The Multi-governance Of Water: Four Case Studies (suny Series In Global Politics)

Examines the politics of transnational water resource management through case studies of the Aral Sea basin and the Danube, Euphrates, and Mekong river basins. As The Governance Of Transboundary Rivers Become A Subject Of Growing Importance Due To The Increasing Pressure On Freshwater Resources, This Timely Collection Examines Water Scarcity And Efforts To Better Manage Rivers And River Basins. Most Specialists Agree That States Face Many Institutional Inadequacies When Dealing With Shared Resources And That New Governance Mechanisms Are Needed To Improve Water Management. Using Case Studies Of The Aral Sea Basin And The Danube, Euphrates, And Mekong River Basins, The Contributors Develop A New Approach To Water Governance: The Concept Of Multi-governance, An Effort To Collectively Solve Public Problems By Involving A Series Of Relevant Actors From The Local To The Global Level, Such As Institutions, States, Civil Society, And Business.--book Jacket. Introduction : Conceptual Elements / Matthias Finger, Ludivine Tamiotti & Jeremy Allouche -- The Mekong River Basin : Comprehensive Water Governance / Nantana Gajaseni, Oliver William Heal And Gareth Edwards-jones -- The Danube River Basin / Stephen Mccaffrey -- The Euphrates River Watershed : Integration, Coordination, Or Separation? / Arnon Medzini And Aaron T. Wolf -- The Aral Sea : Legal And Institutional Aspects Of Governance / Laurence Boisson De Chazournes -- Conclusion : Globalization, Multi-governance, And Transboundary River Basin Management / Matthias Finger, Ludivine Tamiotti & Jeremy Allouche. Edited By Matthias Finger, Ludivine Tamiotti, And Jeremy Allouche. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. As the governance of transboundary rivers becomes a subject of growing importance due to the increasing pressure on freshwater resources, this timely collection examines water scarcity and efforts to better manage rivers and river basins. Most specialists agree that states face many institutional inadequacies when dealing with shared resources and that new governance mechanisms are needed to improve water management. Using case studies of the Aral Sea basin and the Danube, Euphrates, and Mekong river basins, the contributors develop a new approach to water governance: the concept of multi-governance, an effort to collectively solve public problems by involving a series of relevant actors from the local to the global level, such as institutions, states, civil society, and business. Book jacket Governance-as opposed to government-defines the phenomenon of societal problems (in our case water) appearing to be too interlinked, too complex, but also too overwhelming for any single nation-state to address them alone.