Water resources and inter-riparian relations in the Nile basin : the search for an integrative discourse / / Okbazghi Yohannes

• Autore: Yohannes Okbazghi
• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.9100962
• Soggetto topico: Water-supply - Nile River Watershed - Management; Water-supply - Political aspects - Nile River Watershed; Regional planning - Nile River Watershed; Riparian areas - Political aspects - Africa; Food supply - Africa
• Soggetto geografico: Nile River Watershed Environmental conditions
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Water Resources and Inter-Riparian Relations in the Nile Basin -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Toward a Provisional Understanding -- Framing the Challenges -- The Demographic Challenge -- The Economic Challenge -- The Hydrological and Ecological Challenge -- Urbanization, Pollution, and the Challenge of Clean Water -- The Governance Challenge -- The Neoliberalist Challenge -- Conclusion -- 2. Egypt: Gift of the Nile -- The Elusive Quest for Food Security and the Modernization Imperatives -- After Modernization -- The Puzzle -- 3. The Sudan: A Hydrographic Bridge? -- The Beginnings -- An Arab "Breadbasket"? -- The Politics of Internal Governance -- The Sudd and the Jonglei Canal:Twin Crimes Against Nature and Society -- The Puzzle -- 4. Ethiopia: Land of the "Blue Gold" -- The Hydrological Context -- The Elusive Quest for Food Security and the Modernization Imperatives -- The Politics of Internal Governance -- The Eritrean Dimension of Nile Waters -- The Puzzle -- 5. The Middle Nile "Squatters"Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda -- The Historical Context -- The Elusive Quest for Food Security and the Modernization Imperatives -- Aquatic Resources and the Search for More Food Security -- The Puzzle -- 6. The Uppermost Riparian States: Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo -- Problematizing Watershed Integrity -- The Ethnography of Hydrology and Food Security -- The Puzzle -- 7. Thinking about the Future -- Toward an Integrative Epistemology and Regional Authenticity -- Toward a Nile Family of Nations -- Toward Holistic Economies -- Toward a Politics of Self-Reliance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
• Sommario/riassunto: Argues for new water policies in the Nile River Basin.
• Titolo autorizzato: Water resources and inter-riparian relations in the Nile basin
• ISBN: 9780791478547; 0791478548; 9781435658806; 1435658809
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910971247103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SUNY series in global politics.