03639nam 2200685 a 450 991045942660332120200520144314.01-136-95358-21-282-73295-11-78034-762-697866127329590-203-84918-3(CKB)2670000000035563(EBL)557265(OCoLC)664232460(SSID)ssj0000425683(PQKBManifestationID)11294762(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000425683(PQKBWorkID)10370996(PQKB)11010758(OCoLC)671655822(MiAaPQ)EBC557265(Au-PeEL)EBL557265(CaPaEBR)ebr10413214(CaONFJC)MIL273295(EXLCZ)99267000000003556320101015d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe politics of water[electronic resource] a survey /editors, Kai Wegerich and Jeroen Warner1st ed.London Routledge20101 online resource (412 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-85743-585-0 1-85743-339-4 Includes bibliographical references.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Foreword; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; The Editors and Contributors; Abbreviations; Essays; Is water politics? Towards international water relations; The politics of sharing water: International law, sovereignty, and transboundary rivers and aquifers; The multi-level governance of water and state-building processes: A longue durée perspective; Hydrosolidarity as water security in the Okavango River Basin; Transboundary water interaction: Reconsidering conflict and co-operation; Hydro-hegemonic politics: A crossroads on the Euphrates-Tigris?The politics of water and mining in South AfricaWater rights politics; The politics of gender in water and the gender of water politics; Rural poverty reduction: What's irrigation got to do with it?; A-Z Glossary; International River Basins; Aral Sea (Amu Darya and Syr Darya); Colorado-Rio Grande-Tijuana; Danube; Euphrates-Tigris; Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna basins; Indus; Jordan basin; La Plata; Mekong; Murray-Darling; Nile basin; Okavango; Rhine; Maps; StatisticsThis authoritative reference work gives timely information on the global politics of water. Readers will find case studies on a variety of complex water situations, from the Okavango River that flows through Angola, Namibia and Botswana, to the Euphrates-Tigris of the Upper Persian Gulf. With the current threat of climate change and increasing demand on water resources, the book gives valuable insight into an increasingly politicized topic. Politics of Water is a welcome addition to Routledge's extensive The Politics of ... reference series.Readers will benefit from:</STWater-supplyPolitical aspectsWater-supplyInternational cooperationWater-supplyGovernment policyElectronic books.Water-supplyPolitical aspects.Water-supplyInternational cooperation.Water-supplyGovernment policy.333.91Wegerich Kai956812Warner Jeroen956813MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459426603321The politics of water2167064UNINA