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Basins at risk : conflict and cooperation over international freshwater resources

Creator:: Yoffe, Shira
Abstract:: In the policy literature and the popular press, the issues of water and conflict are being raised together with increasing frequency. Geographic, international relations, and environmental security theories speculate on the linkages between geographic features, natural resources, spatial relationships, and war or acute conflict. Little quantitative or global-scale research exists,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Assessing the design of international water supply and hydropower arrangements for managing certain climate change scenarios

Creator:: Zentner, Matthew A.
Abstract:: Increased variability of rainfall and flow from climate change has the potential to stress existing transboundary water sharing agreements and make meeting the needs of all riparians difficult. Water treaties have been theorized as valuable tools for mitigating conflict in times of climate stress, but the relationship between the design...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Title: Assessing the Design of International Water Supply and Hydropower Arrange- ments For Managing

International river basin management in the face of change : Syr Darya Basin case study

Creator:: Pak, Mariya
Abstract:: The conflict over water resources exploitation and sharing in the Aral Sea Basin is one of the most pressing environmental issues yet to be resolved in Central Asia. The fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 and establishment of the New Independent States (NIS) within the Aral Sea Bain led...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: conflict over international water resources is historically overwhelmed by the record of cooperation

Resilience and adaptability of transboundary rivers : the principle of equitable distribution of benefits and the institutional capacity of the Nile Basin

Creator:: Iyob, Biniam
Abstract:: Biophysical, socioeconomic and geopolitical pressures from population growth and economic development are leading to an increase in tensions regarding the sharing of water within transboundary basins. Transboundary basins are surface rivers and groundwater resources that are shared among sovereign nations and autonomous regions. This dissertation focuses on surface water in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and especially Dr. Mark Giordano, for funding my travel to

Mechanisms of cooperation for states' construction of large-scale water infrastructure projects in transboundary river basins

Creator:: Petersen-Perlman, Jacob D.
Abstract:: How does transboundary water cooperation begin at the initial stages? Countries in many transboundary basins either do not cooperate at all or have ceased cooperation altogether. Yet cooperation does often prevail, resulting in 688 water-related treaties signed between 1820 and 2007. The question we address here is, by which practices...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Transboundary river floods : vulnerability of continents, international river basins and countries

Creator:: Bakker, Marloes H. N.
Abstract:: Floods are the most frequent and damaging of all types of natural disasters and annually affect the lives of millions all over the globe. However, researchers seem to have overlooked the fact that floods do not recognize national boundaries. Therefore, the phenomena of shared, or transboundary floods occurring in international...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: transboundary river floods, which in turn can aid international water management and international cooperation

Transboundary Water Institutions in Developing Countries : A Case Study in Afghanistan

Creator:: Malyar, Idrees
Abstract:: This study addresses the questions: 1) What kind of transboundary water management institution is needed for Afghanistan; and 2) what expertise is required for the institution and which stakeholders should be involved? The establishment of a transboundary water resources management institution/unit is an essential step for Afghanistan in order to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: cooperation over transboundary water resources from the Afghan standpoint. Furthermore, it reviewed the

Network analysis of international aquaculture research and development efforts in Rwanda : tracing the flows of knowledge and technology in a USAID-funded collaborative research support program

Creator:: Egna, Hillary S.
Abstract:: A new era for partnerships between the US land grant university community and the US Agency for International Development began when Title XII legislation was enacted by the US Congress in 1975. Collaborative Research Support Programs emerged as an institutional innovation for the Agency and participating universities. This study uses...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Assessing the Current State of Transboundary Cooperation in the International Columbia River Basin

Creator:: Timboe, Ingrid A.
Abstract:: The Columbia River Treaty (CRT) is often used as an example of how treaties can work to normalize, regulate, and improve the cooperative management of shared water resources between basin countries. Few would argue that, in its limited mandate to regulate hydropower generation and flood risk management for downstream communities,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Assessing the Current State of Transboundary Cooperation in the International Columbia River Basin

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Basins at risk : conflict and cooperation over international freshwater resources

Assessing the design of international water supply and hydropower arrangements for managing certain climate change scenarios

International river basin management in the face of change : Syr Darya Basin case study

Resilience and adaptability of transboundary rivers : the principle of equitable distribution of benefits and the institutional capacity of the Nile Basin

Mechanisms of cooperation for states' construction of large-scale water infrastructure projects in transboundary river basins

Transboundary river floods : vulnerability of continents, international river basins and countries

Transboundary Water Institutions in Developing Countries : A Case Study in Afghanistan

Network analysis of international aquaculture research and development efforts in Rwanda : tracing the flows of knowledge and technology in a USAID-funded collaborative research support program

Assessing the Current State of Transboundary Cooperation in the International Columbia River Basin

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