Essays about: "Transboundary waters"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Transboundary waters.

  1. 1. Integrated Oceans Management of Antarctic Waters: Opportunities for Marine Protected Areas in the Convergence of the Antarctic Legal Regime and the Law of the Sea

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Katarina Wallerstedt; [2022-09-26]
    Keywords : Antarctica; Southern Ocean; Integrated Ocean Management; Marine Protected Areas; Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction; International Law; The Antarctic Treaty System; The Law of the Sea;

    Abstract : Antarctica is home to some of the last untouched places on Earth, but its marine environment is endangered because of increased ocean activities in Antarctic waters. These developments are not unique to the Antarctic seas but are a global trend in all the world’s oceans. READ MORE

  3. 2. Water Scarcity & Migration : A Comparative Case Study of Egypt and Iraq

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Maria Båld; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Water Scarcity; Migration; Climate Change; Transboundary Waters; التنمية المستدامة; نقص المياه; الهجرة; تغير المناخ; المياه العابرة للحدود;

    Abstract : Increasing demand for water combined with the effects of climate change makes water scarcity a growing concern amplifying vulnerabilities for populations worldwide. One way to cope with the exacerbated vulnerabilities is to migrate. In fact, water scarcity is linked with a rise in internal migration rates in recent decades. READ MORE

  4. 3. "WE ARE FIGHTING A WATER WAR" : The Character of the Upstream States and Post-Treaty Transboundary Water Conflict in Afghanistan and India

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Maryam Safi; [2021]
    Keywords : Post-Treaty Transboundary Water Conflict; Transboundary Water Treaty; Indus River Basin; Helmand River Basin; Afghanistan; Iran; India; Pakistan; Upstream; Downstream.;

    Abstract : Transboundary water treaties are often expected to prevent conflicts over waters from shared rivers. However, empirical evidence shows that some upstream countries continue to experience conflict after signing a water treaty. READ MORE

  5. 4. Conditions for Cooperative Water Resource Management in a conflict affected society : A case study of the Ibër River Basin

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Astrid Berne; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Water Resource Management; Transboundary Waters; Conflict Affected Societies; Environmental Peacemaking.;

    Abstract : Kosovo is a disputed territory, in conflict with Serbia, the country it declared independence from in 1999. The two states share water resource, in the form of the Ibër river. Kosovo is facing issues of water scarcity and the water it has access to is heavily polluted with untreated wastewater metallurgy waste. READ MORE

  6. 5. Sustaining the Salish Sea in uncertainty : a case study of sustainable transboundary water governance

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Kyla Wilson; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainability Science; socio-ecological systems; adaptive governance; anticipatory governance; climate change; polycentricity; indigenous knowledge; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Water is essential to life. In many communities, social, cultural, and economic practices are closely linked to hydrologic flows and the ecosystems that depend on them, creating complex socio-ecological systems. READ MORE