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As the governance of transboundary rivers becomes a subject of growing importance due to the increasing pressure on freshwater resources, this timely collection examines water scarcity and efforts to better manage rivers and river basins. Most specialists agree that states face many institutional inadequacies when dealing with shared resources and that new governance mechanisms are needed to improve water management. Using case studies of the Aral Sea basin and the Danube, Euphrates, and Mekong river basins, the contributors develop a new approach to water governance: the concept of multi-governance, an effort to collectively solve public problems by involving a series of relevant actors from the local to the global level, such as institutions, states, civil society, and business.

List of Illustrations

1. Introduction: Conceptual Elements
Matthias Finger, Ludivine Tamiotti, and Jeremy Allouche

2. The Mekong River Basin: Comprehensive Water Governance
Nantana Gajaseni, Oliver William Heal, and Gareth Edwards-Jones

3. The Danube River Basin
Stephen McCaffrey

4. The Euphrates River Watershed: Integration, Coordination, or Separation?
Arnon Medzini and Aaron T. Wolf

5. The Aral Sea Basin: Legal and Institutional Aspects of Governance
Laurence Boisson de Chazournes

6. Conclusion: Globalization, Multi-Governance, and Transboundary River Basin Management
Matthias Finger, Ludivine Tamiotti, and Jeremy Allouche

List of Contributors
Index
SUNY Series in Global Politics

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International relations

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Publié par	State University of New York Press
Date de parution	01 février 2012
Nombre de lectures	1
EAN13	9780791482513
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	2 Mo

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The MultiGovernance of Water

SUNY series in Global Politics James N. Rosenau, editor

The MultiGovernance of Water

Four Case Studies

Edited by

Matthias Finger, Ludivine Tamiotti, and Jeremy Allouche

State University of New York Press

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The multigovernance of water : four case studies / edited by Mat[t]hias Finger, Ludivine Tamiotti, and Jeremy Allouche. p. cm. — (SUNY series in global politics) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0791466051 (hardcover : alk. paper) 079146606X (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Watersupply—Economic aspects—Case studies. 2. Watersupply—Management— International cooperation—Case studies. 3. Water resources development—International cooperation—Case studies. 4. Watershed management—International cooperation—Case studies. I. Finger, Matthias. II. Tamiotti, Ludivine (date) III. Allouche, Jeremy. IV. Series. HD1691.M85 2005 333.91'6217—dc22 2005001460

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Contents

List of Illustrations 1. Introduction: Conceptual Elements Matthias Finger, Ludivine Tamiotti, and Jeremy Allouche 2. The Mekong River Basin: Comprehensive Water Governance Nantana Gajaseni, Oliver William Heal, and Gareth EdwardsJones 3. The Danube River Basin Stephen McCaffrey 4. The Euphrates River Watershed: Integration, Coordination, or Separation? Arnon Medzini and Aaron T. Wolf 5. The Aral Sea Basin: Legal and Institutional Aspects of Governance Laurence Boisson de Chazournes 6. Conclusion: Globalization, MultiGovernance, and Transboundary River Basin Management Matthias Finger, Ludivine Tamiotti, and Jeremy Allouche List of Contributors Index SUNY Series in Global Politics

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Illustrations

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Figure 1. Construction of dams by decade (1900–2000) Figure 2. Evolution of global water use Figure 3. General characteristics of the Mekong River Basin Figure 4. Interdependency on trade in natural resources between riparian countries in the Mekong River Basin Figure 5. A concept of comprehensive water governance in the Mekong River Basin Figure 6. Euphrates River: historical annual runoff at Belkiskoy (1937–1980) Figure 7. The Euphrates River mean monthly discharge in Iraq (1926–1948) Figure 8. Factors where Euphrates water has an impact on domestic policy and international affairs Figure 9. Cognitive maps of Turkey’s interests in the Euphrates River: Pre1960s, 1960s–1990s, future Figure 10. Cognitive maps of Syria’s interests in the Euphrates River: Pre1960s, 1960s–1990s, future Figure 11. Cognitive maps of Iraq’s interests in the Euphrates River: Pre1960s, 1960s–1990s, future Figure 12. Chart of Aral Sea Basin Institutions (regional and national)

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Figure 13. Regional and international organizations in the Aral Sea Basin Figure 14. Issues and stakes in the Mekong River Basin Figure 15. Issues and stakes in the Danube River Basin Figure 16. Issues and stakes in the Euphrates River Basin Figure 17. Issues and stakes in the Aral Sea Basin Figure 18. Traditional representation of governance Figure 19. Multilevel governance Figure 20. Major policy functions Figure 21. Multilevel governance of transboundary rivers

MAP

Map 1. Global freshwater withdrawal

TABLES

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Table 1. Total and urban population in the world (in billions) 26 Table 2. Conflict management doctrines on international rivers 30–31 Table 3. The characteristics of the main landform of the Mekong River Basin 44–45 Table 4. The list of fauna and flora in the Mekong River Basin 47 Table 5. Forestry statistical data in the riparian countries in the Mekong River Basin 48

Table 6. Socioeconomic and natural resource indicators of the riparian countries, parts of which form the Mekong Basin

Table 7. Proposed and existing hydropower dam developments in the Mekong River Basin 54–55 Table 8. Summary of multilateral organization interconnections regarding water resource management 62–63 Table 9. Hydrological data for the Euphrates River 136 Table 10. Aral Sea Basin Program Donor Contributions (as of 09/25/02) 169–71

I NTRODUCTION

Chapter 1

Introduction: Conceptual Elements

Matthias Finger, Ludivine Tamiotti, and Jeremy Allouche

Governance—as opposed to government—defines the phenomenon of societal problems (in our case water) appearing to be too interlinked, too complex, but also too overwhelming for any single nationstate to address them alone. Multilevel or simply multigovernance relates to the fact that such problems need to be tackled simultaneously at all relevant policy levels, i.e., from the local via the regional and the na tional to the supranational levels, and that these levels further need to be interconnected. For the purpose of defining a concept of multi governance, case studies of the governance of four river basins have been conducted following a single conceptual framework. The basis of this conceptual framework is set in general terms in the introduction and then discussed and further developed in the conclusion that focuses on transboundary river basin governance. The conceptual framework developed in this book builds on the analysis of the process of globalization, which has already—and inde pendently of any particular issue—altered the way in which traditional politics works. This process has touched upon the way in which the State operates and is involved simultaneously both of the level above and below the nationstate, together with nongovernmental actors. The termgovernance therefore emerges as the concept that allows one to reconceptualize this changing role and functioning of politics. As such, “governance” defines a function—i.e., the function of collectively solv ing societal problems—, as opposed to government (local, national, and to a limited extent international), which defines a structure. In other words, this chapter, which is structured into four sections, aims pre cisely at doing this, i.e., defining how collective problemsolving is best conceptualized once the nationstate is considered to be too limited to warrant results.