Water Management and Violent Conflict in East Africa - Scarcity and Security in Kenya and Uganda

This book examines the complex interrelationships between water availability, governance and violent and non-violent conflicts, drawing on in-depth case studies of Lake Naivasha in Kenya and Lake Wamala in Uganda.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Method and framework: The tool to assess the multi-level stakeholder network 3. The geographical and stakeholder characteristics of Lake Naivasha and Lake Wamala 4. The nexus of political and economic vulnerability, adaptation and resilience 5. Water access and (violent) conflict: How economic development and (de)centralization result in water insecurity 6. From conflict to co-operation: rethinking water as a generator of peace

About the author

Julia Renner-Mugono (PhD) is Social and Environmental Specialist for East Africa and the African Union at a German Development Institution and Associate Fellow at the Peace Academy of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Summary

This book examines the complex interrelationships between water availability, governance and violent and non-violent conflicts, drawing on in-depth case studies of Lake Naivasha in Kenya and Lake Wamala in Uganda.

Product details

• Authors: Julia Renner-Mugono
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.12.2022
• EAN: 9781032221441
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3222144-1
• No. of pages: 134
• Series: Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Uganda, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, NATURE / Natural Resources, Climate Change, NATURE / Ecology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Kenya, Environmental Economics, Science / Environmental Science, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Drought & Water Supply, Drought and water supply