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1 online resource (544 pages) |
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Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and Natural Resource Management |
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Post-conflict peacebuilding and natural resource management.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures and tables; Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Shoring up peace: Water and post-conflict peacebuilding; Part 1: Basic services and human security; Introduction; The role of informal service providers in post-conflict reconstruction and state building; A tale of two cities: Restoring water services in Kabul and Monrovia; Conflict and collaboration for water resources in Angola's post-war cities; Thirsty for peace: The water sector in South Sudan |
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Community water management: Experiences from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Afghanistan, and LiberiaEnvironmental management of the Iraqi marshlands in the post-conflict period; Part 2: Livelihoods; Introduction; Irrigation management and flood control in post-World War II Japan; Refugee rehabilitation and transboundary cooperation: India, Pakistan, and the Indus River system; Despite the best intentions? Experiences with water resource management in northern Afghanistan; Water's role in measuring security and stability in Helmand Province, Afghanistan |
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Part 3: Peace processes, cooperation, and confidence buildingIntroduction; The Jordan River Basin: A conflict like no other; Transboundary cooperation in the Lower Jordan River Basin; The Sava River: Transitioning to peace in the former Yugoslavia; Transnational cooperation over shared water resources in the South Caucasus: Reflections on USAID interventions; Water security and scarcity: Potential destabilization in western Afghanistan and Iranian Sistan and Baluchestan due to transboundary water conflicts |
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Water resources in the Sudan North-South peace process and the ramifications of the secession of South SudanPart 4: Legal frameworks; Introduction; Management of waters in post-Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina: Policy, legal, and institutional aspects; The right to water and sanitation in post-conflict legal mechanisms: An emerging regime?; Part 5: Lessons learned; Harnessing water management for more effective peacebuilding: Lessons learned; Appendices; List of abbreviations; Author biographies; Table of contents for Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and Natural Resource Management; Index |
| Summary |
Water is a basic human need, and despite predictions of ""water wars, "" shared waters have proven to be the natural resource with the greatest potential for interstate cooperation and local confidence building. Indeed, water management plays a singularly important role in rebuilding trust after conflict and in preventing a return to conflict. Featuring nineteen case studies and analyses of experiences from twenty eight countries and territories in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East, and drawing on the experiences of thirty-five researchers and practitioners from a |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Water-supply -- Political aspects
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Infrastructure (Economics)
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Peace-building -- Economic aspects
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Postwar reconstruction.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
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Infrastructure (Economics)
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Peace-building -- Economic aspects
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Postwar reconstruction
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Water-supply -- Political aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Troell, Jessica J
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Nakayama, Mikiyasu
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| ISBN |
9781136536564 |
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1136536566 |
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