Water - A Source of Conflict Or Cooperation?

Informationen zum Autor Velma I. Grover, Natural Resource Consultant, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Klappentext This volume describes various scenarios of conflict and cooperation over water resources among stakeholders in a variety of settings. It discusses treaty making over international rivers, bilateral cooperation on river development between South Africa and Lesotho, the political economy of water supply in the Pacific Island region, the establishment of the Mekong River Commission in Southeast Asia, comparative river basin management in the United States and South Korea, and the International Joint Commission formed by Canada and the United States to resolve boundary water conflicts. The book also explores national domestic conflicts over water resources in Bangladesh and China, Cold War hydropolitics in Southern Africa, water management conflicts in the Niger River Basin of West Africa, and water as commodity and source of conflict in Australia. Zusammenfassung Describes various scenarios of conflict and cooperation over water resources among stakeholders in a variety of settings. This book also explores national domestic conflicts over water resources in Bangladesh and China, water management conflicts in the Niger River Basin of West Africa, and water as commodity and source of conflict in Australia. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. Asia. Africa. Australia. Comparisons between Continents. North America. South Pacific.

Product details

• Authors: V. I. Grover, Velma I. Grover, Velma I. (York University Grover, Velma I. Grover
• Assisted by: Velma I. Grover (Editor), Velma I. (York University Grover (Editor), Grover Velma I. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2007
• EAN: 9781578085118
• ISBN: 978-1-57808-511-8
• No. of pages: 372
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Water Supply, environmental science, engineering & technology, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Water industries, Energy industries and utilities, Civil engineering, surveying and building