Essays about: "hydropolitics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word hydropolitics.

  1. 1. Hydropolitics of conflict prevention: Effective transboundary freshwater resource management as a driver of peace

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Johannes David Huber; [2022]
    Keywords : Hydropolitics; conflict prevention; water scarcity; water availability; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Global water scarcity is increasingly acknowledged as an issue of peace and security. Declining water availability as well as rising freshwater demand increase the likeliness of military action and violent conflicts over transboundary surface and underground freshwater resources. READ MORE

  3. 2. Hydro-securitization in the Indus River basin: An analysis of Indo-Pakistani security frames

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Vidar Wirén Gimle; [2019]
    Keywords : Securitization theory; India-Pakistan; Hydropolitics; Security frames; Transboundary waters; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The animosities between India and Pakistan have been continuous since partition of British India over seven decades ago. Disputes over Kashmir and the rivers flowing through the region can be said to represent a nucleus of the tensions between the two countries. READ MORE

  4. 3. Spatial hydropolitics between the upstream and the downstream states - A case study of the state, territory and identity formation of the Rogun HPP

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Dzenita Duratovic; [2016]
    Keywords : Rogun Hydropower Plant; Tajikistan; Uzbekistan; spatial politics; politics of scale; politics of position; politics of place; sustainability; transboundary water management; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : By using the variables politics of scale, politics of position and politics of place, the dispute concerning the hydropower plant Rogun between the upstream country of Tajikistan and the downstream country of Uzbekistan can be explained from three spatial angels. The Rogun dates back to the Soviet era and under recent times the relations between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have become tense since Rogun can bring significant development changes. READ MORE

  5. 4. Power use in water distribution under Islamic State : testing the Framework of Hydro-Hegemony on the case of Manbij, Syria

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Nynke Catharina E. Schaap; [2016]
    Keywords : Islamic State; hydropolitics; power; hegemony; the Framework of Hydro-Hegemony; Syria;

    Abstract : This research looks at hydropolitics under Islamic State (IS). The research departs from the belief that power asymmetries determine to a significant extent the political distributional issue of ‘who gets what, when, where and why’ and who is left out. READ MORE

  6. 5. Drops of Peace: The role of water management in peacebuilding

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Anna Stina Nilsson; [2012]
    Keywords : Hybrid peacebuilding; hydropolitics; water management; Afghanistan.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to develop a theory on the role of water in an intrastate peacebuilding process, which is an area of research that has not yet been explored. The notion presented and which drives the following argumentation is that water with its practical, essential, local and cooperative characteristics could be an important factor in a peacebuilding context. READ MORE