Conflict Management of Water Resources

by Chatterji, Manas; Chatterji, Manas; Arlosoroff, Saul; Guha, Gauri; Arlosoroff, Saul; Guha, Gauri

• ISBN13: 9781840148602
• ISBN10: 1840148608
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co

Summary

Water resource disputes are increasingly becoming issues of international conflict and global importance. This book examines how the techniques of conflict management and social science disciplines can be used to arrive at equitable solutions to water resources disputes. In a seamless mix of theory and practice it provides detailed theoretical discussions as well as empirical studies of different river systems around the world, highlighting the role and possibilities of future co-operation. The book will be a fundamental text for academics and researchers as well as civil engineers and government organizations.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. viii
List of Tables	p. xi
List of Contributors	p. xiii
Preface	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xxi
Implications and Resolutions of Water Resource Management Issues
Introduction	p. 3
The Water Sector in the Middle-East: Potential Conflict Resolutions	p. 47
The Hydro-Political Implications of the Oslo Agreements: An Israeli Perspective	p. 69
Water Management in the People's Republic of China	p. 88
Water Resources in China's Yellow River Delta	p. 116
Managing the Nile River: The Role of Sub-Basin Co-operation	p. 145
Co-Operative Opportunites and Emerging Challenges
Sustainability and Conflict Management: Towards a Co-operative Manual	p. 163
Water Management in the Ganges-Brahmaputra Basin: Emerging Challenges for the 21st Century	p. 179
Water Resources and Environmental Management	p. 219
Some Issues Related to Conflict Management of Water Resources in Nepal	p. 251
Environmental and Economic Conflicts: Lessons from Europe	p. 259
Natural Resources, Diplomacy and Security in East Asia	p. 264
Running Out of Water, Running Out of Time	p. 267
Changing Approaches to Water Resource Management: The Case of the British Columbia Gulf Islands	p. 270
The Narmada Project: Patterns of Trans-State Confrontation, Co-operation and Conflict Management	p. 275
Identifying Management Strategies of Common Pool Regimes: Groundwater Resources	p. 290
Management of Water Resources Through Panchayati Raj Institutions: A Case Study	p. 304
Management of Arsenic Contaminated Groundwater in the Bengal Delta Plain	p. 308
Water Resources and Mountain Communities	p. 349
Imperative Prospects of Indo-Nepal Co-operation for the Optimum Water Resources Development of the Kosi Basin	p. 352
Emerging Concepts in Ecological Humanism	p. 355
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