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The Politics of Water

Warner, Jeroen, Wegerich, Kai

2010

Overview

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: essays on major topics in water politics from a variety of contributors (thirteen in all), including Is water politics? Towards international water relations and The politics of water and mining in South Africa sensitive debate on gender issues, reflecting the fact that in many cultures men are responsible for the supply of water, and women as cultivators and house keepers are the major users an A-Z glossary of key terms, issues, organizations, etc. in water politics information on selected major river basins of the world, including maps detailing water consumption and resources. The Politics of Water is a useful guide to the politics surrounding the availability and provision of water on a world-wide scale. It will prove to be a useful reference source for anyone interested in, or studying, the politics of water and climate change. Is water politics? Towards international water relations JEROEN WARNER AND KAI WEGERICH The politics of sharing water: International law, sovereignty and transboundary rivers and aquifers STEPHEN C. MCCAFFREY AND KATE J. NEVILLE The multi-level governance of water and state-building processes: A longue durée perspective JEREMY ALLOUCHE Hydrosolidarity as water security in the Okavango River Basin PÅL ARNE DAVIDSEN Transboundary water interaction: Reconsidering conflict and co-operation MARK ZEITOUN AND NAHO MIRUMACHI Hydro-hegemonic politics: A crossroads on the Euphrates-Tigris? JEROEN WARNER The politics of water and mining in South Africa ANTHONY TURTON Water rights politics RUTGERD BOELENS The politics of gender in water and the gender of water politics MARGREET Z. ZWARTEVEEN Rural poverty reduction: What’s irrigation got to do with it? KAI WEGERICH 　 A–Z GLOSSARY JENS TREFFNER, VINCENT MIOC AND KAI WEGERICH 　 INTERNATIONAL RIVER BASINS JENS TREFFNER, VINCENT MIOC AND KAI WEGERICH 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 　 　 　 　 ‘Anyone involved in water politics, theoretically or practically, will gain much from this book. There is a lot here setting out a better framework for the study and practice of the politics of water.’ - John Goodier, Reference Reviews

• Publisher: Routledge,Taylor and Francis,Taylor & Francis Group
• Subject: basin / Environmental Policy / Environmental Politics / Environmental Studies / General Reference / hydraulic / International cooperation / mission / okavango / Politics & International Relations / resources / riparian / riparians / river / states / upstream / Water resources development / Water resources development -- Political aspects / Water-supply
• ISBN: 1857435850, 9781857433395, 9781857435856, 1857433394, 9781857437614, 1857437616