Water Resources and Inter-Riparian Relations in the Nile Basin: The Search for an Integrative Discourse - Couverture rigide

Yohannes, Okbazghi

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0791474313 ISBN 13 : 9780791474310

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 2008

Synopsis

Argues for new water policies in the Nile River Basin.

Human demand for water resources is rising at an alarming rate in response to rapid population growth, rival development requirements, and the depletion of ecological resources. In this book, Okbazghi Yohannes examines the various facets of the competition for water resources among the ten Nile River Basin countries as they compete to harness the river's resources for purposes of irrigation-based agriculture and hydropower-based industrialization. Through a careful investigation of the rival states' strategies to capture greater shares of water resources, Yohannes assesses the lasting impact on the watershed ecology in the basin and on the hydrological demand of the river itself. He proposes the formation of a radically different water regime to address the looming demographic crisis, the stark regional food insecurity, and the region's collapsing hydro-ecology. This book shows how the effort to construct a regional water regime cannot be separated from the necessity to construct an ecologically sustainable internal water regime in each co-basin state, particularly in terms of ecological resources conservation and ecosystem services protection.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Okbazghi Yohannes is Professor of International Studies at the University of Louisville and the author of several books, including Political Economy of an Authoritarian Modern State and Religious Nationalism in Egypt and (with Kidane Mengisteab) Anatomy of an African Tragedy: Political, Economic, and Foreign Policy Crisis in Post-Independence Eritrea.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0791474313
• ISBN 13: 9780791474310
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 268
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