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Hegemony and asymmetry: multiple-chessboard games on transboundary rivers

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: Water connects, and transboundary rivers connect a host of actors in different states in multiple ways. Riparian states can depend on each other for sea access, generating joint benefits and minimising the losses from natural hazards. Yet, riparians can also use the river to annoy, threaten, and damage each other by discharging wastewater into the basin or constructing sufficient dams to store and regulate the river’s flow (Zawahri 2008 ). In an increasingly interdependent world, we would expect a growing number of transboundary river treaties as states attempt to minimise the social, economic, and political losses incurred from developing the basin and preventing unwelcome unilateral action. Such attempts at cooperation may also lead to more integrated river basin management.

Source: International Environmental Agreements Politics Law and Economics

DOI: 10.1007/s10784-012-9177-y

Authors: Jeroen Warner, Neda Zawahri

Institutions: Wageningen University & Research, Cleveland State University

Language: English

Topic: Transboundary Water Resource Management

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Clean water and sanitation, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $4,090