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The politics of water : a survey / / editors, Kai Wegerich and Jeroen Warner



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Titolo: The politics of water : a survey / / editors, Kai Wegerich and Jeroen Warner Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London, : Routledge, 2010
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (412 p.)
Disciplina: 333.91
Soggetto topico: Water-supply - Political aspects
Water-supply - International cooperation
Water-supply - Government policy
Altri autori: WegerichKai  
WarnerJeroen  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
Nota di contenuto: 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; Statistics
Sommario/riassunto: This 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:</ST
Titolo autorizzato: The politics of water  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-136-95358-2
1-282-73295-1
1-78034-762-6
9786612732959
0-203-84918-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910814530103321
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