Freshwater Resources And Interstate Cooperation

Author : Frederick D. Gordon
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1435695615

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Freshwater Resources and Interstate Cooperation by Frederick D. Gordon Pdf

Reports from the United Nations suggest that as much as forty percent of the global population could be without adequate freshwater supplies by 2015, leading some experts to predict that future wars will be fought over water rather than oil. Yet to date, most nation-states have been able to develop viable freshwater agreements to share this precious resource. Frederick D. Gordon examines how effective these accords are in sharing and redistributing water and whether they are sufficient to meet the increasing threat of water scarcity. Using an innovative ranking system, he assesses the significance of cooperation within both bilateral and multilateral accords, including the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Accords of 1993 1995, the Lesotho Highlands Water Treaty of 1986, and the 1994 Convention on Cooperation for the Protection and Sustainable Use of the River Danube. Gordon identifies central factors and stakeholders that are necessary for mitigating the risk of conflict and presents a template for understanding how state behavior can manage and sustain regional water resources. This book addresses a compelling problem for humanity in the twenty-first century and will be valuable for graduate classes and the international water policy community like World Bank analysts. John M. Whiteley, University of California at Irvine Frederick D. Gordon teaches Environmental Law and Policy at California Lutheran University.

Author : Frederick D. Gordon
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008-11-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0791476359

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Freshwater Resources and Interstate Cooperation by Frederick D. Gordon Pdf

Examines state cooperation over increasingly scarce water resources.

Author : Carl E. Bruch
Publisher : United Nations University Press
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Fresh water
ISBN : 9789280811063

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Public Participation in the Governance of International Freshwater Resources by Carl E. Bruch Pdf

Bruch, a senior attorney of the Environmental Law Institute, presents work from an April 2003 symposium co-sponsored by the Environmental Law Institute, the United Nations University, and other institutions. Papers from the symposium identify innovative approaches in watershed management and look at political, linguistic, legal, cultural, and geogr

Author : Arun P. Elhance
Publisher : US Institute of Peace Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1878379917

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Hydropolitics in the Third World by Arun P. Elhance Pdf

With more than 50 percent of the world's landmass covered by river basins shared by two or more states, competition over water resources has always had the potential to spark violence. And growing populations and accelerating demands for fresh water are putting ever greater pressures on already scarce water resources. In this wide-ranging study, Arun Elhance explores the hydropolitics of six of the world's largest river basins. In each case, Elhance examines the basin's physical, economic, and political geography; the possibilities for acute conflict; and efforts to develop bilateral and multilateral agreements for sharing water resources. The case studies lead to some sobering conclusions about impediments to cooperation but also to some encouraging ones--among them, that it may not be possible for Third World states to solve their water problems by going to war, and that eventually even the strongest riparian states are compelled to seek cooperation with their weaker neighbors.

Author : Flavia Rocha Loures,Alistair Rieu-Clarke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781136484384

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The UN Watercourses Convention in Force by Flavia Rocha Loures,Alistair Rieu-Clarke Pdf

At the UN General Assembly in 1997, an overwhelming majority of States voted for the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses – a global overarching framework governing the rights and duties of States sharing freshwater systems. Globally, there are 263 internationally shared watersheds, which drain the territories of 145 countries and represent more than forty percent of the Earth's land surface. Hence, inter-State cooperation towards the sustainable management of transboundary water supplies, in accordance with applicable international legal instruments, is a topic of crucial importance, especially in the context of the current global water crisis. This volume provides an assessment of the role and relevance of the UN Watercourses Convention and describes and evaluates its entry into force as a key component of transboundary water governance. To date, the Convention still requires further contracting States before it can enter into force. The authors describe the drafting and negotiation of the Convention and its relationship to other multilateral environmental agreements. A series of case studies assess the role of the Convention at various levels: regional (European Union, East Africa, West Africa, Central Asia, Central America and South America), river basin (e.g. the Mekong and Congo) and national (e.g. Ethiopia and Mexico). The book concludes by proposing how future implementation might further strengthen international cooperation in the management of water resources, to promote biodiversity conservation as well as sustainable and equitable use.

