River basin organizations in water diplomacy / 
edited by Anoulak Kittikhoun and Susanne Schmeier. 
 - First published 2021.  
 - xxxviii, 304 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  23 cm.  
 - Global Institutions Series. .
 - Global Institutions Series. .
<br/><br/> Includes index (pages 303-304). 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Do river basin organizations make a difference in water diplomacy and conflict management? / Anoulak Kittikhoun and Susanne Schmeier. 1 The legal role and context of river basin organizations / Owen McIntyre.  2 Water diplomacy and collaborative governance in the Great Lakes Basin / Victoria Pebbles. 3 Water diplomacy and shared resources along the United States-Mexico border / Maria Elena Giner and Gabriel E. Eckstein. 4  Process aspects of the development of shared waters agreements : the Columbia River Treaty / Kim Ogren and Aaron T. Wolf. 5 International river basin organizations and benefit sharing arrangements in the Columbia and Senegal international river basins : past, present, and future./ Richard Kyle Paisley, Riley T. Denoon, and Marguerite de Chaisemartin. 6 The Niger Basin : is development raising the stakes of cooperation? / Luca Ferrini  7 Water diplomacy and conflict transformation in the Nile River Basin : the key role of the Nile Basin Initiative over the past 20 years / Ana Elisa Cascão, Wubalem Fekade, Malte Grossmann, and Abdulkarim Seid. 8 Managing abundance : CICOS and the Congo / Tobias von Lossow. 9 Water diplomacy in the absence of a river basin organization : a case study in Jordan, Israel, and Palestine / Samer A. Talozi and Natasha Westheimer.  10 Water diplomacy in the Helmand River Basin : exploring the obstacles to cooperation within the shadow of anarchy / Mohsen Nagheeby and Alistair Rieu-Clarke.  11 Prolonging or resolving water conflicts in Central Asia? The International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea / Jenniver Sehring and Saghit Ibatullin.  12 The Mekong River Commission as a water diplomat / Anoulak Kittikhoun and Denise Michèle Staubli. 13 China in international institutions for water governance / Lei Xie and Zha Daojiong. 14 Managing disagreements in European basins : what role for river basin organizations in water diplomacy? / Susanne Schmeier and Ivan Zavadsky.  Conclusion: Managing tensions and sharing benefits : international rivers in conflict and cooperation /  David Grey, Anoulak Kittikhoun, and Susanne Schmeier. 
<br/><br/> Will tensions and disputes among states sharing international water courses and lakes turn into active conflicts? Addressing this question, the book shows that these concerns are more prominent due to the locations and underlying political dynamics of some of these large rivers and the strategic interests of major powers.<br/><br/>Written by a combination of leading practitioners and academics, this book shows that states are more prone to cooperate and manage their transboundary issues over the use of their common water resources through peaceful means, and the key institutions they employ are international river basin organizations (RBOs). Far from being mere technical institutions, RBOs are key mechanisms of water diplomacy with capacity and effectiveness varying on four key interrelated factors: their legal and institutional development, and the influence of their technical and strategic resources. The basins analyzed span all continents, from both developed and developing basins, including the Columbia, Great Lakes, Colorado, Senegal, Niger, Nile, Congo, Jordan, Helmand, Aral Sea, Mekong, Danube and Rhine.<br/><br/>Contributing to the academic discourse on transboundary water management and water conflict and cooperation, the book provides insights to policy-makers on which water diplomacy engagements can be successful, the strengths to build on and the pitfalls to avoid so that shared water resources are managed in a cooperative, sustainable and stable way.--backover.   https://www.routledge.com/River-Basin-Organizations-in-Water-Diplomacy/Kittikhoun-Schmeier/p/book/9780367627317 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780367218133 9780429266270 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Watershed management --law and legislation<br/>International rivers<br/>Water rights (International law)<br/>Water-supply<br/>Water-supply--International cooperation<br/>Water resources development<br/>Water resources development --Government policy<br/>Watershed management--Government policy --Case studies<br/>Diplomacy<br/>Diplomacy--case studies 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KZ3700  / .R58 2021