	p. 129
8 Inter-basin water transfers as a technico-political option: Thai-Burmese projects on the Salween River	p. 161
9 The implications of domestic security policy for international water issues in the context of "virtual" and "real" water: The Aral Sea and Mekong River basins	p. 180
Part III Opportunities for cooperation	p. 193
10 Water governance of the Mekong River Basin and Chinese national problems	p. 195
11 Transboundary water issues in the Euphrates-Tigris River Basin: Some methodological approaches and opportunities for cooperation	p. 223
12 The politics of security in the Okavango River Basin: From civil war to saving wetlands (1975-2002) - a preliminary security impact assessment	p. 252
Part IV Conclusions	p. 287
13 National sovereignty and human security: Changing realities and concepts in international water management	p. 289
Index	p. 296

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