According to Bakker (2009), only 78 international river basins were represented by a transboundary rivers institution. Discarding the water wars myth, research and case studies have shown that greater institutional capacity can...
Although the number of international river basin would update to 279 (Bakker, 2006), 263 is still widely familiarized and cited by most authorities mainly due to the publication of Atlas of International Freshwater Agreements and...
Earth may be the water planet, but 97% of its water is in oceans. Most of the remainder is locked in Antarctic icecaps or deep underground, leaving less than 1% available for human use. But the 1% is just theoretical, because...
As early as the 1990’s, some scholars began predicting that future water-related conflicts appeared inevitable. They asserted that water and water-supply systems have been the roots and instruments of war, and that inequities in...
In stark contrast to the steady stream of predictions of water warfare, the historical records tell a different story. Conflicts over water do emerge and give rise to political tensions, but most disputes are resolved peacefully...
There may be three reasons to explain this question. First of all, concepts of non-traditional security. Based on concepts of non-traditional and environmental security as well as on more general neorealist theories of...
Despite the prominence of the “water-war-thesis”, reality in the international river basin has proven it wrong. Empirical research conducted at Oregon State University in the context of the Transboundary Freshwater Dispute...
Ban lifted on controversial Nu River dam projects By Li Jingy South China Morning Post 25 January 2013 http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1135463/ban-lifted-controversial… Beijing has decided to reopen...
Myitsone Dam project expected to resume in 2015, says CPI Thursday, 24 January 2013, Mizzima News www.mizzima.com/news/inside-burma/8784-myitsone-dam-project-expected-to… While construction work at the...
Myitsone Dam project expected to resume in 2015, says CPI Thursday, 24 January 2013, Mizzima News www.mizzima.com/news/inside-burma/8784-myitsone-dam-project-expected-to… While construction work at the...