1. Effective Cooperation on Transboundary Waters : A Practical Perspective
- Author
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Grey, David, Sadoff, Claudia, and Connors, Genevieve
- Subjects
BASIN INITIATIVE ,RIVERS ,MILLION PEOPLE ,EROSION ,CLIMATE CHANGE ,RIVER BASINS ,RESEARCH ,INTERNATIONAL RIVERS ,PARTNERSHIP ,RIVER BASIN ,ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ,IRRIGATION ,BASIN DEVELOPMENT ,WATER ,STORAGE DAMS ,RIPARIAN ,TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS ,RIVER FLOWS ,FLOOD MANAGEMENT ,ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS ,SHARED WATERS ,BASIN MANAGEMENT ,FLOOD CONTROL ,WATER POLICY ,RIPARIAN STATES ,HYDROLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS ,RIVER DEVELOPMENT ,TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER BASINS ,BENEFITS OF FLOOD CONTROL ,LAKES ,HYDROPOWER ,WATER MANAGEMENT ,EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS ,BASIN POPULATION ,POWER GENERATION ,WATERS ,RIPARIAN COUNTRIES ,RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT ,CLIMATES ,BASINS ,QUALITY OF WATER ,POLLUTION ,GLACIERS ,RIVER ,WATERCOURSES ,KNOWLEDGE ,DAMS ,COMMON ,BASIN ,COOPERATION ,INTERNATIONAL RIVER BASINS ,ENVIRONMENT ,DAM ,WATER QUALITY ,MANAGEMENT OF WATER ,CLIMATE ,SEAS ,WATER RESOURCES ,ECOSYSTEM ,ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ,BIODIVERSITY ,ENVIRONMENTS - Abstract
Building effective cooperation on transboundary waters is always a lengthy and complex journey. Embracing cooperation is no simple task for a nation state, not least because of the perceived costs of the erosion of sovereignty, however small that erosion might be. While there are many examples of where cooperation is non-existent or weak, there are also examples – across countries and across time – of effective cooperation. This essay examines these issues through a practitioner’s lens to draw a few lessons from experience on why countries cooperate and how cooperation can be achieved.
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- 2016