LEADER 03639nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910459426603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-95358-2 010 $a1-282-73295-1 010 $a1-78034-762-6 010 $a9786612732959 010 $a0-203-84918-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000035563 035 $a(EBL)557265 035 $a(OCoLC)664232460 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000425683 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11294762 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000425683 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10370996 035 $a(PQKB)11010758 035 $a(OCoLC)671655822 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC557265 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL557265 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10413214 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL273295 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000035563 100 $a20101015d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe politics of water$b[electronic resource] $ea survey /$feditors, Kai Wegerich and Jeroen Warner 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon $cRoutledge$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (412 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-85743-585-0 311 $a1-85743-339-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aBook 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 dure?e 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? 327 $aThe 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; Statistics 330 $aThis 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: