Hydropolitics in the Third World: Conflict and Cooperation in International River Basins

By Arun P. Elhance

With more than 50 percent of the world s landmass covered by river basins shared by two or more states, competition over water resources has always had the potential to spark violence. And growing... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1878379909
• ISBN13: 9781878379900
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: United States Institute of Peace Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Looking through a magnifying lens

"This is an extraordinary "window" on six, crucial geographical areas of the world which are described as if seen through a magnifying lens. Its most outstanding feature is the presentation of an overwhelming body of data in an extremely meaningful and orderly way through a detailed yet solid historical, economic, political account and reasoning for each area. Written in a quick-paced style, it guides and traps the reader into this fascinating journey piloted by the most basic yet offended need in the world: water."