Water Management And Violent Conflict In East Africa

Author : Julia Renner-Mugono
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-12-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000818857

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Water Management and Violent Conflict in East Africa by Julia Renner-Mugono Pdf

This book examines the complex interrelationships between water availability, governance and violent and non-violent conflicts, drawing on in-depth case studies of Lake Naivasha in Kenya and Lake Wamala in Uganda. When international economic endeavours like flower farming, oil exploration and extensive rice growing are coupled with a government's prioritization of economic development, not only does this lead to the commercialization of water resources but it also creates conflicts between national, regional and local stakeholders. Often overlooked in existing literature, such is the case even in water abundant areas like Lake Naivasha and Lake Wamala. Presenting a comparative study, the book provides a unique perspective on multifunctional water use and illustrates how politically and economically motivated water use increases violent tensions over access to and the use of freshwater resources. The coverage stretches from international and national agencies to NGOs, economic stakeholders and local actors. The book evaluates the resilience and vulnerability of local actors' ability to access water and examines the nexus between the need to access water and the ability to influence access to water, taking into consideration both countries’ economic development agendas. The book concludes by discussing strategies for reducing water-induced conflicts that can be applied to not only these cases but water conflicts across the globe. This book will be of great interest to scholars and professionals of water resource management and governance, African development, conflict resolution and sustainable development.

Author : Bernard Calas,Mumma Martinon
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789987081349

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Shared Waters, Shared Opportunities by Bernard Calas,Mumma Martinon Pdf

The importance of watercourses to human life and development cannot be overemphasised. From communication, trade, agriculture and the location of human settlements, they have played an immeasurable role. Almost 60% of Africa lies within shared rivers and lake basins. The Nile is shared by more than seven nations, the Zambezi by six, and the Congo by nine. With populations on the rise, many countries have been labeled water scarce nations, and in fifteen years it is predicted that many people on earth will be exposed to water shortage consequences such as famine and disease. Thirteen African nations already suffer water stress and soon another twelve will join the list unless something is done to thwart the problem. On March 20, 2009 in Nairobi, Hekima College collaborated with Jesuit Hakimani Centre and the French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA) to host the Hekima College Water Day Academic Seminar with the theme Shared Waters, Shared Opportunities. This book is the result of critical research and presentations by internationally renowned scholars, researchers and experts, and students of the Institute of Peace Studies and International RelationsHekima College. For most of 2009 Kenya suffered severe problems caused by flooding which took many lives and destroyed homes and important infrastructures. It highlighted the issues of water management and water conflicts, not only in Kenya but in other parts of East Africa, as it was made abundantly clear that not only scarcity of water, but excess water, incorrectly managed, can be disastrous. This timely, scholarly book presents discussions of the issues which underlie the major water crises in the region. They open the debate into the water problems of Kenya and East Africa in an effort to join the global campaign to find solutions to these difficulties.

Author : Tony Allan,John Anthony Allan,Alan Nicol
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : War
ISBN : 0948546603

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Water Resources, Prevention of Violent Conflict and the Cohorence of EU Policies in the Horn of Africa by Tony Allan,John Anthony Allan,Alan Nicol Pdf

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Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : 9780889368040

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Water Management in Africa and the Middle East by International Development Research Centre (Canada) Pdf

Water Management in Africa and the Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities

Author : Ashok Swain
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004-06-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135768829

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Managing Water Conflict by Ashok Swain Pdf

Countries are meeting increasing water demand by building reservoirs and by diverting water from one area to another. When the water belongs to an international river system, these measures lead to riparian conflicts. However, water scarcity not only brings conflict to these regions, but also plays its part in building cooperation. In several international river basins in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, competing and disputing riparian countries are now moving towards a co-operative sharing arrangement. The signs of agreements on water sharing may be easy, but the real problem is how to keep these arrangements on track. Such agreements can positively contribute to peace and cooperation by addressing future needs, making sustainable decisions and being progressive in their management. Managing Water Conflict looks at these current stresses and likely future scenarios for this vitally important subject.

Author : Claudia J. Carr
Publisher : Springer
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783319504698

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River Basin Development and Human Rights in Eastern Africa — A Policy Crossroads by Claudia J. Carr Pdf

This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. This book offers a devastating look at deeply flawed development processes driven by international finance, African governments and the global consulting industry. It examines major river basin development underway in the semi-arid borderlands of Ethiopia, Kenya and South Sudan and its disastrous human rights consequences for a half-million indigenous people. The volume traces the historical origins of Gibe III megadam construction along the Omo River in Ethiopia—in turn, enabling irrigation for commercial-scale agricultural development and causing radical reduction of downstream Omo and (Kenya's) Lake Turkana waters. Presenting case studies of indigenous Dasanech and northernmost Turkana livelihood systems and Gibe III linked impacts on them, the author predicts agropastoral and fishing economic collapse, region-wide hunger with exposure to disease epidemics, irreversible natural resource destruction and cross-border interethnic armed conflict spilling into South Sudan. The book identifies fundamental failings of government and development bank impact assessments, including their distortion or omission of mandated transboundary assessment, cumulative effects of the Gibe III dam and its linked Ethiopia-Kenya energy transmission 'highway' project, key hydrologic and human ecological characteristics, major earthquake threat in the dam region and widespread expropriation and political repression. Violations of internationally recognized human rights, especially by the Ethiopian government but also the Kenyan government, are extensive and on the increase—with collaboration by the development banks, in breach of their own internal operational procedures. A policy crossroads has now emerged. The author presents the alternative to the present looming catastrophe—consideration of development suspension in order to undertake genuinely independent transboundary assessment and a plan for continued development action within a human rights framework—forging a sustainable future for the indigenous peoples now directly threatened and for their respective eastern Africa states. Claudia Carr’s book is a treasure of detailed information gathered over many years concerning river basin development of the Omo River in Ethiopia and its impact on the peoples of the lower Omo Basin and the Lake Turkana region in Kenya. It contains numerous maps, charts, and photographs not previously available to the public. The book is highly critical of the environmental and human rights implications of the Omo River hydropower projects on both the local ethnic communities in Ethiopia and on the downstream Turkana in Kenya. David Shinn Former Ambassador to Ethiopia and to Burkina Faso Adjust Professor of International Affairs, The George Washington University, Washington D.C.

