BRIDGES OVER WATER

by Ariel Dinar (The World Bank and Johns Hopkins University, USA), Shlomi Dinar (Florida International University, USA), Stephen McCaffrey (University of the Pacific, USA), & Daene McKinney (University of Texas, Austin, USA)

Table of Contents (34k)
Foreword to the First Edition (68k)
Chapter 1: Introduction: State of Water and Interstate Water Relations (4,838k)
Errata (277k)

About Ariel Dinar

About Shlomi Dinar

About Stephen McCaffrey

About Daene McKinney

Bridges over Water places the study of transboundary water conflicts, negotiation, and cooperation in the context of various disciplines (such as international relations, international law, international negotiations, and economics), analyzing them using various quantitative approaches, such as river basin modeling and game theory. Case studies of particular transboundary river basins, lakes and aquifers are also considered. This is the first textbook for a relatively recent yet rapidly expanding field of study.

Contents:

Foreword to the First Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction: State of Water and Interstate Water Relations
Overview of Literature on Conflict Negotiation and Cooperation over Shared Waters
The Development and Application of International Water Law
Principles and Practices of Cooperation in Managing International Water
Cooperative Game Theory and Water Resources — Principles
Cooperative Game Theory and Water Resources — Application of Solution Concepts
Hydropolitics and International Relations
An Overview of Selected International Water Treaties in Their Geographic and Political Contexts
Global Analysis of International Water Agreements
The Use of River Basin Modeling as a Tool to Assess Conflict and Potential Cooperation
Conclusion
Case Studies:
- The Mekong River Basin
- The Ganges River Basin (With Focus on India and Bangladesh)
- The Indus River Basin
- The Aral Sea Basin
Annexes:
- Sample Treaties
- The Generica — An Outline for Preparing a Basin Case Study
- River Basin Cooperative Game Theory Example
- Index

Readership: Graduates in economics, engineering, water law, international relations and practitioners in water resource management, international water law and water policies.

“Is it true that water scarcity must lead to conflict? Might it not lead to cooperation instead? How can conflict be avoided? How can cooperation be promoted? This new book provides the answers to these questions — or, if not the answers, the means for finding the answers. It fills a large gap in the literature and will, I predict, become the standard text in this important field.”

Scott Barrett
Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies

“No other book known heretofore presents such a wide and deep coverage of water issues as this book has done. No other book has gone through such a comprehensive analysis of the professional, technical, political and legal aspects of water and international water as the authors of this book have collectively done. The combination of their talents and impressive track records and backgrounds has produced a book that is unique in the literature on water. McCaffrey has outdone his excellent previous works and so have the Dinars and McKinney. I congratulate each one of them, and thank them for this precious contribution. The book is so valuable that it is a must for ALL water and environment professionals, students and academicians. It is also a must for political science and public policy students and practitioners.”

Munther J Haddadin
Author and Professor of Water Resources
former Minister of Water and Irrigation
Senior Jordanian Negotiator and Head of Water Negotiating Team
Middle East Peace Process

“Bridges Over Water is a valuable contribution that helps fill the need for comprehensive textbooks on transboundary water conflict, negotiation, and cooperation.”

Environmental Change and Security Program

“Although the book has a wide scope and touches upon many fields of research, it is all very well presented in an intuitive and logical order … The book is to be recommended, not only because it is a very valuable source of information; in addition, it uncovers many important gaps within this area of research, so although it mainly claims to be a textbook, it is also a useful starting point for further studies.”

Journal of Peace Research

468pp		Pub. date: Oct 2007
ISBN: 978-981-256-893-9 981-256-893-X		US$78 / £42

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