Water Asia's New Battleground - Hardcover

Chellane Brahma

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9350291614 ISBN 13: 9789350291610

Publisher: HarperCollins India, 2011

Synopsis

WATER STRESS IS SET TO BECOME ASIA S DEFINING CRISIS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, CREATING OBSTACLES TO CONTINUED RAPID ECONOMIC GROWTH, STOKING INTERSTATE TENSIONS OVER SHARED RESOURCES, EXACERBATING LONG-TIME TERRITORIAL DISPUTES, AND IMPOSING FURTHER HARDSHIPS ON THE POOR. ASIA IS HOME TO MANY OF THE WORLD S GREAT RIVERS AND LAKES, BUT ITS HUGE POPULATION AND EXPLODING ECONOMIC AND AGRICULTURAL DEMAND FOR WATER MAKE IT THE MOST WATER-SCARCE CONTINENT ON A PER CAPITA BASIS. MANY OF ASIA S WATER SOURCES CROSS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, AND AS LESS AND LESS WATER IS AVAILABLE, INTERNATIONAL TENSIONS WILL RISE. THE POTENTIAL FOR CONFLICT IS FURTHER UNDERSCORED BY CHINA S UNRIVALED GLOBAL STATUS AS THE SOURCE OF TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER FLOWS TO THE LARGEST NUMBER OF COUNTRIES, RANGING FROM INDIA AND VIETNAM TO RUSSIA AND KAZAKHSTAN; YET A FAST-RISING CHINA HAS DECLINED TO ENTER INTO WATER-SHARING OR COOPERATIVE TREATIES WITH THESE STATES, EVEN AS IT TAPS THE RESOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL RIVERS. WATER: ASIA S NEW BATTLEGROUND IS A PIONEERING STUDY OF ASIA S MURKY WATER POLITIES AND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FRESHWATER, PEACE, AND SECURITY. IN THIS UNIQUE AND HIGHLY READABLE BOOK, BRAHMA CHELLANEY EXPERTLY PAINTS A LARGER PICTURE OF WATER ACROSS ASIA, HIGHLIGHTS THE SECURITY IMPLICATIONS OF RESOURCE-LINKED TERRITORIAL DISPUTES, AND PROPOSES REAL STRATEGIES TO AVOID CONFLICT AND TO MORE EQUITABLY SHARE ASIA S WATER RESOURCES.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins India
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 9350291614
• ISBN 13: 9789350291610
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 386