Gebundenes Buch

River Basin Organizations in Water Diplomacy

Beschreibung

Will tensions and disputes among states sharing international water courses and lakes turn into active conflicts? Addressing this question, the book shows that these concerns are more prominent due to the locations and underlying political dynamics of some of these large rivers and the strategic interests of major powers.

Autor

Anoulak Kittikhoun is a political scientist, strategist and planner who has worked for a national government, a think tank, the United Nations, and a major river basin organization. As chief strategy and partnership officer of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat, he leads the organization's work on strategic planning and policy, international cooperation, communication and stakeholder engagement, monitoring and evaluation, and organizational development. Susanne Schmeier is an expert on the legal and institutional dimensions of natural resources governance, with a particular focus on shared water resources. She works for IHE Delft - Institute for Water Education, where her work focuses on research, capacity development and advisory services relating to conflict and cooperation over shared natural resources, international environmental and water law and water governance. Prior to joining IHE Delft, she worked for various international organization and national governments. She has published extensively on shared water resources governance and in particular river basin organizations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 565g
• ISBN-13: 9780367218133
• ISBN-10: 0367218135
• Artikelnr.: 60004385