Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Part I General Questions of Transboundary Water Governance
2 Geography of Transboundary River Basins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9
2.1 Transboundary River Basins Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9
2.2 Delineating Transboundary River Basins: The Methodological
Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.3 Distribution of Transboundary River Basins in the World . . . . . 11
2.4 River Basin Typology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3 Theories of Conflict and Cooperation Over Transboundary River
Basins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.1 The Context: Collective Action Problems
and the Hydropolitical Cooperation Dilemma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.2 Theories of Conflict and Cooperation Over Transboundary
Watercourses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.2.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.2.2 Theoretical Foundations: Realism, Liberalism and the
Management of Transboundary Water Resources . . . . . 18
3.2.3 Modern Hydropolitics: Schools of Water Wars
and Water Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.2.4 Geographical and Political Variables Influencing
Interstate Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4 Laws of Transboundary Water Governance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
4.1 The Evolution of International Water Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
4.2 International Water Law Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4.2.1 Sources and Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5
Part I General Questions of Transboundary Water Governance
2 Geography of Transboundary River Basins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9
2.1 Transboundary River Basins Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9
2.2 Delineating Transboundary River Basins: The Methodological
Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.3 Distribution of Transboundary River Basins in the World . . . . . 11
2.4 River Basin Typology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3 Theories of Conflict and Cooperation Over Transboundary River
Basins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.1 The Context: Collective Action Problems
and the Hydropolitical Cooperation Dilemma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.2 Theories of Conflict and Cooperation Over Transboundary
Watercourses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.2.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.2.2 Theoretical Foundations: Realism, Liberalism and the
Management of Transboundary Water Resources . . . . . 18
3.2.3 Modern Hydropolitics: Schools of Water Wars
and Water Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.2.4 Geographical and Political Variables Influencing
Interstate Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
4 Laws of Transboundary Water Governance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
4.1 The Evolution of International Water Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
4.2 International Water Law Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4.2.1 Sources and Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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