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  • The role of international water treaties in mitigating the transboundary negative environmental and social impacts of dams

    Creator:
    Idris, Hussam
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    Given the recent attention to dams in developing countries as a means to efficiently utilize water resources, mitigating the negative environmental and social impacts they have on riparian states is of utmost importance. This thesis presents a global review of how basin countries, through international water treaties (IWT), ensure that...
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    the degree of Master of Science in Water Resources Policy and Management presented on March 12, 2024

  • Linkages Between Domestic Water Politics and Foreign Water Policy in Kyrgyzstan

    Creator:
    Dairova, Zhamilia
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    Although newly independent Central Asian states in 1991, including Kyrgyzstan, started developing their own foreign water policies, Kyrgyzstan’s independence period demonstrated the challenges of determining foreign water policy independently. The conceptual framework of a two-level game was applied in the study to understand and answer the question about how domestic...
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    Masters Thesis
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    degree of Master of Science in Water Resources Policy and Management presented on December 8, 2023

  • What are the Roles of International Water Organizations in Climate Change Adaptation?

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    Adkhamov, Utkir
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    Water and climate change are interconnected with each other. Water is a medium through which the climate change manifests its far-reaching consequences on society. Sustainable water management practices are fundamental in implementing effective climate change adaptation. Given an influential position as global water actors, international water organizations (IWOs) play a...
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    Utkir Adkhamov for the degree of Master of Science in Water Resources Policy and Management presented

  • Agreeing to Nothing? Exploring the Role of Ambiguity in International Water Treaties

    Creator:
    Kaskina, Dina
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    Ambiguity is a typical element of treaty documents. Its success in accommodating divergent interests, creating boundary conditions leading to dispute prevention and facilitating the conclusion of agreements has been widely recognized, yet less is known whether or not intentional ambiguity or unintentional ambiguity, or perhaps both, lead to challenges or...
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    for the degree of Master of Science in Water Resources Policy and Management presented on December 7

  • Role of the “Blue Paradiplomacy” in Cooperation over Transboundary Water Management

    Creator:
    Dzhakshylykova, Mira
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    In this research, the paradiplomacy concept is analyzed in terms of transboundary water cooperation and called "Blue Paradiplomacy", where two case studies: 1) the Great Lakes region and 2) the Central Asian region, are presented and compared. The concept of paradiplomacy is applied within the context of multi-level governance, and...
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    Mira for the degree of Master of Science in Water Resources Policy and Management presented on

  • Norm Entrepreneurs in Water Cooperation? The Role of International Actors in Promoting the International Water Law Principles in Central Asia

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    Ruzmatova, Zarina
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    Countries with shared common resources increasingly encounter water issues that transcend national borders, and international actors (IAs) like international organizations or development agencies play a significant role in addressing them. Realizing the benefits that IAs provide by contributing to peaceful reconciliation of diverging interests over shared water management, states have...
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    the degree of Master of Science in Water Resources Policy and Management presented on February 5

  • Transboundary Wetlands: Exploring Formal Mechanisms for Cooperation

    Creator:
    Rosenblum, Zoe H.
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    Despite increased understanding of the benefits of wetlands, global wetland area continues to decrease. Wetlands are being lost at an alarming rate, and with them, biodiversity, floodwater storage, water purification, and countless other functions. There is little information available about mechanisms to manage transboundary wetlands. While the Ramsar Convention is...
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    Masters Thesis
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    the degree of Master of Science in Water Resources Policy and Management presented on December 15

  • Academic Discourse(s) and Practitioner Perspectives: Gendered Climate Adaptation Strategies for Water Resources

    Creator:
    Keith, Theresa L.
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    Research into the phenomenon of adaptation has surged in recent years as people across the globe face evolving climate situations. The role of women in this adaptation research, and in policy discussions, is often unclear or entirely unaddressed. An array of literature exists on the inclusion of women into environmental...
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    Masters Thesis
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    degree of Master of Science in Water Resources Policy and Management presented on December 11, 2020

  • Overcoming the Hypolimnion: Stakeholder Influence in Transboundary Water Quality Governance

    Creator:
    Offutt, Alyssa J.
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    Global surface water quality has been degrading with predictions of negative trends in meeting the Sustainable Development Goal ambient water quality targets (Mead, 2019; WWAP & UN Water, 2019). These water quality impacts can cross borders and impact populations in world’s 204 transboundary lake and reservoir basins (ILEC & UNEP,...
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Alyssa Jane Offutt for the degree of Master of Science in Water Resources

  • Drinking Water Access through a Transdisciplinary Lens

    Creator:
    Davis, Kari R.
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    Drinking water access is a global concern. While drinking water is widely available in much of the U.S., there are still vulnerable communities that lack access, which signifies the presence of inequity in drinking water access distributions. In response, this research sought to explore solutions and develop reconnaissance-level plans to...
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    Masters Thesis
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    degree of Master of Science in Water Resources Policy and Management presented on March 13, 2020