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Creator:: Kakhramonov, Vokhidjon
Abstract:: The success or failure of river basin organization (RBO), when they deal with disputes, might rely on the source of conflict along with other factors such as institutional design, legal attributes and conflict resolution mechanism of the organization. However, little attention has been paid to the research which studies a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the territory is associated with a water body Modified from Yoffe & Larson (2001). As can be

Creator:: Porta, E. Lynn
Abstract:: In the process of building international water policies and management institutions, like international treaties and River Basin Organizations, States simultaneously signal the values that they view as most important in these different institutions. Examining expressed and acted-upon values for transboundary freshwater management are currently under-explored areas where overlapping lenses of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Alvarez Tostado Delgado, Pablo
Abstract:: The Law of Transboundary Aquifers, introduced to the United Nations General Assembly in December 2008, encourages nations to make multilateral arrangements for the proper management of transboundary aquifers. This study seeks to answer the question: “What are the main challenges for successful collaboration in assessing and managing Transboundary Aquifer Systems...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: America (ISARM 2009) ............... 6 Table 2 Water Event BAR scale, adapted from (Wolf, Yoffe, and

Creator:: Blankespoor, Brian
Abstract:: The Wadi el Far'a catchment is a tributary of the Jordan River located entirely the West Bank in the Middle East. Increasing population in the catchment, with economic development, is likely to increase water needs in this water region. In the water management of the region, agriculture is an essential...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: (Dombrowsky, 2003). Yoffe et al. (2002) calculate water stress within a catchment as follows: Precipitation

Creator:: Matsumoto, Kyoko
Abstract:: Despite their significance, physical interactions between surface and groundwater have largely been ignored in international water law. While surface water has been given considerable attention as a transboundary natural resource, groundwater has not received the same recognition. International legal doctrines regarding water, such as the 1997 United Nations Convention on...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: health. Also, I would like to thank Shira Yoffe and Meredith Giordano for encouraging and informing me

Creator:: Pearson, Cathy D.
Abstract:: A healthy river ecosystem is the definitive mark of success in international water quality planning and management, but until the world's international river basins achieve this kind of success, there must be other means to assess progress. In this paper, a theoretical background establishes the complexities inherent in water quality...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: , particularly Meredith Giordano and Shira Yoffe, for kindly sharing their research findings with me and

Creator:: Wise, Daniel R.
Abstract:: As part of a study to determine the history and potential for conflict in international freshwater basins, an estimate was made of the location of arable and irrigable land in the world. Knowledge about the world's arable and irrigable land was desired since this information could be an indicator of...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Shira Yoffe, Research Associate and BAR Project Manager. Details of the overall project can be found at

Creator:: Fiske, Gregory J.
Abstract:: The Geographic Information System (GIS) is an invaluable tool in manipulating and interpreting world scale datasets. In recent years it has become the standard link between water resource study and the ever-increasing numbers of high quality data sets. This paper describes the use of Geographic Information Systems for gathering and...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: I'd like to acknowledge Dr. Aaron Wolf for his positive reinforcement and Shira Yoffe for her

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