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_nMathrubhumi Books,Kaloor
041 _aEnglish
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_bBRA/WA
100 _aBrahma Chellaney
245 _aWATER : Asia's New Battleground
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260 _aWashington
_bHarper Collins
_c2019/01/01
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500 _aThe 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.
500 _aWinner of Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award (United States). Winner of Lionel Gelber Prize (United States). Winner of Harold & Margaret Sprout Award (United States). Winner of Science, Technology and Environmental Politics Section: Lynton Keith Caldwell Prize (United States). Winner of International Security Studies Section Best Book Award (United States). Winner of Bernard Schwartz Book Award 6 (United States) Winner of SAC COOMARASWAMY BOOK PRIZE (United States).
500 _aWinner of the Asia Society's Bernard Schwartz 2012 Book Award.
505 _aContents; 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
650 _aEcology Economic Land And Energy
650 _aWater -- Government policy -- Asia
650 _aWater rights
650 _aWater-supply
650 _aAsia
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