China and Transboundary Water Politics in Asia

Informationen zum Autor Hongzhou Zhang is a Research Fellow in the China Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Mingjiang Li is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the China Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Zusammenfassung This book aims to systematically examine the complex reality of water contestations between China and its neighboring countries. It provides a collection of comparative case studies on China’s water resources management. Furthermore, this book sheds light on China’s future role in global water governance. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of contributors Acknowledgements Part I: Key factors shaping China’s transboundary water policies and practices 1.The thirsty China and its transboundary waters (Hongzhou Zhang and Mingjiang Li) 2.Assessing China’s domestic hydropolitics (Scott Moore) 3.Transboundary river management in Southeast Asia: The role of Chinese dam-builders (Frauke Urban, Giuseppina Siciliano, and Johan Nordensvard) 4.The evolution of China’s water diplomacy in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin: Motivation and policy choices (Yanjun Guo) Part II: Major transboundary rivers 5.Transboundary cooperation on the Amur River Basin in recent decades (Eugene Simonov and Eugene Egidarev) 6.Analysis on China-DPRK joint development in Yalu River and Tumen River: From the perspective of China (Zhifei Li) 7.Linking environmental security to transboundary water governance to manage the Mekong River (R. Edward Grumbine) 8.Conceptualizing Chinese engagement in Myanmar: An analysis of the Mong Ton and Hat Gyi Dam projects (Julian Kirchherr) 9.Building bridges through dialogue for the Brahmaputra River Basin (Vishaka Gulati, Arundhati Deka, Safa Fanaian, Sumit Vij, and Anamika Barua) 10.Sino-Kazakhstan transboundary water cooperation: History, current status and future priorities (Zhanggui Zhou and Ruolin Wang) Part III: China and global water governance 11.China and global water governance: New developments (Hongzhou Zhang and Mingjiang Li) Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Hongzhou (Nanyang Technological University Zhang
• Assisted by: Mingjiang Li (Editor), Li Mingjiang (Editor), Hongzhou Zhang (Editor), Zhang Hongzhou (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138060654
• ISBN: 978-1-138-06065-4
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Politics in Asia
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; China, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), Asia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, International Relations, Political Geography, Limnology (inland waters), Asia: rivers, lakes etc, Limnology (Freshwater), Drought & Water Supply, Drought and water supply