Essays about: "Blue Nile"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words Blue Nile.

1. 1. “We are dealing here with a hydroelectric dam, we are not building a nuclear plant” : A case study of securitization processes in water cooperation contexts

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Frida Müntzing; [2022]
   Keywords : Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam GERD ; Securitization theory; Water security; Human Security; Hydro hegemony; Water cooperation; Blue Nile; Ethiopia; Sudan; Egypt; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In 2011, Ethiopia began the construction of the “Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam” (GERD) in the Blue Nile and in 2020 the first filling took place which escalated tensions in the shared waters and provoked concerns from Egypt and Sudan. The aim of the thesis is to broaden the understanding of water sharing issues by conducting a case study of the GERD developments between 2011 and the beginning of 2022 with a focus on securitization processes. READ MORE

3. 2. Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam : Sudan`s Internal  Policy Response and Implications

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Abdalrhman Hamid Alfadil Hamid; [2021]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The inception of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam GERD in 2011 by Ethiopia in the Blue Nile River has created an unprecedented series of conflicts between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan. It has also stirred a covert dispute over shares and rights of Nile water. READ MORE

4. 3. The Lily of the Nile : A work on the ritualistic use of an ancient flower of immortality

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Centrum för forskning om religion och samhälle (CRS)

   Author : Christie Gutierrez Haddad; [2021]
   Keywords : Ancient Egypt; water lily; entheogen; medicine; content analysis; immortality; lotus;

   Abstract : In pharaonic times, religion, magic and medicine had little distinction between each other due to the commonly held belief that all parts of life were influenced and even controlled by divinity and the supernatural. To navigate life easier, and in true Egyptian fashion, a large corpus of text was composed of magic, medicine and religion. READ MORE

5. 4. Effects of afforestation and crop systems on the water balance in the highlands of Ethiopia

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

   Author : Rebecca Naomi Ter Borg; [2020]
   Keywords : Acacia decurrens; landscape water balance; sediment yield; soil and water conservation; SWAT modelling; water balance partitioning;

   Abstract : In the Upper Blue Nile Basin land use is rapidly changing due to agricultural development and intensification with potential effects on the water availability both up- and downstream. This study is aimed to explore the impact of agricultural land use change on a landscape water balance. READ MORE

6. 5. The impact of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissances Dam on the Water-Energy-Food security nexus in Sudan

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Mugahid Elnour; [2019]
   Keywords : Sustainability; WEF-Nexus; GERD; Sudan; Ethiopia;

   Abstract : Controversy in transboundary rivers usually arises due to a lack of inclusive agreement and cooperation between the basin countries. Originating from Ethiopia, the Blue Nile River contributes most of the Nile River water making it vital for water, energy, and food security at downstream Sudan and Egypt. READ MORE