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Imagining Industan : Overcoming Water Insecurity in the Indus Basin /

This volume calls upon over a dozen Indus observers to imagine a scenario for the Indus basin in which transboundary cooperation over water resources overcomes the insecurity arising from water dependence and scarcity. From diverse perspectives, its essays examine the potential benefits to be gained...

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Group Author: Adeel, Zafar; Wirsing, Robert G
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Water Security in a New World,
Subjects:
Environment
Hydrology
Water quality
Water Pollution
Environmental management
Climate change
International relations
Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution
Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management
Hydrology/Water Resources
Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts
Water Quality/Water Pollution
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32845-4
Summary: This volume calls upon over a dozen Indus observers to imagine a scenario for the Indus basin in which transboundary cooperation over water resources overcomes the insecurity arising from water dependence and scarcity. From diverse perspectives, its essays examine the potential benefits to be gained from revisiting the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, as well as from mounting joint efforts to increase water supply, to combat climate change, to develop hydroelectric power, and to improve water management. The Indus basin is shared by four countries (Afghanistan, China, India, and Pakistan). The basi
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (XVI, 216 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN: 9783319328454
Index Number: TD419
CLC: X52
Contents: Part 1. Introductory Perspectives -- 1. Introduction (Robert Wirsing) -- 2. De-centering per Capita Water supply: The Political Ecology of the Water Scarcity/Security Nexus in the Indus Basin (Majed Akhter) -- Part 2. The Costs and Scale of Transboundary Conflict -- 3. Water Insecurity in the Indus Basin: The Costs of Non-Cooperation (Ashok Swain) -- 4. The Ebb and Flow of Water Conflicts: A Case Study of India and Pakistan (Kristina Roic) -- Part 3. The Potential for Transboundary Cooperation -- 5. The Indus Waters Treaty: Modernizing the Normative Pillars to Build a more Resilient Future (

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