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.

Table des matières

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

A propos de l'auteur

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.

Résumé

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Julia Renner-Mugono
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 29.12.2022
• EAN: 9781032221441
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3222144-1
• Pages: 134
• Thème: Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Politique, société, économie > Politique; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Biologie > Agriculture, horticulture; sylviculture, pisciculture, alimentation; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique; 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