The Waters Of The Nile

Author : Jessica Barnes
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780822376217

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Cultivating the Nile by Jessica Barnes Pdf

The waters of the Nile are fundamental to life in Egypt. In this compelling ethnography, Jessica Barnes explores the everyday politics of water: a politics anchored in the mundane yet vital acts of blocking, releasing, channeling, and diverting water. She examines the quotidian practices of farmers, government engineers, and international donors as they interact with the waters of the Nile flowing into and through Egypt. Situating these local practices in relation to broader processes that affect Nile waters, Barnes moves back and forth from farmer to government ministry, from irrigation canal to international water conference. By showing how the waters of the Nile are constantly made and remade as a resource by people in and outside Egypt, she demonstrates the range of political dynamics, social relations, and technological interventions that must be incorporated into understandings of water and its management.

Author : Philine Wehling
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783662607961

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Nile Water Rights by Philine Wehling Pdf

The book provides a comprehensive assessment of the law governing the use and management of the Nile and considers, more broadly, how international water law can guide the development of a legal and institutional framework for cooperation over shared freshwater resources. It defines the current state of international water law and discusses the content of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses. On this basis, it assesses the Nile water treaties and the 2010 Cooperative Framework Agreement for the Nile, and examines their compliance with international law, with a specific focus on the legal consequences of South Sudan's secession from Sudan. Moreover, the book recommends important amendments to the 2010 Agreement. Building on these recommendations, it addresses the implementation of the principle of equitable and reasonable use regarding the Nile, illustrating the extent to which the principle can provide a conceptual framework for regulating water use. The book is a valuable resource for academics and practitioners alike as it combines legal assessment with a discussion of how international water law principles can be implemented in practice.

Author : Robert O. Collins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Jonglei Canal (South Sudan)
ISBN : UCAL:B4262861

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The Waters of the Nile by Robert O. Collins Pdf

This is a history of the hydropolitics of the Nile Valley from 1900 to 1988. Attempts to develop the Nile and control its waters are of vital significance to the future of the inhabitants of Egypt, the Sudan, Ethiopia, and East Africa. Acute drought and heavy flooding in the Nile Basin have brought disaster in the past, and the history of the area is the story of human effort to control the precious waters of the river. Written by a distinguished authority in the field, this highly interdisciplinary study will appeal to those interested in the environment, politics, third world development, anthropology, zoology, and economic history.

Author : Seleshi Bekele Awulachew
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849712835

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The Nile River Basin by Seleshi Bekele Awulachew Pdf

The Nile is the world's longest river and sustains the livelihoods of millions of people across ten countries in Africa. This book provides unique and up-to-date insights on agriculture, water resources, governance, poverty, productivity, upstream-downstream linkages, innovations, future plans and their implications.

Author : Abdelazim M. Negm
Publisher : Springer
Page : 741 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319590882

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The Nile River by Abdelazim M. Negm Pdf

This volume offers up-to-date and comprehensive information on various aspects of the Nile River, which is the main source of water in Egypt. The respective chapters examine the Nile journey; the Aswan High Dam Reservoir; morphology and sediment quality of the Nile; threats to biodiversity; fish and fisheries; rain-fed agriculture, rainfall data, and fluctuations in rainfall; the impact of climate change; and hydropolitics and legal aspects. The book closes with a concise summary of the conclusions and recommendations provided in the preceding chapters, and discusses the requirements for the sustainable development of the Nile River and potential ways to transform conflicts into cooperation. Accordingly, it offers an invaluable source of information for researchers, graduate students and policymakers alike.

Author : Mwangi Kimenyi,John Mbaku
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780815726562

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Governing the Nile River Basin by Mwangi Kimenyi,John Mbaku Pdf

The effective and efficient management of water is a major problem, not just for economic growth and development in the Nile River basin, but also for the peaceful coexistence of the millions of people who live in the region. Of critical importance to the people of this part of Africa is the reasonable, equitable and sustainable management of the waters of the Nile River and its tributaries. Written by scholars trained in economics and law, and with significant experience in African political economy, this book explores new ways to deal with conflict over the allocation of the waters of the Nile River and its tributaries. The monograph provides policymakers in the Nile River riparian states and other stakeholders with practical and effective policy options for dealing with what has become a very contentious problem—the effective management of the waters of the Nile River. The analysis is quite rigorous but also extremely accessible.

