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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Transboundary Water"”.
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The application of equitable and reasonable utilisation to transboundary water resources disputes: lessons from international practice
Water resources located in more than one country are complex systems governed by customary international law embodied in a rule known as equitable and reasonable utilisation, a recent development in international law not yet been applied by an international tribunal to resolve a dispute or to …
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At the Confluence: Participatory Development, State-Society Relations, and Transboundary Water Management in the Kura River Basin
The water sector is part of a larger impetus in environmental policy towards public participation, particularly as water management practices have expanded from purely technocratic approaches to include diverse stakeholders and societal groups (Brethaut 2016, Pahl-Wostl et al., 2007). In …
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Pursuing the common good : overcoming barriers to collective action through transboundary water negotiation along the Blue Nile River
We are headed towards a global water crisis. While technological advancements may help reduce this gap, achieving global water security will also require establishing self-enforcing agreements negotiated among countries that share transboundary rivers. At its core, transboundary water governance is …
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Environmental technology and policy development in a regional system : transboundary water management and pollution prevention in southeastern Europe
In order to surmount the barriers to transboundary integration and coordination of environmental technology and regulatory policy in Southeastern Europe, the environmental capabilities and needs of the region are discussed, and a regional cooperation and coordination systems framework is developed. …
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An examination of the South Asia Water Initiative and associated donor-led processes in the transboundary water governance of the Ganges-Brahmaputra problemshed
Because of the complex nature of transboundary water governance, and the inherent unpredictability of complex adaptive systems, this thesis argues that international actors alone are unable to directly bring about positive water interaction between riparian states. This thesis analyses a major …
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An examination of the South Asia Water Initiative and associated donor-led processes in the transboundary water governance of the Ganges-Brahmaputra problemshed
Because of the complex nature of transboundary water governance, and the inherent unpredictability of complex adaptive systems, this thesis argues that international actors alone are unable to directly bring about positive water interaction between riparian states. This thesis analyses a major …
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A critical legal analysis of the law, principles and practice of transboundary water lar in Southern Africa: The case of Okavango river basin
… to an inevitable geometric rise in demand for water. At the centre of this growing demand is how nations relate to each other in the management of trans-boundary water resources. In analysing state relations in so far as transboundary water management and allocation is concerned, the central …
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Establishing a legal framework for the use and protection of Iraq's equitable right to the Tigris and the Euphrates River Basin
… (TERB) in accordance with the international water law. In particular, it advocates for the protection of Iraq?s equitable rights through the establishment of a legal and institutional framework for joint use of the TERB. As a contribution towards addressing the issues of transboundary water …
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An Enhanced notion of power for inter-state and transnational hydropolitics: An Analysis of Turkish- Syrian Water Relations and the Ilısu Dam Conflict between the Opponents and Proponents of the Dam
… relations with states and non-state actors on transboundary water issues by examining hydropolitics at the inter-state and transnational layers from 1923 to 2011. The cases investigated are Turkish – Syrian relations primarily over the Euphrates and Tigris basin, and relations between opponents …
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Avrupa Birliği su çerçeve direktifi ve Meriç nehri örneği
… sürece işbirliği gerçekleşebilecektir.Abstract Transboundary water cross the borders of least two states and are subject to the use of these states. The utilization of the transboundary water without conflict has great importance and requires the cooperation of states. In 2000, European Union …
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International water law and the quest for common security
The world’s freshwater supplies are squeezed by rapidly increasing demand, the impacts of global climate change and unsustainable management. Given the fact that water is the gossamer linking various other security issues – e.g., energy, food and environment – it seems obvious that ‘business as …
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Legal Regimes for Transboundary River Basins: Revisiting the Influence and Regulation of the Ecosystems Approach in International Water Law Treaties
… all over the world. They provide freshwater for drinking and for irrigation and also serve as flood-control mechanisms. For many freshwater species, rivers and lakes constitute a habitat whereas for human beings, they serve as sources of recreation and spiritual enjoyment. These are …
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Power and Dams in Central Asia
… and understand the role of state power in transboundary water relations, providing an in–depth analysis of the evolution of interstate relations in Central Asia in the field of water in the period 1991-2011. Taking as a case study the planned construction of the Rogun and Kambarata dams in …
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Hydropolitical peacebuilding. Israeli-Palestinian water relations and the transformation of asymmetric conflict in the Middle East.
Recognising water as a central relational location of the asymmetric Israel- Palestinian conflict, this study critically analyses the peacebuilding significance of Israeli, transboundary water and peace practitioner discourses. Anchored in a theoretically-constructed framework of hydropolitical …
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Going with the flow or swimming against the current?: The influence of rules and norms on advocacy strategies of NGO coalitions along the Mekong River
… systems, and particularly in the fields of water and the environment. Adopting a new institutional theoretical perspective, this thesis examines how rules and norms affect the advocacy strategies of coalitions of NGOs in Vietnam and Cambodia, utilising a comparative case study analysis of …
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The capacity to mediate: the role of the African Union in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam dispute between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan.
Watercourses and their importance to human life and development is evident in water's role in energy generation, agriculture, cultural practices and human sanitation. In light of an increasing climate change crisis and diminishing fresh water supply, a corresponding need has arisen for freshwater …
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Facilitating Sustainable Use of the Rio Grande: A Social-Ecological Perspective
… underlying the management framework of the transboundary Rio Grande basin was examined to provide insight into the status and efficacy of the institutional controls that underlie management of the river. This analysis was undertaken in several steps. Changes in ecologically-important aspects …
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Rivers With Borders: Bi-National Water Management Model for the St. Mary-Milk Basins
Transboundary water management in semi-arid basins is increasingly challenged by climate variability, aging infrastructure, and rigid allocation frameworks. The St. Mary and Milk River Basin, shared by Canada and the United States, is governed by the 1909 Boundary Waters Treaty and the 1921 …
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