Author : Andrea Haefner
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317213963

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Negotiating for Water Resources by Andrea Haefner Pdf

Over 90 per cent of the world population lives in countries that share a river basin with others. Freshwater resources are scarce and different nations, actors and users compete for limited resources in transboundary river basins; often conflicting with each other. Water is a resource with no substitute: it cannot be secured in sufficiently large quantities through long-distance trade deals; and, due to the interconnectivity of the hydrological system, the actions of one country in its water management have a direct bearing on the interests of neighbouring countries. For instance, in the Mekong River Basin, current hydropower and navigation developments in certain countries impact on traditional sources of income such as fisheries, and rice production in others. These kinds of changes in water use have given rise to conflict between countries in that region and others, but have also led, in some cases, to greater cooperation. The past few decades have seen a number of new agreements about the sharing of river resources and cooperation between riparian states. Negotiating for Water Resources explores the drivers of conflict and cooperation between states in transnational river basins. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and interviews on the Mekong, Danube and La Plata River Basins, the book provides a three level analysis across three case studies, including the regional framework (EU, ASEAN and Mercosur), the River Basin Organisations (ICPDR, MRC and CIC) and the micro-level. The key question of the book is: To what extent do power asymmetries prevent or inhibit cooperation between riparian states over water resources? This is linked to the question of how institutions contribute to mitigate competition for natural resources and how states interact in a multilateral arena. Overall, the book argues that cooperation in transboundary river basins is possible even where there are asymmetric power relations, challenging realist assumptions about competition and conflict over resources.

Author : Joseph F. Zimmerman
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781438444499

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Interstate Water Compacts by Joseph F. Zimmerman Pdf

Long taken for granted, water resources are rapidly becoming a contentious issue within American politics. Continuing population growth and rapid development, coupled with environmental events such as droughts, have led to increasing water shortages in sections of the nation. In Interstate Water Compacts author Joseph F. Zimmerman highlights the growing importance of water issues within the United States and a device that has been instrumental in facilitating interstate cooperation to solve water-related problems: the interstate compact. This groundbreaking work is the first to devote itself exclusively to interstate and federal-interstate compacts pertaining to controversies including the abatement of water pollution, apportionment of river waters, economic development, flood control, inland fisheries, marine fisheries, and restoration to rivers of anadromous fish, such as salmon and shad. The process for entering into interstate and federal-interstate compacts is explained in detail, as is the exercise of original jurisdiction by the US Supreme Court to resolve intractable interstate controversies involving interpretation of provisions of compacts, water apportionment, and water pollution abatement. Zimmerman concludes by calling for the President, Congress, governors, state legislatures, and local governments to devote more attention and resources to finding solutions for water-related problems.

Author : Colin Flint
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317275855

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Introduction to Geopolitics by Colin Flint Pdf

This new updated edition of Introduction to Geopolitics presents the overarching themes of geopolitical structures and agents in an engaging and accessible manner, which requires no previous knowledge of theory or current affairs. Using new pertinent case studies and guided exercises the title explains the contemporary global power of the United States and the challenges it is facing, the persistence of nationalist conflicts, migration, cyberwar, terrorism, and environmental geopolitics. Case studies of the rise of the so-called Islamic State, the South China Sea disputes, the Syrian civil war, the Korean conflict, and Israel-Palestine emphasize the multi-faceted nature of conflict. The book raises questions by incorporating international and long term historical perspectives and introduces readers to different theoretical viewpoints, including feminist contributions. The new edition features expanded sections on network geopolitics and non-state actors, a new section on geopolitics of transnational business, cyberwar, an interpretation of ISIS within historical geopolitical trends, as well as expanded discussion of the relevance of Boserup and neo-Malthusians to environmental geopolitics. Introduction to Geopolitics will provide its readers with a set of critical analytical tools for understanding the actions of states as well as non-state actors acting in competition over resources and power. Both students and general readers will find this book an essential stepping-stone to a deeper and critical understanding of contemporary conflicts.

Author : Mahemud E. Tekuya
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004549869

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The Nile in Legal and Political Perspective by Mahemud E. Tekuya Pdf

Competition over the Nile watercourse is becoming a global crisis. As population growth, economic development, and urbanization increase the demand for water in the Nile Basin while climate change threatens its supply, the region faces a looming water crisis. An effective resolution of this multifaceted issue, which impacts 11 African countries, requires detailed multidisciplinary research. Until now the academic discourse regarding the Nile watercourse has been primarily dominated by monodisciplinary studies. This book fills that gap, providing a retrospective and prospective look at the Nile through multidisciplinary lenses—commingling history, hydro-politics, climate change, and law. It scrutinizes the legal and hydro-political trajectories of the Nile Basin, from the 4th century A.D. to 2022.

