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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973179603321

Titolo

Water resource conflicts and international security : a global perspective / / edited by Dhirendra K. Vajpeyi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, 2012

ISBN

979-82-16-21775-6

1-283-39386-7

9786613393869

0-7391-7084-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

VajpeyiDhirendra K

Disciplina

333.91

Soggetti

Water rights

Water resources development

International cooperation

Security, International

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Introduction / Dhirendra K. Vajpeyi -- Euphrates and Tigris waters : Turco-Syrian and Iraqi relations / Paul Williams -- Hydropolitics and water security in the Nile and Jordan River basins / Teagan Ward and Hillery L. Roach -- Water disputes in South Asia / Sheila Rai and Sanghamitra Patnaik -- Sino-Indian water wars? / Pia Malhotra-Arora -- Conflict and cooperation : the aral sea basin / Dhirendra K. Vajpeyi and Brittany Brannon -- Conflict and cooperation among the riparian countries of the Valta River basin in West Africa / J. Henry Owusu -- Conclusion / Dhirendra K. Vajpeyi -- Selected bibliography -- About the contributors -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Water Resource Conflicts and International Security: A Global Perspective is an edited collection by Dhirendra K. Vajpeyi which analyzes the increasing global demand for water in economic and social development, and the dire need to efficiently manage this vital natural resource, particularly in water-scarce countries in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.