Shared Watercourses and Water Security in South Asia, Challenges of Negotiating and Enforcing Treaties.
Salman M.A. Salman; Kishor Uprety
Shared Watercourses and Water Security in South Asia, Challenges of Negotiating and Enforcing Treaties. - 1 online resource. - Brill Research Perspectives. .
Front Matter -- Copyright page / Dedication / Acknowledgements / Shared Watercourses and Water Security in South Asia: Challenges of Negotiating and Enforcing Treaties / Salman M. A. Salman and Kishor Uprety -- Salman M. A. Salman and Kishor Uprety -- Salman M. A. Salman and Kishor Uprety -- Salman M. A. Salman and Kishor Uprety.
Shared water resources in South Asia face various challenges including scarcity, population growth, and climate change impacts on all the riparians. Consequently, national calls for water security have become louder. As a result, collaboration among the nations of South Asia for ensuring equitable sharing of such water resources has not been optimal. While most countries do not have reliable systems for data generation, those possessing some hydrological data consider them state secrets, restricting their exchange. Even when treaty obligations exist, data-sharing practices are ad hoc , and the range of information shared is limited. Thus, negotiating new transboundary water treaties amongst South Asia’s riparian countries has become a daunting task, and enforcing existing ones remains a real challenge.
9789004385054
10.1163/9789004385054 DOI
Water security--South Asia.
Water resources development--South Asia.
Water-supply--Political aspects--South Asia.
Water-supply--International cooperation.--South Asia
International rivers--South Asia.
HD1698.S75 / S35 2018
333.9100954
Shared Watercourses and Water Security in South Asia, Challenges of Negotiating and Enforcing Treaties. - 1 online resource. - Brill Research Perspectives. .
Front Matter -- Copyright page / Dedication / Acknowledgements / Shared Watercourses and Water Security in South Asia: Challenges of Negotiating and Enforcing Treaties / Salman M. A. Salman and Kishor Uprety -- Salman M. A. Salman and Kishor Uprety -- Salman M. A. Salman and Kishor Uprety -- Salman M. A. Salman and Kishor Uprety.
Shared water resources in South Asia face various challenges including scarcity, population growth, and climate change impacts on all the riparians. Consequently, national calls for water security have become louder. As a result, collaboration among the nations of South Asia for ensuring equitable sharing of such water resources has not been optimal. While most countries do not have reliable systems for data generation, those possessing some hydrological data consider them state secrets, restricting their exchange. Even when treaty obligations exist, data-sharing practices are ad hoc , and the range of information shared is limited. Thus, negotiating new transboundary water treaties amongst South Asia’s riparian countries has become a daunting task, and enforcing existing ones remains a real challenge.
9789004385054
10.1163/9789004385054 DOI
Water security--South Asia.
Water resources development--South Asia.
Water-supply--Political aspects--South Asia.
Water-supply--International cooperation.--South Asia
International rivers--South Asia.
HD1698.S75 / S35 2018
333.9100954