Author : Carl Gösta Widstrand
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : STANFORD:36105000600713

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Water and Society: Water conflicts and research priorities by Carl Gösta Widstrand Pdf

Author : Judi Wangalwa Wakhungu,Elvin Nyukuri
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Africa, East
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132866307

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Climate Change and Conflict in East and the Horn of Africa by Judi Wangalwa Wakhungu,Elvin Nyukuri Pdf

Africa is characterised by widespread and deeply entrenched poverty, armed conflict, slow economic development until recently, and agricultural systems proven to failure during frequent and persistent drought. With its tremendous natural resources and remarkable social and ecological diversity, the continent reflects a close dependency of people on natural resources. This background report illustrates that it is this dependency that will present Africa with potentially severe adaptive problems in dealing with the twin effects of climate change and population growth in future years. More than ever, Africa and its partners need to work together to turn deforestation around, to save its green lungs, to manage its cities and to grow food for its hungry millions.

Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : 9780889368040

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Water Management in Africa and the Middle East by International Development Research Centre (Canada) Pdf

Water Management in Africa and the Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities

Author : Anthony Turton,Roland Henwood
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : 9780620295192

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Hydropolitics in the Developing World by Anthony Turton,Roland Henwood Pdf

Bringing contributions by a variety of authors together in one volume is part of an attempt to show that hydropolitics is a growing discipline in its own right. The prevailing definition of hydropolitics is widened to include the elements of scale and range. This is illustrated through a focus on theoretical and legal issues, case studies from Southern Africa and a proposed research agenda. The book is an important addition to the literature on hydropolitics.

Author : Manas Chatterji,Saul Arlosoroff,Gauri Guha
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351737982

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Conflict Management of Water Resources by Manas Chatterji,Saul Arlosoroff,Gauri Guha Pdf

This title was first published in 2002: Now that the Cold War is over, ethnic and regional conflicts are emerging over resources and the environment. The management of water, the lifeblood of any country, is becoming a vital issue. This volume offers a study of conflict management of water resources. It includes some selected papers presented at an international meeting, held at the Mahatma Gandhi Center of Conflict Prevention and Management in Ahmedabad, India. Other invited papers have also been included in the collection. Obviously it was not possible to address here all aspects of the vast field of water management. The main focus of this work is the management of water conflict and its implications for peace.

Author : K. K. Munguti,Mark R. Mujwahuzi,International Institute for Environment and Development
Publisher : IIED
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Africa, Eastern
ISBN : 9781904035008

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Drawers of Water II by K. K. Munguti,Mark R. Mujwahuzi,International Institute for Environment and Development Pdf

Author : Jason Gehrig,Mark M. Rogers
Publisher : Catholic Relief Services
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781614920298

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Water and Conflict: Incorporating Peacebuilding Into Water Development by Jason Gehrig,Mark M. Rogers Pdf

Water is a simple but necessary part of life. Yet much of the world's population lacks adequate clean water, either because of physical scarcity or because they are denied equitable access to water resources. Such conditions inevitably breed conflict. Water-related violence is common in many parts of the world and is generally expected to increase in the years ahead.This document is intended to assist water development practitioners, civil society peacebuilders and human rights advocates seeking to integrate water and peacebuilding in their work. The purpose is twofold: to furnish a conceptual framework for understanding problems of scarcity and equity, and to provide practical guidance and tools for action.The text distills an extensive literature on water, conflict, and cooperation produced in recent years by researchers and development practitioners. Case studies and reflections are included to keep theory grounded in reality.

Author : Mahlakeng Khosi Mahlakeng
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-31
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781000847802

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Water Scarcity and Conflict in African River Basins by Mahlakeng Khosi Mahlakeng Pdf

The book presents a critical and comparative analysis of the hydropolitical landscape of African transboundary river basins which, for much of the past century, have been affected by water scarcity. River and lake basins can become a source of tension and conflict due to a complicated mix of environmental, demographic, diplomatic, historical and geopolitical factors. This book, however, specifically focuses on the important, and often under looked, role played by scarcity in generating or exacerbating conflicts in shared river basins. Asserting that transboundary river basins tie states into a web of interdependence, this book raises awareness of how water scarcity, or the depletion of water resources, complicates this relationship as nations are forced to look beyond their own borders to meet the demand for water to satisfy multiple needs. Taking a comparative approach, it examines three shared basins: the Orange-Senqu, the Nile and the Niger River basins. While situated in different regions, all three basins are marked by serious environmental challenges that are detrimental to combustible hydropolitics over such shared water resources and they provide fascinating insights into the links between climate variability and change, water resources, human security, conflict, adaptation and regime capacity. Overall, this book argues that conflict over transboundary resources can be prevented given the establishment of norms, rules, and the role of external actors that help regulate state behaviour and control their impacts. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of water resource management, hydropolitics, environmental conflict, resource scarcity and international relations. It will also be of interest to policymakers involved in transboundary water resource governance.

Author : Hussein Solomon,Anthony Turton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Riparian rights
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112316026

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Water Wars by Hussein Solomon,Anthony Turton Pdf