World Scientific Handbook of Transboundary Water Management

The following sections are included:

• Preface
• About the Editors
• About the Contributors
• Contents

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• The Role of Formal and Informal Institutions in Governing Transboundary Rivers
• Summary of Chapters
• Conclusion
• References

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Literature Review: International Agreements and Dimensions of Water
• Introducing the IFTD and TTWA
• Conclusion
• References

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• The Development of Institutionalized Cooperation over Shared Water Resources over Time
• The Nature of Water Treaties and Basin Organizations
• Do Basin Treaties and Organizations Actually Matter?
• A Look into the Future — Will Basin Treaties and Organizations Continue to Matter?
• Conclusion
• References

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Complex Redundancy and Transboundary Water Treaties
• Complex Redundancy in the Boundary Waters Treaty
• Complex Redundancy in the 1944 Water Treaty
• Conclusion
• References

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• International Law Governing Transboundary Waters
• Case Studies
• Overall Summary and Conclusion
• References

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• The Current Institutional Setting
• The Central Problems for Transboundary Management of the Great Lakes — To Allow the Export of Water or Not? And Protection of Water Quality
• Joint Canadian-U.S. Regulation of the Great Lakes
• The Evolution of Regional Governance Structures, Formal and Informal, for the North American Great Lakes
• Other Forms of Governance (Herein of Markets)
• Conclusions
• References

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Collaboration via Informal and Formal Institutions
• Changing the Power Dynamics
• Deterioration of Bilateral Relations and Politicization of Water
• Conclusion
• References

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Origin and Evolution of the Joint Water Institution
• Legal Institutions with a Limited Focus: Water Allocation Protocols
• Legal Institutions with a Broader Focus: Memoranda of Understanding
• Interactions between New Formal and Informal Transboundary Water Institutions
• Water Institutions at the National Level
• Emergence of Civil Society Organizations in the Syrian Conflict and Water Management
• Conclusion
• References

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Characterization of the La Plata River Basin
• Brazil–Uruguay Transboundary Water Interactions: The Quaraí River Basin as the Frontier of Rice Production
• The Brazil–Uruguay Border and the Joint Management of Its Shared Waters: Cooperation on the Quaraí River Basin
• Final Remarks
• References

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• The Nile Basin: Environmental and Socioeconomic Context
• Conceptual Reflections on Extending Transboundary Institutions in the Nile Basin
• The State of Transboundary Affairs in the Nile Basin: Institutional Change and Cooperation Outcomes
• Discussion and Conclusions: Challenges for the Nile’s Institutional Landscape
• References

The following sections are included:

• Introduction
• Theories on Water Disputes, Violence, and Asymmetric Hydropolitics in Transboundary Rivers
• India and Bangladesh — Asymmetric Hydropolitics and Institutional Opacity
• Analyzing Domestic Water Management by State, NGOs, and Civil Societies
• Conclusion
• References

The following section is included:

• Index