Demanding supply management and supplying demand management: transboundary waters in Sub-Saharan Africa

The emphasis of the world's transboundary water law has gradually shifted in the past half century from water resources development to water resources management and environmental protection. This change in institutional focus is a natural outcome of changing resource conditions, in particular the h...

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Autores principales: Lautze, Jonathan F., Giordano, Mark
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40853
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description The emphasis of the world's transboundary water law has gradually shifted in the past half century from water resources development to water resources management and environmental protection. This change in institutional focus is a natural outcome of changing resource conditions, in particular the high levels of water resources development achieved in many regions as well as rising economic prosperity and associated changes in environmental perception. Surprisingly, this analysis reveals that transboundary water law in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) follows these global trends even though SSA's levels of water resources development, economic prosperity, and food security are significantly lower than any other region in the world. These findings suggest that the nature of SSA's transboundary water law may be largely "handed down? from other parts of the world with different realities than those present in SSA. Recognizing this relationship can provide important lessons for improving transboundary water governance in the region.
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spelling CGSpace408532023-06-12T15:48:04Z Demanding supply management and supplying demand management: transboundary waters in Sub-Saharan Africa Lautze, Jonathan F. Giordano, Mark water law international agreements water resources development water resource management The emphasis of the world's transboundary water law has gradually shifted in the past half century from water resources development to water resources management and environmental protection. This change in institutional focus is a natural outcome of changing resource conditions, in particular the high levels of water resources development achieved in many regions as well as rising economic prosperity and associated changes in environmental perception. Surprisingly, this analysis reveals that transboundary water law in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) follows these global trends even though SSA's levels of water resources development, economic prosperity, and food security are significantly lower than any other region in the world. These findings suggest that the nature of SSA's transboundary water law may be largely "handed down? from other parts of the world with different realities than those present in SSA. Recognizing this relationship can provide important lessons for improving transboundary water governance in the region. 2007 2014-06-13T14:48:33Z 2014-06-13T14:48:33Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40853 en Limited Access Lautze, Jonathan; Giordano, Mark. 2007. Demanding supply management and supplying demand management: transboundary waters in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Environment and Development, 16(3):290-306.
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Demanding supply management and supplying demand management: transboundary waters in Sub-Saharan Africa
title Demanding supply management and supplying demand management: transboundary waters in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full Demanding supply management and supplying demand management: transboundary waters in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_fullStr Demanding supply management and supplying demand management: transboundary waters in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full_unstemmed Demanding supply management and supplying demand management: transboundary waters in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_short Demanding supply management and supplying demand management: transboundary waters in Sub-Saharan Africa
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topic water law
international agreements
water resources development
water resource management
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