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- Aggestam, Karin, et al.
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Peacebuilding in the Middle East
- 2019
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Ingår i: Routledge Handbook on Middle East Security. - 9781138749894 ; , s. 141-153
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)
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- Earle, Anton, et al.
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Transboundary water management and the climate change debate
- 2015
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Bok (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Climate change has an impact on the ability of transboundary water management institutions to deliver on their respective mandates. The starting point for this book is that actors within transboundary water management institutions develop responses to the climate change debate, as distinct from the physical phenomenon of climate change. Actors respond to this debate broadly in three distinct ways – adapt, resist (as in avoiding the issue) and subvert (as in using the debate to fulfil their own agenda). The book charts approaches which have been taken over the past two decades to promote more effective water management institutions, covering issues of conflict, cooperation, power and law.
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- Grech-Madin, Charlotte, 1992-, et al.
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Negotiating Water across Levels : A Peace and Conflict “Toolbox” for Water Diplomacy
- 2018
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Ingår i: Journal of Hydrology. - : Elsevier BV. - 0022-1694 .- 1879-2707. ; 559, s. 100-109
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- As a key policy tool, water diplomacy offers greater political engagement in the cooperative management of shared water. A range of initiatives has been dedicated to this end, almost invariably oriented around the interactions of nation states. Crucially, however, practitioners of water diplomacy also need to address water governance at sub-state levels. As a political, multi-level, and normative field, peace and conflict research offers a pluralism of approaches designed to bring actors together at all levels. Drawing upon this research, this paper offers new focal points for water diplomacy that can enhance its policy effectiveness and enrich its underlying academic current. More specifically, it presents three hitherto undervalued tools for water diplomacy: at the interstate level, to uncover the rich body of political norms that bind states to shared understandings of acceptable practice around water. At the intrastate level, to incorporate ethnography of water users and civil society groups’ responses to state-led waterworks projects, and at the communal level to employ disaggregated georeferenced data on water resources in conflict-prone areas. Taken together, these analytical tools provide a multi-faceted political gauge of the dynamics of water diplomacy, and add vital impetus to develop water diplomacy across multiple levels of policy engagement.
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- Guinea Barrientos, Héctor Estuardo, 1980-, et al.
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Disaster management cooperation in central america : The case of rainfall-induced natural disasters
- 2015
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Ingår i: Geografiska Annaler. Series A, Physical Geography. - : Wiley-Blackwell. - 0435-3676 .- 1468-0459. ; 97:1, s. 85-96
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Rainfall-induced natural disasters rank first among all natural disasters in Central America. Due to the geographical conditions of the Central American region, it is common that two or more countries are struck by the same rainfall event, for example Hurricane Mitch in 1998 affected the entire Central American region, killing more than 18000 people. As a consequence, Central American countries have started to promote regional policies and programs that aim for better preparation and response to these events, including disaster management cooperation. However, cooperation poses several challenges that may hinder its goals. In order to analyse these challenges, we present analysis in this paper of the current policy and legal institutions as well as the main challenges that may hinder international disaster management cooperation in Central America.
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- Guinea Barrientos, Héctor Estuardo, 1980-, et al.
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Stakeholders' views towards flood risk management in the Paz River catchment area of Guatemala and El Salvador
- 2015
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Ingår i: Local Environment. - Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge. - 1354-9839 .- 1469-6711. ; 20:8, s. 892-907
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The river Paz is a transboundary river that flows through Guatemala and El Salvador. Its frequent floods endanger the lives and livelihoods of downstream communities. Attempts have previously been made to develop flood management programmes for this watershed. However, these approaches were generally made by high-level governmental institutions with few if any contributions from floodplain communities and other stakeholders. Recognising that public consultation is a key aspect in flood management programmes, we intend in this work to extract different stakeholders' views regarding current and future flooding and flood management programmes in the Paz River basin. This is achieved using Future Scenarios Workshops with a projected time horizon of 30 years. The exercise was expected to identify consensual short- and medium–long-term flood management strategies for the Paz River basin that draws on input from inhabitants of flood-prone areas and other stakeholders.
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- Jägerskog, Anders, et al.
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Perspectives on Middle East Security : An Introduction
- 2019
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Ingår i: Routledge Handbook on Middle East Security. - London : Routledge. - 9781315180113
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book focuses on contemporary security-related issues. It also focuses on the understanding that the traditional security studies approach, which is geared more towards hard security factors, is too limited to grasp the current security challenges and even more importantly the future ones. The book discusses how the changing and evolving shifts affect regional security as well as playing into contemporary conflicts in the region. It provides an overview of the armed conflict situation in the Middle East. The chapter addresses the challenges of ineffective relationships between Middle Eastern governments and their respective populations. It shows how the Syrian globalized civil war has expanded from an unarmed mass mobilized activity to a globalized armed conflict, which causes the greatest security concerns of contemporary times.
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- Kim, Kyungmee, et al.
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Crime, Corruption, Terrorism and Beyond : A Typology of Water Crime
- 2017
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Ingår i: The Human Face of Water Security. - : Springer Publishing Company. - 9783319501604 - 9783319501611 ; , s. 95-111
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Water security is a multifaceted concept that spreads over political, social, economic and biophysical fields, becoming increasingly important in the age of looming global water crises. Previous research outcomes suggest that escalating global water crises are the results of governance failure not limited to physical shortages of freshwater resources. Water crime is defined in both procedural and moral terms as wrongdoings determined within the legal justice systems and social norms. This chapter explores water crimes in different dimensions with examples from the Global North and South and establishes typologies as follows: mismanagement of water resources causing significant social harms and environmental damage; corruption allowing allocation of water resources for a favoured party, using public office for private economic and political gains and adding payments for more effective service delivery; and, terrorism targeting water infrastructure and systems and affecting water security in water scarce regions. A broader framework to understand the multiple dimensions of water crime is an essential precondition for establishing a comprehensive strategy for achieving water security.
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