Ashok Swain

Managing Water Conflict (eBook, ePUB)

Asia, Africa and the Middle East

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Water scarcity and the use of international river system resources can not only cause international conflict but can also bring about peace and co-operation. This book looks at the current stresses and likely future scenarios.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135768829
• Artikelnr.: 38404300

Autorenporträt

Ashok Swain is Associate Professor in the department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University, Sweden, and serves as director of the Uppsala University programme of International Studies and Co-Ordinator of the Southeast Asian Programme. His research area includes works on environmental conflicts and co-operation, global water issues and democratic development. He has published numerous articles and several monographs on this subject.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Water Scarcity: A Threat to Security or an Incentive to Cooperate? 2.
South Asia and its Large Rivers: The Indus, the Mahakali and with special
emphasis on the Ganges 3. Rivers in the Middle East and North Africa: The
Jordan, the Euphrates-Tigris and with special emphasis on the Nile 4.
Southeast Asia and the Mekong River 5. Southern Africa and its Shared
Rivers: The Orange, the Limpopo, the Okavango and with special emphasis on
the Zamebezi 6. Sustaining Water Agreements and Maturing Cooperation