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Turkey's Water Policy National Frameworks and International Cooperation /

Water is a strategic natural resource of vital importance to all nations. As such it has been the cause of several international disputes. For Turkey especially, water is crucial to social and economic development. Turkey's current national water regime that emphasises water resources developme...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Kibaroglu, Aysegul (Editor ), Scheumann, Waltina (Editor ), Kramer, Annika (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edición:1st ed. 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. National framework. - 1. Turkey's water policy framework
  • 2. Strategic role of water resources for Turkey
  • 3. Challenges for Turkey to implement the EU water framework directive
  • 4. Water for energy: Hydropower is vital for Turkey
  • 5. Liberalization of Turkey's hydroelectricity sector: Insitutional changes and the private companies
  • 6. Water for agriculture: A major and inefficient consumer
  • 7.Turkey's policy for combatting water pollution
  • 8. Environmental impact assessment in Turkish dam planning
  • 9. The role of NGOs in promoting integrated river basin management in Turkey:- A case study of the Konya Closed Basin
  • Part II. International cooperation on Turkey's transboundary rovers
  • 10. The water dimension in turkish foreign policy
  • 11. Turkey's water diplomacy: A theoretical discussion
  • 12. Turkey's position towards international water law
  • 13. Meric river basin: Transboundary water cooperation at the border between the EU and Turkey
  • 14. Coruh river basin: Hydropower development and transboundary cooperation
  • 15. Kura-Aras river basin: Burgeoning transboundary water issues
  • 16. Euphrates-Tigris river system: Political rapprochement and transboundary water cooperation. 17. Orontes river basin: Downstream challenges and prospects for cooperation
  • 18. Conclusion Part II: Cooperation on Turkey's transboundary waters: Analysis and recommendations.