Transboundary freshwater dispute resolution : theory, practice, and annotated references /

"This work attempts to provide a comprehensive review of the relevant literature on managing conflicts stemming from the quantity and quality problems of water around the world."--Preface

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Beach, Heather L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, ©2000.
Colección:Water resources management and policy series.
Temas:
Water > Law and legislation.
Transboundary pollution > Law and legislation.
Water rights (International law)
Droits sur les eaux (Droit international)
LAW > International.
Transboundary pollution > Law and legislation
Water > Law and legislation
Waterrecht.
Internationaal milieurecht.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1. 1. Introduction
  • Part 2: Theory
  • 2. Organizational Theory
  • Institutions and law
  • Water negotiations and institutional capacity
  • International water law
  • Hydrography vs chronology
  • Negotiation theory
  • Conflict
  • Resolution
  • Case studies
  • illustrations and generalizations
  • Summary
  • 3. Economic Theory
  • Optimization models
  • Optimization models and regional planning
  • Social planner approach
  • Inter andintraregional allocations
  • Markets
  • Case studies
  • Game theory
  • Part 3: Practice 4. Water disputes
  • Comparative analysis and case studies
  • Anticipating possible water conflict
  • Indicators for type and intensity of conflict
  • Obstacles to successful negotiations
  • National vs international settings
  • Water treaties
  • Literature review
  • Background of modern water treaties
  • Methodology
  • The database and its contents
  • 5. Environmental disputes
  • Environmental security
  • History
  • Defining the concept
  • The debate
  • Bringingit together
  • Water (transboundary resources)
  • Other resources
  • The overarching problem of resource scarcity
  • Oil
  • Land
  • Roads
  • Fishing
  • Air pollution
  • Global warming
  • Part 4 6. Conclusions and summary
  • Part 5: Appendixes
  • 7. Case Studies
  • Case studies of transboundary dispute resolution
  • Danube river
  • Euphrates basin
  • Jordan river watershed
  • Ganges river controversy
  • Indus Water Treaty
  • Mekong Committee
  • Nile Waters Agreement
  • Plata basin
  • Salween river
  • US/Mexico shared aquifers
  • Aral sea
  • The International Joint Commission: Canada and the United States of America
  • Lesotho Highlands water project
  • 8. Treaty summaries
  • 9. Annotated literature
  • 10. Bibliography.

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