Author : Robert O. Collins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015021837862

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The Waters of the Nile by Robert O. Collins Pdf

"...IMPRESSIVE IN SCOPE..."--CHOICE. "...VERY USEFUL TO ANY RESEARCHER, CONSULTANT OR STUDENT WANTING TO BE APPRAISED OF THE ESSENTIAL READING TO PENETRATE THE HUGELY INTERESTING & COMPLEX SUBJECT OF THE NILE."--AFRICA, JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN INSTITUTE. This bibliography surveys all documents relating to the past & present of the Nile Water Basin. Special emphasis is given to primary & secondary sources rarely available in the West, including small ephemeral publications & unpublished dissertations, along with monographs, journals & government documents. Equally extensive is the range of subjects under review.

Author : Seifulaziz Milas
Publisher : Pluto Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0745333214

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Sharing the Nile by Seifulaziz Milas Pdf

The Nile is widely regarded as the longest river in the world and has played a crucial role in the development of both agriculture and industry in the Horn of Africa, particularly Egypt. In Sharing the Nile Seifulaziz Milas draws on decades of experience in the region to reveal the politics of the "Great River," and the long-standing dispute between Egypt and the upstream countries over control of its waters. Milas challenges the myth that any attempt by those countries to use this resource in their own interests, without Egypt's permission, would inevitably lead to war. The book examines Cairo's interest in Ethiopia's Blue Nile, the main source of Egypt's water supply. It recounts the history of the dispute, and describes the impact of successive Egyptian regimes' policies toward Ethiopia. Finally, Milas suggests a way forward, based on co-operation, peace, and development.

Author : Toby Wilkinson
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781408839935

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The Nile by Toby Wilkinson Pdf

From Herodotus's day to the present political upheavals, the steady flow of the Nile has been Egypt's heartbeat. It has shaped its geography, controlled its economy and moulded its civilisation. The same stretch of water which conveyed Pharaonic battleships, Ptolemaic grain ships, Roman troop-carriers and Victorian steamers today carries modern-day tourists past bankside settlements in which rural life – fishing, farming, flooding – continues much as it has for millennia. At this most critical juncture in the country's history, foremost Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson takes us on a journey up the Nile, north from Lake Victoria, from Cataract to Cataract, past the Aswan Dam, to the delta. The country is a palimpsest, every age has left its trace: as we pass the Nilometer on the island of Elephantine which since the days of the Pharaohs has measured the height of Nile floodwaters to predict the following season's agricultural yield and set the parameters for the entire Egyptian economy, the wonders of Giza which bear the scars of assault by nineteenth-century archaeologists and the modern-day unbridled urban expansion of Cairo – and in Egypt's earliest art (prehistoric images of fish-traps carved into cliffs) and the Arab Spring (fought on the bridges of Cairo) – the Nile is our guide to understanding the past and present of this unique, chaotic, vital, conservative yet rapidly changing land.

Author : Norma Lorimer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1909
Category : Egypt
ISBN : PRNC:32101028189932

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By the Waters of Egypt by Norma Lorimer Pdf

Author : Henri J. Dumont
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 819 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402097263

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The Nile by Henri J. Dumont Pdf

What have we learnt about the Nile since the mid-1970s, the moment when Julian Rzóska decided that the time had come to publish a comprehensive volume about the biology, and the geological and cultural history of that great river? And what changes have meanwhile occurred in the basin? The human popu- tion has more than doubled, especially in Egypt, but also in East Africa. Locally, industrial development has taken place, and the Aswan High Dam was clearly not the last major infrastructure work that was carried out. More dams have been built, and some water diversions, like the Toshka lakes, have created new expanses of water in the middle of the Sahara desert. What are the effects of all this on the ec- ogy and economy of the Basin? That is what the present book sets out to explore, 33 years after the publi- tion of “The Nile: Biology of an Ancient River”. Thirty-seven authors have taken up the challenge, and have written the “new” book. They come from 13 different countries, and 15 among them represent the largest Nilotic states (Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya). Julian Rzóska died in 1984, and most of the - authors of his book have now either disappeared or retired from research. Only Jack Talling and Samir Ghabbour were still available to participate again.

