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Author Salman, Salman M. A., 1948- author.

Title Shared watercourses and water security in South Asia : challenges of negotiating and enforcing treaties / by Salman M.A. Salman and Kishor Uprety
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 100 pages)
Series International water law
Brill research perspectives. International water law.
Contents Intro; Contents; Acknowledgements; Shared Watercourses and Water Security in South Asia: Challenges of Negotiating and Enforcing Treaties; Abstract; Keywords; Part 1: Introduction; 1.1 The Concept of Water Security; 1.1.1 The Global Spread of the Concept; 1.1.2 Challenges of Operationalizing the Concept; 1.1.3 Theorizing Water Security in South Asia; 1.2 The Geopolitical Setting of South Asia's Shared Watercourses; 1.3 Roadmap of the Monograph; Part 2: South Asia's Treaty Practice on Shared Watercourses; 2.1 Regimes for Shared Watercourses in Force; 2.1.1 The Indus River System
2.1.1.1 Road to the Indus Waters Treaty2.1.1.2 Salient Features of the Indus Waters Treaty; 2.1.1.3 Governance and Dispute Resolution; 2.1.1.4 Role of the World Bank in the Indus Waters Treaty Negotiations and Conclusion; 2.1.1.5 Unique Features of the Indus Waters Treaty; 2.1.1.6 Dispute Resolution Mechanisms Tested; 2.1.1.7 Effects of the Indus Waters Treaty on National Water Governance; 2.1.1.8 Partial Observations; 2.1.2 The Ganges River System; 2.1.2.1 India-Bangladesh Regime for the Ganges River; 2.1.2.2 India-Nepal Treaty Regimes on Shared Watercourses; 2.1.2.3 Partial Observations
2.2 Regimes for Shared Watercourses under Discussion2.2.1 The Teesta River Dynamics; 2.2.1.1 The Teesta River Regime; 2.2.1.2 Problems and Parleys in India-Bangladesh Water Relations; 2.2.2 The Brahmaputra Basin Dynamics; 2.2.2.1 China-India Water Relations; 2.2.2.2 China-Bhutan-Bangladesh Water Relations; 2.2.2.3 Bhutan-India Waters Relations; 2.2.3 Partial Observations; 2.3 Riparians' Perspectives on Water and Benefit Sharing; Part 3: South Asia and the United Nations Watercourses Convention; 3.1 South Asia's General Malaise about International Water Law
3.2 Countries' Specific Concerns over the UN Watercourses ConventionPart 4: Conclusion: 'Cooperation'-South Asia's Missing Pillar; Bibliography
Summary The monograph discusses the various challenges facing shared water resources in South Asia, and the response of most these countries, presented in their calls for water security. Consequently, negotiating new transboundary water treaties amongst South Asia's riparian countries has become a daunting task, and enforcing existing ones remains a real challenge
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Water security -- South Asia
Water resources development -- South Asia
Water-supply -- Political aspects -- South Asia
Water-supply -- South Asia -- International cooperation
International rivers -- South Asia
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
International rivers
Water resources development
Water security
Water-supply -- International cooperation
Water-supply -- Political aspects
South Asia
Form Electronic book
Author Uprety, Kishor, 1958- author.
ISBN 9789004385054
9004385053