When Power and Water Mix: How to Share International Water Resources?
Water and oil do not mix! Do water and power mix? The management of water resources by nature involves political decisions, with social, economic and environmental implications. Water management at the national level tends to be politicised. And which is the scenario when water resources are shared by two or more countries? Which is the role of power relations, at the regional and global levels, in the management of transboundary water resources? Worldwide there are 263 transboundary river basins, whereas riparian states experience asymmetrical power (coercive, bargaining, discursive and structural) to influence the sharing of the common water resources. The distribution and allocation of water among riparian countries tends to be extremely inequitable – such are the cases between
19 de Dezembro
III Ciclo Anual
Jovens Cientistas Sociais 2007-2008
Centro de Estudos Sociais
Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra
Portugal
Link: http://www.ces.uc.pt/misc/jcs3_ana_cascao.php
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