Routledge Handbook of Water Diplomacy

Herausgeber: Islam, Shafiqul; Klimes, Martina; Smith, Kevin

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a guide to understanding and practicing water diplomacyâ a framework for building relationships, negotiating shared interests, and managing water challenges. It is essential reading for students and scholars of water diplomacy, water governance and water resource management, as well as for policymakers and water professionals

Produktdetails

• Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 764
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 45mm
• Gewicht: 1456g
• ISBN-13: 9781032013893
• ISBN-10: 1032013893
• Artikelnr.: 70055695

Autorenporträt

Shafiqul Islam is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor of Water Diplomacy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and the Director of the Water Diplomacy Program at Tufts University, USA. Kevin Smith is a PhD candidate in environmental and water resources engineering at Tufts University, USA, investigating how adaptive institutions and infrastructure can improve environmental governance and management outcomes by facilitating and incentivizing interjurisdictional collaboration. Martina Klimes is Senior Manager and Advisor on Climate, Water, and Peace at the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and the International Centre for Water Cooperation (ICWC), serves on the Scientific Programme Committee for World Water Week (2019-2025), holds a PhD in International Relations, and has more than 15 years of experience in dialogue facilitation and political-security analysis across diverse contexts worldwide. Aaron Salzberg is Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering in the Gillings School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA, and served as the first Special Coordinator for Water Resources at the US Department of State.

Inhaltsangabe

Section I- Overview 1. Why We Need a Water Diplomacy Handbook 2. The Key
Themes, Concepts, and Ideas of Water Diplomacy 3. Navigating the Water
Diplomacy Handbook 4. A Living Handbook: Connecting Handbook Contents with
the AquaPedia Case Study Database Section II - Water Diplomacy Themes,
Concepts, and Ideas 5. A Hydrology Primer for Diplomats 6. Water as a
Source of Conflict 7. Water as a Source of Cooperation 8. Scales of Water
Diplomacy 9. Water Diplomacy Paths: An Approach To Recognize Water
Diplomacy Actions 10. Water Diplomacy and Third-Party Engagement 11. Actors
in Water Diplomacy: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Section III - Common
Water Diplomacy Challenges 12. Mapping the Water Diplomacy Problem Space
13. Managing Water Diplomacy Processes 14. The Role of Scientific
Uncertainties in Transboundary Water Negotiations 15. The Role of Distrust
in Transboundary Water Relations 16. Creating and Distributing Benefits in
Water Diplomacy 17. The Role of Knowledge Transmission in Water Diplomacy
18. Disinformation Challenges in Water Governance and Diplomacy Section IV
- Tools of Water Diplomacy 19. Building Political Will for Water Diplomacy
20. Joint Fact-Finding to Tackle Difficult Water Challenges 21. Modeling to
Support Water Management Negotiations 22. Mutual Gains Negotiation in Water
Diplomacy 23. Water Markets: Tools for Management and Diplomacy 24. Game
Theory: Insights for Water Diplomacy 25. Gender Mainstreaming and Gender
Transformative Approaches: Assessing Progress and Potential in Water
Diplomacy 26. The Use of Games in Water Diplomacy with Communities 27.
International Law and Water Diplomacy 28. Conflict Systems Analysis:
Integrating Climate and Water Risks 29. Capacity Development for Water
Diplomacy: The Experience Exchange Approach 30. Movement Building
Transformative Water Diplomacy Approaches 31. The UN Watercourses
Convention and its Relevance to Water Diplomacy and Negotiated Agreements
32. Groundwater Diplomacy: Addressing Unseen but Essential Water Resources
33. Organizations as Third Parties in Water Diplomacy Processes 34. The
Human Right to Water and its Relevance to Transboundary Contexts 35.
Regional Perspectives on Water and Diplomacy 36. Principled, Pragmatic,
Possible: Water Diplomacy in the Great Bay Estuary 37. Neither Necessary
nor Sufficient: Roles and Relevance of Enabling Conditions in Resolving
Complex Water Problems at Different Scales Section VI - Case Studies at the
Transnational Scale 38. Türkiye's Perspective on Water Cooperation in the
Euphrates-Tigris Basin 39. The Complexity of Transboundary Water
Negotiations: A Case Study of Afghanistan and Iran 40. The Salween River
Basin: Navigating Transboundary Governance, Development Pressures, and
Civil Society Engagement in China, Myanmar, and Thailand 41. The Jordan
River Basin 70 Years After the Johnston Plan 42. Water Diplomacy in Support
of Sustainable Development: The Case of the Sava River Basin 43. Factors
that Contribute to Successful Diplomatic Outcomes: Case Study of the
Colorado River Basin Cross-boundary Institution 44. Failed Attempts to
Conclude Water Agreements: The Case of the Silala 45. Safeguarding the
Sundarbans Mangrove Forest: A Shared Commitment for Future India-Bangladesh
Water Agreements Section VII - Case Studies at the Subnational Scale 46.
Urmia Lake Restoration Process: Challenges and Applicability of Water
Diplomacy Framework 47. Indigenous Nations, Water, and Conflict 48. Seeing
Underground: Understanding Complexity in the Great Basin Groundwater Grab
Section VIII - Case Studies at the Community Scale 49. Sukhomajri Water
Management as a Coupled System: Understanding of and Adapting to Evolving
Changes in System Dynamics 50. The Role of Heritage in Understanding
Community-Scale Water Diplomacy: A Case Study of the Al-Ghab Plain in Syria
Section IX - Reflections 51. Ground Rules for Water Diplomacy Negotiators
52. Water Diplomacy and Transboundary Watercourses: Obstacles and Related
Issues in Some Middle Eastern Cases 53. Hydrodiplomacy: The Case of
Post-Independence Namibia 54. The Evolving Landscape of Diplomacy Epilogue:
Navigating the Future of Water Diplomacy Glossary: A Guide to Key Terms in
the Handbook Index