Brahma Chellaney  <br/><br/>
WATER : Asia's New Battleground 

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 - Washington  Harper Collins  2019/01/01 
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<br/><br/> The battles of yesterday were fought over land; those of today are over energy. But the battles of tomorrow may be over water. Nowhere is that danger greater than in water-distressed Asia. Water stress is set to become Asia's defining crisis, creating obstacles to continued rapid economic growth, stoking interstate tensions over shared resources, exacerbating long-time territorial disputes, and imposing further hardships on the poor. Asia is home to many of the world's great rivers and lakes, but its huge population and exploding economic demands make it the most water-scarce continent on a per capita basis. The potential for conflict is further underscored by China's status as the source of transboundary river flows to the largest number of countries, as it declines to enter into water-sharing or cooperative treaties with these states. Water: Asia's New Battleground is a pioneering study of Asia's murky water politics and the relationships between fresh water, peace and security. Brahma Chellaney highlights the security implications of resource-linked territorial disputes, and proposes real strategies to avoid conflict.  Winner of Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award (United States).<br/>Winner of Lionel Gelber Prize (United States).<br/>Winner of Harold & Margaret Sprout Award (United States).<br/>Winner of Science, Technology and Environmental Politics Section: Lynton Keith Caldwell Prize (United States).<br/>Winner of International Security Studies Section Best Book Award (United States).<br/>Winner of Bernard Schwartz Book Award 6 (United States)<br/>Winner of SAC COOMARASWAMY BOOK PRIZE (United States).  Winner of the Asia Society's Bernard Schwartz 2012 Book Award. 
<br/><br/>Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Asia: Global Water Crisis Hub; 2 Murky Hydropolitics; 3 The Tibetan Plateau: The World's Most Unique Water Repository; 4 Exploiting the Riparian Advantage: A Key Test Case; 5 Managing Intrastate Water Conflicts; 6 Mitigating Intercountry Water Disputes or Discord; 7 Asia's Challenge: Forestalling Bloodletting over Water; Appendixes; A: Interstate Freshwater Agreements in Asia since the Start of the Decolonization Process; B: Web Links to Key Asian Water Treaties; Notes; About the Author 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789353026868 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Purchased  Mathrubhumi Books,Kaloor 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ecology Economic Land And Energy<br/>Water -- Government policy -- Asia<br/>Water rights <br/>Water-supply<br/>Asia
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>333.91  / BRA/WA