Author : Elfatih a. B. Eltahir
Publisher : Elfatih Eltahir
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1734069619

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A Path Forward for Sharing the Nile Water by Elfatih a. B. Eltahir Pdf

The Nile basin is a microcosm of Africa. The Nile water flowing from south to north, originating from sub-Saharan Africa and flowing into the coasts of the Mediterranean, integrates a range of African climates and sustains a group of nations representative of African diversity. The water of the Nile has been the main resource supporting the rich civilizations that flourished along its banks for millennia. This book presents and discusses a pathway forward for sustainable future development in the Nile basin. We identify population growth, climate change, and adoption of agricultural technology as the main processes that will define the future of the Nile basin, and then propose ways for effective management of these processes in order for future economic development to succeed. Success in the Nile basin is likely to offer a prototype for success elsewhere in Africa.

Author : Korwa Gombe Adar,Nicasius A. Check
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780798302876

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Cooperative Diplomacy, Regional Stability and National Interests by Korwa Gombe Adar,Nicasius A. Check Pdf

The Nile River is the longest river in the world covering nearly 7,000 kilometres. It traverses ten countries in Africa, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda, with South Sudan as the eleventh riparian state once it acquires its sovereignty. Of the more than 300 million inhabitants in the ten riparian states, the Nile River Basin is home to nearly 160 million people. The interlocking controversies surrounding the utilisation of the waters of the Nile River and the resources therein have centered on the 1929 Anglo-Egyptian and the 1959 Egypto-Sudanese treaties, which have largely ignored the interests of the upstream states. Through the initiative of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) established in 1999, the riparian states concluded, in 2010, the Agreement on the River Nile Basin Cooperative Framework (CFA) based on the principle of equitable and reasonable utilisation, the objective of which is to establish durable legal regime in the Nile River Basin. This book addresses the complexities inherent in the colonial and post-colonial treaties and agreements and their implications on the interests of the riparian states and the region in general. It is the first book of its kind that covers the ten riparian states in a single volume and deals comprehensively with politico-legal questions in the Nile River Basin as well as conventions on the international water courses and their relevance to the region.

Author : Molly Aloian
Publisher : Rivers Around the World (Paper
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0778774686

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The Nile by Molly Aloian Pdf

This book explores the history and geography of the Nile River, and examines its effect on Egypt.

Author : R. Said
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781483287683

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The River Nile by R. Said Pdf

This multidisciplinary book by the author of The Geology of Egypt is the result of many years of research. It attempts to reconstruct the history of the River Nile from its origins to its present shape and regimen and also to ascertain the amount of water which has been carried by the river during the course of its history. It examines the manner in which this water was utilized in the past and the ways in which it will have to be used in future if the inhabitants of the river basin are to cope with their anticipated needs. Part One traces the geological history of the Nile from the time it started to excavate its valley some six million years ago until the present shape was assumed during the wet period which affected Africa after the retreat of the ice of the last glacial age some 10,000 years ago. Part Two deals with the amount of water that the river and its tributaries carry at present and have carried in the past. Part Three discusses the utilization of the water of the Nile from the time of the first appearance of man in the valley until the present time. It traces man's attempt to harness the river from the earliest time to the building of the Aswan High Dam. The book evaluates the effects of the dam after twenty years of operation. Part Four covers the present water supply-demand balance in each basin state and discusses the future plans of these countries to use the waters of the Nile. The rapidly growing populations and the prolonged droughts of recent years have put pressure upon the available waters of the river.