Author : Peter Annin
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781597266376

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The Great Lakes Water Wars by Peter Annin Pdf

The Great Lakes are the largest collection of fresh surface water on earth, and more than 40 million Americans and Canadians live in their basin. Will we divert water from the Great Lakes, causing them to end up like Central Asia's Aral Sea, which has lost 90 percent of its surface area and 75 percent of its volume since 1960? Or will we come to see that unregulated water withdrawals are ultimately catastrophic? Peter Annin writes a fast-paced account of the people and stories behind these upcoming battles. Destined to be the definitive story for the general public as well as policymakers, The Great Lakes Water Wars is a balanced, comprehensive look behind the scenes at the conflicts and compromises that are the past-and future-of this unique resource.

Author : Diana Suhardiman,Alan Nicol,Everisto Mapedza
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351705240

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Water Governance and Collective Action by Diana Suhardiman,Alan Nicol,Everisto Mapedza Pdf

Collective Action is now recognized as central to addressing the water governance challenge of delivering sustainable development and global environmental benefits. This book examines concepts and practices of collective action that have emerged in recent decades globally. Building on a Foucauldian conception of power, it provides an overview of collective action challenges involved in the sustainable management and development of global freshwater resources through case studies from Africa, South and Southeast Asia and Latin America. The case studies link community-based management of water resources with national decision-making landscapes, transboundary water governance, and global policy discussion on sustainable development, justice and water security. Power and politics are placed at the centre of collective action and water governance discourse, while addressing three core questions: how is collective action shaped by existing power structures and relationships at different scales? What are the kinds of tools and approaches that various actors can take and adopt towards more deliberative processes for collective action? And what are the anticipated outcomes for development processes, the environment and the global resource base of achieving collective action across scales?

Author : Attila Tanzi,Owen McIntyre,Alexandros Kolliopoulos,Alistair Rieu-Clarke,Rémy Kinna
Publisher : Hotei Publishing
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004291584

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The UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes by Attila Tanzi,Owen McIntyre,Alexandros Kolliopoulos,Alistair Rieu-Clarke,Rémy Kinna Pdf

The UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes provides invaluable insights into the contribution of this international agreement towards transboundary water cooperation via its legal provisions, accompanying institutional arrangements and subsidiary policy mechanisms.

Author : New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee on Interstate Cooperation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Interstate agreements
ISBN : MINN:31951002633135Z

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Report of the Joint Legislative Committee on Interstate Cooperation by New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee on Interstate Cooperation Pdf

Author : Thomas Cobb,Olga Maria May Akroyd
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781666913736

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Presidents and Place by Thomas Cobb,Olga Maria May Akroyd Pdf

Presidents and Place: America's Favorite Sons highlights the interrelationship between America's leading political icons and various facets of space and place, including places of birth and death as well as regional allegiances, among others. The chapters examine the legacy of relationships between presidents and place in a variety of social and cultural forms, ranging from famous political campaigns to television series to developments in tourism. Beginning with the political iconography of New York's Federal Hall in early eighteenth-century America and ending with a focus on the Republican Party's electoral relationship with the South, the interdisciplinary and methodologically diverse nature of the chapters reveals that place has more than a biographical significance in relation to US presidents.

Author : Frederick D. Gordon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781793606464

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The Damming of the Presidency by Frederick D. Gordon Pdf

This study evaluates the 1927 Great Mississippi Flood and its impact on both the 1928 and 1932 presidential elections. Herbert Hoover surged forth to win the 1928 presidency, but would suffer the greatest presidential defeat four years later. When did people change their minds? And were they influenced solely by the Great Depression or was there something else? Natural disasters and environmental crises offer both opportunities and threats for a presidential candidate. Challenger and incumbent must weave through a delicate maze of policy conundrums to garner national support. Today, the novel virus COVID-19 has altered modern society. Policy and medical experts are scrambling to develop a vaccine. Undoubtedly, economic, social, and political landscapes are being redefined, including their impact on presidential elections. Thus, a seminal question surfaces: How do force majeure events impact a political campaign? Other studies have yielded general assessments regarding presidential decision making during unforeseen events, notably with 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. This book offers a vanguard approach by applying a historical lens and seeking to test the axiom of Farley’s Law. This important law suggests that peoples’ minds are made up at least six months before a national election and no matter how poorly situations develop, party allegiance is supreme.