Trans-boundary river basins: a discourse on water scarcity, conflict, and water resource management.

This thesis is an inquiry regarding the interconnections between water scarcity, geopolitics, resource management, and the strategies for developing effective ways to resolve conflict and encourage sustainable water resource use in developing countries. The ecological services of trans-boundary rivers are explored in conjunction with the potential impacts to freshwater availability due to economic modernization, water resource development, and decision making regimes that determine how water is allocated among competing users. Anthropogenic stressors that induce water scarcity and the geopolitical mechanisms of conflict are studied. A discourse on the creation and functional extent of global and localized water ethics is investigated, emphasizing the importance of perceptual dispositions of water users in understanding the value of trans-boundary river basins.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2003

Author dc:creator

• Riley, Timothy

Contributors dc:contributor

• Klaver, Irene
• La Point, Thomas W., 1949-
• Smith, Julie

• Water resources development -- Political aspects -- Developing countries.
• Water-supply -- Political aspects -- Developing countries.
• Water-supply -- Developing countries -- Management.
• Environmental ethics.
• Geopolitics.
• trans-boundary river basins
• conflict
• water scarcity
• geopolitics
• water ethics

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Riley, Timothy
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 54463818
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4396/
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OAI identifier oai:identifier

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